Shapes...

Ms. Hume presented a few lessons on shapes. First we explored 2-D shapes like triangles, quadrilaterals, equilaterals, hexagons, pentagons, and many more. We played a bingo game to review each shape. Today we moved to 3-D shapes. These shapes are not flat, like 2-D. They really "pop" out. They have length, width, and depth!

We talked about some good ways of remembering shapes and then we made a few ourselves using spice drops, toothpicks and some soapy water. We will remember that the spice drops are the vertices, the toothpicks the edges, and we made faces using the soapy water.

Area of Study Celebration

Amazing! It was so wonderful to see everyone so excited about sharing their topics with our buddies, parents, grandparents, and friends! I am surrounded by a bunch of curious kids that absolutely love to learn. The variety of topics and how each was presented was delightful! Just click on the picture to enjoy a slide show of our celebration!

Nov 18, 2010

Reminders

Picture retakes are Wednesday, November 17th.

Area of Study projects are due Wednesday, November 17th at 8 am!

Area of Study Celebration will be Thursday, November 18th at 2:30 pm! Family and friends are invited to come.

Reading Buddy Class

Here are a few snapshots of our class enjoying an afternoon of reading with Mrs. Wold's class.

Room 12 Happenings!

October always means a visit from our amazing Corbett Volunteer Fire Department. The firemen presented a film on the importance of designating a meeting area for the family and checking smoke detectors.

The past five weeks Ms. Hume has been presenting a new artist each Monday. So far we have learned a bit about Frida Kahlo, Frank Gehry, Alexander Caulder, Faith Ringgold, and Leonardo DaVinci. I have posted a few pictures of the art that has been inspired by these artists.

We have now met with our buddies from Mrs. Wold's class twice! Each time the kids have enjoy sharing stories with each other. This is a great time for each child to enjoy a wonderful story and share their love of literature.

We Are Back!

The past two weeks have just flown by. During the our first eight days we have been working on getting the basic routines down. In addition, we have been very busy beginning our exploration of elements of design, learning about geography, brushing up on our math, sharing books with one another, improving our writing and learning about two of our featured artists. Next week we will be adding geology to our classroom too!

Our first artist was Frida Kahlo, an artist from Mexico. We learned a bit about her life, looked at the paintings she created, and thought a bit about why she painted what she did. We then created are own self-portraits that are now hanging in our classroom.

Our next artist is actually an architect. His name is Frank Gehry. Mr. Gehry is famous for his buildings that are very much out of the ordinary. It was so exciting to watch Ms. Hume present this artist and the reaction that each child had. They are very excited to begin their own buildings, but we will need your help!

Children were asked to sketch and then create their building much like Frank Gehry does. We have some supplies to make this happen, but the future architects decided that they would like to bring more materials.

Our list included: paper or plastic bowls, wooden skewers, pipe cleaners, aluminum foil, wax paper, heavy cloth, special papers (the heavier the better). Wire that is flexible and easy to cut, cardboard (like cereal boxes are made of), natural materials (rocks, wood, etc.). We are also hoping to borrow low temperature glue guns (I have a couple).

State Projects...

After a lot of research and preparation our projects were complete. The books were filled with lots of interesting information. The tri-fold boards gave a quick look at the motto, state bird, flower, tree, animal, and a state map. The speeches were well crafted and packed full of history, politics, and fun facts. There were a wide variety of 3-D models representing each state that really captured a lot of our attention.