Ms Courtney's Class

Art- Grade 2- Unit 4 During this unit, we learned how to use elements of art to create abstract artworks with meaning.  Did you know that artists choose specific lines, shapes, and colors to repeat or emphasize in order to make their artworks more interesting?  Artists can also communicate their personal experiences in abstract art using simple symbols.  We practiced these skills by making our own stamps and printmaking.  We added several layers to our artworks to experiment with how to organize abstract artworks.  Ask me about the meanings of the lines, shapes, colors, emphasis and repetition in my abstract artworks!

My Playlist (describes who I am and what I like) Don’t let me down: It is calm song Shape of you is my favorite song because it is funny.   I like it because it is happy song Alone I like this song because I like the sound My song sounds like me because it is soft My song that I create about myself is: My Composition

Minecraft is fun. I play it on the computer and ipad. I like to play minecraft because we can build things like houses shops and apartments. And we can talk. fun fun fun fun !!!!!! I like Minecraft.

Art- Grade 2- Unit 3 During our “Responsible Design” unit in art class, we learned about how to think like a designer by using the creative cycle.  We investigated objects and their functions (purposes).  We planned ideas for new objects, considered our audiences and how best to help them.  We created prototypes to show our designs using recycled materials.  We evaluated our designs by sharing with our friends, thinking of ways to improve, or adding new parts to our art pieces.  Here are some photos of my creative process:

For this unit we wrote lyrics for a song.  The song was about one of the learner profile.  Parents came to help us at Spotlight with some ideas for our verses.  Here are my lyrics. Friends song by Valentina We like being helpful When someone  is sad Be helpful I am kind My friend is kind The whole have to be kind Kind Kind Kind We help friends when someone hurts We can help our friends When someone is our friends and they can be our friends I am kind My friend is kind The whole have to be kind Kind Kind Kind My learning profile is kind because anyone has to be kind. I inspired this because they need to care my feeling of this song is happy. My song is good because it is about kind. Here is a recording of my song.

This unit in art was all about public art.  We found locations around ISPP that needed public art and used the creative cycle to investigate, plan, create and evaluate our own ideas.  Here are some pictures of me exploring how to create public art for our school community.

We are getting very close to the end of semester. If you are leaving for holidays before the 16th December please let me know. Your child's report was made available on Managebac this morning, if you are having trouble viewing this please let me know. 3 Way Conferences Next week is a busy week. On Tuesday the students will have their 3 way conference. They have been working hard this past week to select work they are proud of and writing learning goals for next semester. At your child's conference we will meet with your child to discuss the goals, look at work samples and discuss ways we can support your child in achieving their goals. After the conference please take some time to visit Art, music, PE and your child's foreign language teacher. If you are unsure of your conference time please let me know. Anna's Birthday We celebrated Anna's birthday last week. Art We have been working with Art during this unit to create some public art to display aroun...

In art classes we learned about how artists use the creative cycle to investigate, plan, create, and evaluate.  I used the cycle to make multiple artworks that were inspired by what I saw, imagined, and wondered.  Here is some of my art making process using the creative cycle.

It was about bats flying around at night.  There were frogs and many other animals making sounds.  There were trees swaying and creepy sounds.

It was a short week this week. We welcomed Phallyka to our class and continued to inquire into nutrition. Welcome Phallyka to our class PE with Helmi's Mum Saara helped Mr Andy teach the class one of Helmi's favourite games from Finland to our class. Our school Lunch On Tuesday I took a photo of each students lunch and we spent time looking at the food groups on each plate and the variety of food the students ate. Asking thick and thin questions We introduced students to the idea of 'thick and thin' questions. Thin questions generally have a yes or no answer and thick questions will give you a lot of information. We did this to help students develop good inquiry questions they will research next week.

Monday 5th September was the first time we implemented our home eLearning. Thank you to the students and parents who shared the work done at home with me. Here is some work and pictures of students eLearning. Helmi's Number Hunt What number? Where did you find it? What does it mean? 140 On the oven controls How hot the oven gets 2000 Daddy's mattress The number of little springs in the mattress 31.35 On a receipt Restaurant bill for our dinner 12 Alarm clock Shows the time 3 Remote control To change the channel on TV 9 Computer To include e.g. in a password 7 Removal box To know what is inside the box Sammy's Number Hunt Number hunt: Phone: to call. Oven timer: we use it for baking. Clock : we use it  to know the time. Tv: for channel. Keyboard: to type. Valentina's Recount Writing Swimming On my weekend, I went swimming with my mum, dad and my little brother. We had so much fun.  My dad was funny because he jumped in the poo...

After an extra day to the weekend, we started on week on Tuesday. It was a jammed pack week. Welcome to Anna On Thursday we welcomed Anna to our class. Library We have been going to the library on Tuesdays for borrowing and independent reading. Students have time to explore a range of literature in the library and can select upto three books of interest for the week. Math In math we continued to looking into place value by expanding numbers into the thousands and hundreds and modeling numbers with MAB blocks. We also started looking at tallies and bar graphs. Students have made graphs on their favourite fruits and sports. We will continue with this into next week. Buddies We spent some time with our buddies in their classroom. We worked on cooperation skills by playing some games with them. In the coming weeks our buddies will help us with our unit of inquiry and presentation skills. UoI Germs Our bread continued to grow some interesting mould and th...