As a part of an artist study over Wayne Thiebaud, third graders learned how to draw cupcakes sitting on a table at different locations to give the perception of one being in front, one being in the middle, and one being at the back. They used oil pastels to add color to their drawings. Their work was displayed in our hallway for Open House.
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Showing posts with label Open House. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Wayne Thiebaud: Second Grade Cupcakes
Second graders learned to draw a cupcake using the entire picture plane as a part of our school wide Wayne Thiebaud artist study. After drawing, they painted their pictures with water colors and cut them out. They mounted them on black construction paper. These were displayed in our back hallway for Open House.
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2014/2015,
Art,
Artist Study,
Artists,
Cupcakes,
Drawing,
Open House,
Picture Plane,
Second Grade,
Water Colors,
Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud: First Grade Cakes
During our artist study over Wayne Thiebaud, first graders learned how to draw a cake with a slice missing to make it appear 3D. After drawing their cake, they painted it with water colors and then cut it out. They glued their cakes onto black construction paper to make the colors stand out.
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2014/2015,
Art,
Art Show,
Artist Study,
Artists,
Cakes,
First Grade,
Open House,
Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud: Kindergarten Cupcakes
I taught an artist study to all of my students from Kinder through Fifth Grade. Kindergarten made oversized cupcakes with texture. They first traced a template for the bottom portion and cut it out. They then drew a cloud shape and cut it out for the frosting. After gluing it on to the base, it was time to add texture to the frosting. I helped them mix baking soda and white tempera paint. They painted this all over the frosting. Once dry, they used Dot Paint to add fun details to the cupcake wrapper. They then added small pom poms for sprinkles in various colors and a large red pom pom on top for a cherry. All of their cupcakes were displayed for Open House.
Labels:
2014/2015,
Art,
Art Show,
Artist Study,
Artists,
Cupcakes,
Kindergarten,
Open House,
Texture,
Wayne Thiebaud
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Ocean Animal Facts
The students chose one fact about the ocean animal that they researched and made a computer slide about it using Pixie 2. The students had to add an ocean background, use the search feature to find clipart of their animal, add a speech bubble, and type in the fact in first person. They then had to resize the animal clipart and speech bubble to match. We played the slides as a movie during Open House and hung each slide as a print out on a bulletin board.
Labels:
2013/2014,
Animals,
Movie,
Ocean,
Open House,
Reading,
Research,
Technology
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Rainbow Fish
As a part of our weekly character education lessons, which we call Mindful Mondays at our school, we read Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. As we read the book, we discussed how it is important to share but that does not always mean giving away everything you have nor does it mean others always have to give you things. We also discussed that we should care for one another. The students then colored a Rainbow Fish of their own.
Labels:
2012/2013,
Art,
Character Education,
Mindful Mondays,
Ocean,
Open House
Whale Research
Ms. Willemin, our student teacher, taught the students a Social Studies lesson on the different types of whales and their habitats. She taught them about the similarities and differences between toothed and baleen whales as well as their migration patterns. The students then created a whale booklet to sort examples of toothed and baleen whales.
Labels:
2012/2013,
Comparisons,
Habitat,
Ocean,
Open House,
Reading,
Research,
Social Studies,
Student Teacher,
Whales
Ocean Addition and Subtraction
To review addition and subtraction word problems, the students worked in groups to solve two problems using fish clipart. As they worked, we practiced strategies such as counting up or down, using pictures or manipulatives, or identifying related fact family number sentences.
Labels:
2012/2013,
Addition,
Manipulatives,
Math,
Math Strategies,
Ocean,
Open House,
Subtraction,
Word Problems
Ocean Animal Research
In reading we have been learning about author's purpose, informational texts, and using text evidence. As a part of these lessons, the students worked in small groups with our Instructional Media Specialist, Ms. Hollingsworth, to research various ocean animals. The students took notes about the appearance of the animal, where they live, what they eat, and other interesting facts. They then used those notes to write a research paper. Their research papers were displayed with scuba divers in the hallway for Open House.
