This week, the children explored several art-works and responded in various ways, making connections across many subjects and skill-sets. In Literacy, we examined how the words you choose are crucial when writing poems. The children created their own black-out poems by carefully selecting words. We connected Liu Kang's painting "Life by the River", which can be seen at the National Gallery with the Circle of Perspectives thinking routine. The children looked at the painting and then responded in the following way: I am a ...., I see...., I wonder.... We connected this thinking to our poetry writing and used the repeating verse to create a poem. We wrote the first few verses together and then each student independently wrote a verse to add. The River of Viewpoints I am a scientist, I see many trees, I wonder what they are called. I am an inventor, I see a water village, I wonder if I can design a wheel or filter to help the people. I am an artist, I see many colours, I wonder if I could add more details to the faces to show if they are happy. I am a doctor, I see plants, I wonder if they can be used as medicine. (Hyuga) I am a swimmer, I see a river, I wonder if it is safe to swim. (Sara) I am a martial artist, I see people, I wonder if they want to fight with me. (Sara) I am a bird, I see blue, I wonder why the sky is beautiful.(Yuma) I am an eagle, I see many trees and a river that I can drink water from, I wonder if I can live in a big tree and catch many fish. (Ray) I am an eraser, I see everything is big, I wonder if I can destroy everything.(Erica) I am a goal-keeper, I see no balls! I wonder if anyone knows how to play football in this place. (Fedor) I am a teacher, I see an art-work, I wonder if I could teach it to the students. (Yuuki) I am a person, I see birds, a dog and ducks, I wonder . (Jiahna) I am a fish, I see duck feet above, I wonder if people will fish me. (Maria) I am a traveller, I see some trees, I wonder if they are poor. (Charlie) I am a monkey, I see monkeys in the trees, I wonder if there are more monkeys. (Hugh) I am a dog, I see people, I wonder if they are friendly. (Shoichi) I am an eagle, I see I can fly next to the water, I wonder if there are fish to eat. (Julien) I am a fox, I see all the ducks, I wonder if I can eat all the ducks. (Hyuga). Later in the week, we looked at Henri Matisse's "The Snail". The children simply responded in three words that came to mind as they looked at the image. We saw that colours, shapes and paper were the most common words used. The children were shocked to discover the monetary value, when it was sold in 2007, it fetched $33.6 million. We then used the image to create our own collages or pictures. Some hoped to be able to sell theirs later! In Maths, the children also connected "The Snail" to our learning about shapes. They continued to explore the names and properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes in a variety of ways, including using nets to create 3-D sculptures. The students also developed their technological literacy by designing symbols to represent themselves using shapes and colours. UN Sustainable Development Goals:
We continue to work on these through our everyday choices and actions. We used recycled paper for our 3-D shapes (#12 Responsible Production and Consumption), many of us joined in with G4 Wellness Week activities (#3 Good Health and Wellbeing) and we contributed to the Foodbank for Free Dress Friday (#Zero Hunger). Student Voice: We wrote poems about many things. (Yuuki) We made poems with beginning and ending sounds. (Julien) We made 3-D shapes out of paper and copied it on our own paper that we chose and made and then we made a sculpture out of them. (Maria) We survived technology-free Friday! (Ray) Independent Student Action: Julien brought in his chess set from home to play during free-time. We were able to connect this to 3-D shapes and tessellations. Maria and Charlie continue to work on their "How to Save the Earth" book and shared some of the pages with the class.
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