Today we are learning about the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Students are making artworks that resemble his painting "Elephants" We started by washing the paper with some acrylic paint in warm colors. Then the students drew any animal they wanted with a bilingual partner (in Salvador's style) and named them in Spanish.
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Honduran activist Berta Caceres was found dead in her home on March 3. This week we are remembering her and other leaders who helped inspire Sharing the Planet by creating an artwork to be displayed prominently in our school
This week students are working with their bilingual partners to create habitat artworks. They will label the animals in Spanish.
Today we learned about the habitats in and surrounding each grade level's country they are studying. First grade, learning about Mexico, researched deserts and oceans. Second grade, learning about Cuba, researched the oceans and reefs around Cuba. Third grade, who are learning about Argentina, researched the deserts, rainforests and Antarctic habitats in and around Argentina. Fourth grade learned about a new habitat they had never heard of, Chaparral, present all over Spain. Fifth grade did their own research about the countries they chose at the beginning of the year.
Today is our big Unicef Party! We are having a party because our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders raised a lot of money with their bracelet step counters (like fitbits). Congrats to Mrs. Miranda's class for winning first place!
In Spanish we learned about the Spanish speaking countries where Unicef works and what they do to help the people and children there. We made flag banners to decorate the halls and wrote thank you notes in Spanish and English to wrap around water bottles and hand to our guests. For the rest of the year we will be learning about the IB Transdisciplinary theme of Sharing the Planet.
We will do a variety of projects, including a recycled art garden, learning about animals and habitats, etc. Fourth and fifth grade students learned about Ancient Aztec and Mesoamerican art and styles. Then they painted their own designs on butcher paper. The idea was that they would have something to run through and break open as they enter the gym, kind of like how football teams run through a banner. We didn't have enough time to work on them, so instead I cut the individual designs out and mounted them on paper and displayed them in the hallways. I think they look awesome!
Students are starting to work on designs to decorate the gym for their big tournament. We are learning about Mexican Folk Art. We made small tiles (out of paper) and glued them all together into a big collaborative piece.
Students are starting to practice the game in PE class! We had to modify some of the rules. Instead of putting the hoops high up, we decided to put it on the ground because it was too difficult for the kids. Then we had to add a no kicking rule because it starting to be much more like soccer.
This week we are working on making Mesoamerican style masks to wear during the game. This is a collaborative art project with art class. The students started by cutting tracing and cutting out mask templates. There are four mask templates; an eagle, a monkey, a jaguar, and a llama. These animals were chosen because they have significance to ancient mesoamericans. Then they decided on the two colors to make their mascot. Most took the two colors that their homeroom teacher was from, except for 4C who chose the army colors in respect for their teacher Sergeant Thompson. They were able to do whatever kinds of designs they wanted, and some even added elements like feathers. |
Mrs. CoxenPreston Hollow Elementary Spanish Teacher Archives
April 2016
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