The students in the 2nd grade are learning about their environment. We are discussing different kinds of environments and looking at clean and dirty environments. The students have also learned about the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The students looked at different pieces of “trash” and decided if it could be reduced, reused, or recycled. Their ideas were quite thoughtful. I hope they use this knowledge to help reduce their environmental impact and keep their communities clean. The 3rd graders started their “Build a City Project” last week. Working groups, the students have to create a coastal or inland city. They have to decide the pros and cons of each and decide where is the better place to build a city; by the coast or inland. The students created blueprints before building their cities. They needed to decide what a city needs to be a good city. So far, the group’s are showing good cooperation and creativity. I think there might be some future architects and mayors in this classroom. In grade 4 social studies class, we have started watching a movie called, Wawa no Cidal. The movie is about a family of Amis living in Hualien and their connection with their homeland, identity, and many other issues. I am showing them this movie because we have talked about many of the issues from the movie. I would like the students to learn more about other groups of people and have more empathy about others. The 5th graders started their “Create Your Own Country Project” last week. The students have been tasked with creating their own country. In groups, the students have to decide the borders of each country and decide if they will share the natural resources or build fences between their countries. Each student must make their own country and decide what countries to work with. Many groups have surprised me with their complete cooperation with other countries (students) in their group. This project is a lot of fun to watch as the students decide how to create a country of their own. In grade 6 class, we finished watching the Wawa no Cidal. In the upcoming week, we will wrap about lesson about other countries and go back to focus on Taiwan again. We will talk about the issues surrounding Taiwan like the one that were brought up during the movie.
This week 1st graders have been doing artist study Paul Klee. They learned about this artist to know his lifetime and stories. A series of Paul Klee works of art are created out of many different geometric shapes and various color. Kids are going to make their own works inspired by Klee’s abstract art. 2nd graders are studying French artist Henri Matisse. They are able to identify his art style - Fauvism - by observing the use of color and the brush works. Also we focused on the technique he created, which is called “painting with scissors.” Next week we’ll recreate his paper cut out collage. Last week was all about texture. Grade 3 learned how artists can create textures using lines, shapes, and colors, how to describe textures and the differences between real and visual textures. They looked at the works of Nick Gustafson and took inspiration from his work to create their own visual texture pieces. Grade 4 recalled the ways in which textures could be described and were introduced to some new terms. For their art project grade 4 was working with real texture. They were asked to create a texture board using pieces of construction paper bent, folded, or scrunched in various ways. Grade 5 was introduced to a new style of art: OP art. They looked at and analyzed artwork created by Bridget Riley. Next week they will be taking inspiration from Riley's works to create an OP art box.
Grade 6 was working on their artist studies. They have gathered all the required information and are now starting to create their pieces of art inspired by the artist they have chosen. |
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四月 2024
Er Xin Reporter
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