Visiting Artist

 

Self Portraits - Inspired by Pablo Picasso

 

 

We welcomed to our classroom a visiting artist, Mr. MacGregor, on Wednesday, May 29th.  During his visit, he introduced the students to Cubism and the work of Pablo Picasso.  He worked with small groups to guide and teach the students how to draw their own self portraits.  I have taken photographs of their self portraits on the first day.  The second part of this lesson involves making the self portraits look like a Pablo Picasso.  The students will cut apart their pictures, and reassemble in the sytle of Cubism art.  I will take photos following the second step, and post the finished works on the blog too!

 

Mr. MacGregor's Self Portrait

 

Jaylen's Self Portrait

 

Kingsley's Self Portrait

 

Michael O's Self Portrait

 

Michelle's Self Portrait

 

Spencer's Self Portrait

 

Abby's Self Portrait

 

Terry's Self Portrait

 

Ayla's Self Portrait

 

Hana's Self Portrait

 

Noah's Self Portrait

 

Callum's Self Portrait

 

Michael J's Self Portrait

 

Brendan's Self Portrait

 

Jada's Self Portrait

 

Brody's Self Portrait

 

Riley's Self Portrait

 

Bethany's Self Portrait

 

Student Helper - Linnea's Self Portrait

 

 

The unidentified portraits will be identified once I return to school on Monday.



The Germs Experiment

 

 

Our recording page - awaiting the results of our experiment.

 

This piece of bread was handled with tongs - never touched by fingers.

 

This piece of bread was passed around our class, with every student taking a turn to hold it.  We had wiped our hands with paper towels, and we assumed our hands were clean.  We are waiting and watching to see what happens to both pieces of bread.  Currently, the bread is put in a dark cupboard.  We check on this experiment each school day.  I will update this post as soon as there is something to report.  Be patient.

The "touched" bread turned very, very moldy.  We learned a valuable lesson about the need to hand washing throughout our day!



Roots Grow Down

Science Experiment

 

 

Our recording page for the experiment

 

Our plant from above - the leaves are getting bigger and bigger.

 

The roots are growing down!

 



Oil and Water

 

Each student in our class had the opportunity to mix the oil and water together.  We had 23 scientists stir and mix, but the children learned that oil and water will not mix.  On their recording page, the children had to circle the picture that showed the result of our experiment.

 

 

 

 

 

Weird Water Science Experiment

 

On Friday, we experimented with water in an experiment entitled, "Weird Water."  We filled a glass to the very top, and then asked the students how many more drops of water could we add to the glass.  The children recorded a prediction.  We had guesses from 1 to 90 drops.  It actually took 326 drops of water, and the children were amazed when the water ballooned over the rim of the cup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patterning Practice

 

Our students have recently participated in a mini- unit review of patterning.  We worked our way through two booklets - one for Junior Kindergarten students and one for Senior Kindergarten students.  The boys and girls also were assessed using circle and square stickers to create and extend simple and complex patterns.  The final piece of our unit on patterning was to use the materials in our math tubs to create patterns.  I photographed many of the patterns to post on our blog.

 

 

ABAB

 

Domino Pattern - ABAB

 

Blue - Red - Blue - Red

 

ABCCD

 

Gear Patterns - ABC and ABAB

ABCABC



 



 

ABCABC

 

Magnetic Shape Patterns

 

AABAAB

 

ABCABC

 

ABCD

 

Peg Board Patterning

 

ABAB

 

ABAB

 

Circle - Square - Circle - Square

AABAAB

AABAAB

 

ABBABB

 

Large - Medium - Small

We Went Walking

 

Our class went walking today!  We walked first inside the school, and then outside the school.  As we walked, the students looked for things to add to our class book.  When they found something, the students raised their hands.  We took a photo with our class camera, and recorded the item on a post it note.  The students were encouraged to find an item that had not been selected by a classmate.  When we returned to our classroom, students added their post it note to the story writing page.  The photos were printed, added to the paper, and then the students drew their own picture.  I have included the photos here for you to see. 

 

We Went Walking

 

We went walking.  What do you see?  We saw...

 

an umbrella

 a tree

 

 a tulip

 

 a rainbow

a star

 

 daffodils

 

 buds on a tree

 

 a tulip

 

 a  map of the world

 

 pylons

 

 a wagon

 

 an airplane (look closely)

 

 a bike

 

 a basketball net

 

footprints

 



 the school

 

 a sandbox

 

 a flag

 

 a bird (again, look closely)

 

 a bush

 

 a water meter

 

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