Labels:
2012/2013,
Animals,
Author's Purpose,
Habitat,
Information,
Library,
Ocean,
Open House,
Reading,
Research,
Text Evidence,
Writing
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Ocean Research Video
I'm a little late in posting this but I hope you enjoy! After doing research over an ocean animal in the library, the students created their own movie using Pixie 2. They typed at least one fact they learned about their animal and then recorded themselves reading it. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Beluga Whales: Shared Writing
As a part of our Social Studies lessons, the students researched the Beluga Whale. Each first grade class researched a different type of whale. By doing this, each class becomes an "expert" on one type of whale and can share with the other classes what they learned. We began our Beluga Whale research by reading several non-fiction books about them. As I read the paragraphs to the students, we would stop to think about the main idea of the paragraph. We then wrote the main idea of each paragraph on a Circle Map. The students then used the information we collected on the Circle Map to do a shared writing research paper. In shared writing, sometimes called Interactive Writing, the students work together to come up with the sentences and then take turns writing them down on the chart paper. Each student has the opportunity to write and receives assistance from their classmates on what words come next and how to spell the words correctly. The students modeled their shared writing after their individual research papers by writing what the Beluga looks like, eats, and where it lives. They also wrote in other facts that they found interesting.
Labels:
Interactive Writing,
Ocean,
Open House,
Reading,
Social Studies,
Thinking Maps,
Writing
Parts of a Plant: Kelp Forest
As a part of our ocean unit, the students studied ocean plants. The main plant that we focused on was the Kelp Plant. The students created Tree Maps to determine the parts of the plant, how animals and people use Kelp, and what can be made from the plant. They then created a diagram of the parts of the plant and discussed each specific part's job.
Pattern Fish
To review repeating and additive patterns, we read Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris. The students then created their own pattern fish. We focused on extending and labeling the patterns.
Labels:
2010/2011,
Additive Patterns,
Art,
Math,
Open House,
Patterns
Pattern Block Fish
The students had to come up with two different plans, or ways, to fill in a fish picture using pattern blocks. They had to use critical thinking to come up with all the different ways it can be completed. After making their plans, the students chose one plan to glue down using paper pattern blocks. They then counted how many of each shape they used and wrote the total number of pattern blocks used. It is neat to see all of the different ways that the students came up with to complete the pattern block fish!
Labels:
2010/2011,
Manipulatives,
Math,
Ocean,
Open House,
Patterns
Ocean Addition and Subtraction
The students used fish clipart to model and solve addition and subtraction word problems. Each student had a different problem to solve and shared their number sentences with their table groups.
Labels:
2010/2011,
Addition,
Fact Families,
Math,
Ocean,
Open House,
Subtraction
Oceans in a Bottle
As a part of our study of the ocean, the students created their own "ocean in a bottle." The purpose of the science experiment is to teach the children that oil and water do not mix. It is also a great representation of the zones of the ocean. The students first poured sand into the bottom of their bottle. They then poured in a cup of vegetable oil. After pouring in the oil, they filled the bottle with water. They immediately noticed that the oil rose to the top and would not mix with the water. After adding a few drops of blue food coloring, the students sealed their bottles and turned it to the side to make waves. We discussed how the weight of the oils pushes down on the water. Because the food coloring does not mix well with the oil, it stays a lighter shade and the water stays darker. This led us into a discussion of why it is darker in the deeper parts of the ocean and lighter closer to the surface. They used great inferencing skills to determine that the surface is lighter because it is closer to the sun.
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Ocean Animal Research
The students went to the library in small groups to research with our librarian, Mrs. Jepsen. Each group had a different ocean animal to research. After researching and taking notes, the students turned their notes into sentences using sentence stems which they then used to write a research paper. The students made ocean report covers for their research papers. They also created a scuba diver face to go with their scuba diver which holds and displays their great writing.
Dory Story: An Ocean Food Chain
As an integrated language arts and science lesson, we read Dory Story by Jerry Pallota. Dory Story is about the adventure of a little boy who gets lost at sea in his dory. On his adventure, he learns all about the ocean's food chain. After reading, the students retold the adventures of the little boy by writing the food chain from the story on a Flow Map. They then illustrated their favorite part of the story. If you get a chance, ask your students how the story ended....they were quite surprised!
Labels:
2010/2011,
Ocean,
Open House,
Reading,
Retell,
Science,
Thinking Maps,
Writing
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Math About Me!
My teammate, Mrs. Linnabary, created a great lesson to get the students thinking about how they use numbers, both big and small, in their everyday lives. They created a poster all about themselves using only numbers. They wrote their house number, their birthday in number form, their age and ways to add it, their favorite number, and how many people are in their family.
Labels:
Addition,
Fact Families,
Math,
Open House,
Place Value
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