Single and Double Bar Graph Assessment #1

- Interpreting the data
- Will be on , Thursday, November 25

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This week we are featuring the artists: Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh

We will learn about the techniques used during the Impressionist movement

The students will be encouraged to recreate a version of Claude Monet's "Water Lilies", "Haystacks" or Vincent van Gogh's, "Sunflowers" or "Starry Night".
Using oil pastels and smudging the class had a messy blast...
Below are some of our artwork (the students work is shown with the black background, the artists version is on white).

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It is my pleasure to launch the art unit for the next little while.

I have the full support of both my host teacher and her grade partner. Together with another teacher in training, we will construct the art program for our combined classes. Each week we will focus on a different art period - art movement- or famous artists of that period.

To begin our unit we will start with the Renaissance period...focusing on the four greats: Leonardo de Vinci, Michaelangelo, Rafael and Donatello.

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Thank you to Mrs. I for welcoming me to her Grade 4/5 class.

This will be my final placement and I have offered to manage a blog for our class.

This is a spot that will be available for my Grade 4 and Grade 5 students (and their parents) at This Awesome Public School to:

1. Check homework
2. Check Quiz/Assessment dates.
3. Keep track of what has been covered (if they were absent).
4. Parents to check for school events that involve their child.
5. See their work displayed.
6. Get extra practice math questions.
7. Have fun!

I am very excited to be here and I hope the next several weeks will be fun and educational for all of us.

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The Secret is Out. Spread the Word.

Almost 1 million people have signed our letters to President Obama, Vice President Biden, the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., the Prime Minister and Minister of Health in Japan. The more people who sign, the more impact we’ll have when we take the letters to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, and to the Minister of Health in Japan.

Please join and sign the petition HERE, and if you have friends or family in Japan please send them the Japanese language version.

In The Cove, a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.

To really make an impact on this issue, we must get the word out in Japan and urge action from our own leaders. We believe that once the world and the Japanese people know, they will demand change. Help us save Japan's dolphins.

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There are a ton of lessons available for Mother's Day.

I had a bunch of left-over foam from my book project. I thought I'd use the foam to create Mother's Day cards with foam background and let the students create whatever they can with the foam and glue it on.

Integrated in was Language Arts, where I had them come up with an acrostic featuring the word MOTHER. Either with one word that signifies the letter relating to their mother or a short sentence. This lesson is very short and most of the students had enough time to create another card. Luckily I had a lot of foam!

What I did not account for...and this was something I overlooked but luckily my host-teacher saved me (sort of). When preparing these activities...a teacher has to be sensitive to the varying home situations of students. So note to self and to future novice teachers: Know your students backgrounds!

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