All about ART!

This week was full of art, art, art! We got to have art with Todd almost every day this week. Students learned about acclaimed artists, such as Romare Bearden. They also experimented with collage (Bearden's main medium) and pop art. Students chose a picture of a cow (steer) or a chicken to copy. They filled the inside with one pattern, and the outside with another. The results were so much fun to see, and the kids loved it.

Another highlight this week was taking the last week or so before Winter Break to focus on the idea of place value. Students learned about the hundreds, tens, and ones places and their values in the numbers we see in math. They got to experiment and explore place value using base ten blocks, which was helpful for all.

We look forward to a week full of more reading, math, and especially winter art projects in hopes that more snow will soon come our way! See you next time!

Pajama Day (and other things)!

This week, we have started our Writing "How To" unit, where students write and illustrate about different things they know how to do. We will continue this until Winter Break. We got a good start this week! We also finished another math unit on addition, and will begin a week of learning about place value next week. In health, we will concentrate on choosing a healthy diet of fruits, veggies, protein and grains. Students will go "shopping" for just the right foods for their own meal. I can't wait to see what they will come up with.

Next week, we will to focus a lot on the Community aspect of our classroom, and how that is a part of our school's P.E.A.C.E. project. We will also start up our intervention reading groups again, and we will experience Art with Todd from Monday to Friday. Todd is Parkview's incredible art teacher.













In sum, we had a wonderful week, learned new things, and can't wait to start our last full week before winter break. It will be jam-packed with new learning and fun! Until then, here are a few snapshots of our Friday Fun time outside (multi-grade) and pajama day!