Did you know Florence Meares P.S. has plans for an 'Arts' evening in April? Mrs. Kirk is getting ready for a fabulous musical showcase with many of our FM students. WE are working on art to display around the school with some special art for the gym for this night. You will be amazed at our creativity! More details soon :)
April 10th, Thursday. 7:00 p.m. (choir members need to come earlier as indicated in the note from Mrs. O'Rourke). There is even a silent auction for a guitar and 2 free lessons. Woo hoo!
Ted Harrison Art
You may have seen some of Ted Harrison's books in our school library. Although he was born in England, he spent many years working/teaching in the Yukon. I was fortunate enough to hear him speak at an art conference a few years ago and was very moved by his speech and artwork. Using bold colours, he depicts scenes from Canada. So, for our artwork....we read his books, discussed and analyzed the types of elements of design used in his work (colour, space, shape, line, texture and form). Then we picked our favourite piece and recreated the vibrant colours using a 3D line drawn with glue and then added some oil pastels. Here are some examples for you to see. I am always so proud of how my students try new techniques and don't give up if the product is not exactly as they envisioned. I think this is because so often they surprise themselves with how good it turns out!
Each week when I send word wall words home, I always do a mini lesson to support the word choice sent home. For example it may be a lesson on 'silent e', 'blended sounds', word endings, or vowels. This week one of my students actually guessed the lesson for the week by asking the question; "Ms Fink, if the words this week are' to, too and two', how in the world will we ever know which one to write for the test? Great question! To help you at home, I am providing a copy of the chart that we used to help explain each of the words. Hope this helps you as you assist your little ones at home.
Something to make you smile...
One of my former students visited today to show me the knitting she just did. She learned in my class and has kept it up with some support from home. She is in Grade 4 now and I couldn't be prouder!
How cute is this?!?
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