October and Winter Poetry As we continue to use the adjectives that we began exploring with Rosemary Nixon, students developed poems about October and winter. October Scary Beautiful, colourful, Fall fun Halowe'en is spooky, fun and ghosty October ~ Dawson ~ October Trick or treaters getting ready for Halloween While pumpkin pie sits in a flaming hot oven October ~ Eddie ~ October Flickering lights Glow on Halloween As the candy tumbled into bags. Leaves flew To the hard ground As you step You can hear the crunch Of the helpless leaves. ~ Lauren ~ Crystal chandeliers Of icy snow Gliding down A stream with Kids tobogganing. ~ Carter ~ What is Art?We asked our classes this question and received a variety of responses - from different art techniques, styles, and mediums to where we see art and also descriptive words about what art is. Here are some of their responses.
Wassily Kandisky (1866 – 1944), a Russian painter, was credited with painting one of the first truly abstract art works. To begin the conversation about how definitions of art change based upon your perspective, and your identity, we looked at his development as a painter, as well as other art styles that were being created during that time. Students explored the colors, lines, and shapes in one of Kandinsky's paintings, Composition VIII. Using the Colours, Lines, Shapes Thinking Routine (similar to the See, Think, Wonder routine we used in science), students described the colours, lines, and shapes that they noticed. - overlapping - colours of the rainbow - he did not put his work in order - his work is messy - there are lots of colors - lines are pointing in all different ways ~ Lachlan ~ I see that in the top left corner, there is what looks like a target to me except not only using red and white, but a shadowy purple, pitch black, and a light pink. If you follow it out it fades away. ~ Ava ~ I see a white that looks fresh, a black as black as charcoal, a scarlet red, a triangle that is filled with sea green and sky blue. I also see a purple that reminds me of Mrs. Austman’s glasses. There is a mustard yellow and a light grey about 2 shades lighter than an elephant…I see a big triangle in the middle that is filled with a misty white. I see a tic tac toe board and a music bar. ~ Eva ~ Check back next week to see some of the student paintings and reflections based upon this investigation..
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AuthorsMrs. Montanaro, Mr. Messer and Mrs. Austman teach grades 3/4 at Elbow Park School in Calgary AB. Archives
April 2017
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