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.
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.
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. |
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April 2016
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