Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
2nd and 3rd Grade: Ferdinand
Second and third grade students went to the Renaissance Center to watch the Nashville Ballet perform "Ferninand" The Story of Ferdinand is by Munro Leaf. Students were charmed by a lovable bull that would much rather sit and smell the flowers of the field than fight and fuss like all the others.
Through Ferdinand's gentle spirit, we humorously learn to appreciate and embrace what truly makes each of us special and realize that, sometimes, "stopping to smell the flowers" can be far more beneficial than "putting up a fight!"
The set designs were cleverly inspired by the Cubist paintings of renowned Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
1st Grade: Tableau
First grade students created a Tableau featuring the life cycle of a butterfly.
A tableau is a french word for a still picture representing an ideas physically created by actors; it is an acting 'snapshot.'
an egg - the students who are in a small, round shaped ball
a caterpillar - the students who are long and slender
a chrysalis - the students who are hugging their body, curled up
a butterfly - the students who are spreading their arms as wings
1st Grade: Collage
First grade students made a butterfly collage after reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "I am a Butterfly."
Collage is a french word that means to cut and paste. We used small pieces of tissue paper to design the butterfly wings.
1st Grade: "I'll Catch Me a Turkey"
For a Thanksgiving project, all first graders listened to a song called "I'll Catch Me a Turkey."
Then the students were a turkey or a farmer's wife. The farmer's wife tried to catch the turkeys for Thanksgiving lunch.
Yes, it looks like students are running around like a turkey with their head cut off....they are demonstrating the locomotor movement RUNNING.
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