Cubism Self Portraits

Our unit with the central idea "our uniqueness is expressed in creative and artistic ways" is nearly coming to an end. 

We looked at some artwork by Pablo Picasso and realized that he created art using a style called cubism. 

In cubism, objects and people are looked at from different perspectives. 

One side of the face is viewed from the side, and the other side is viewed from the front. 

We decided to express our emotions using this technique. 

During this project, we had two questions is mind:

- How can we express our uniqueness?

- How can we express our emotions?

Some of us showed more than one emotion on the different sides of our faces!

 Can you tell how we were feeling when we created these portraits? 

Go ask the grade 2 students!

We are so proud of our work. 

Come take a look at our bulletin board downstairs for a closer look!

Presenting Poetry

Last week we started exploring poetry as a part of our new unit with the central idea, 

"Our uniqueness is expressed in creative and artistic ways."

We read a poem called "My People" by Langston Hughes, and presented it in different ways. 

Presenting poetry using gestures. 

Presenting poetry using our whole bodies. 

Presenting poetry using dance. 

We came up with unique ways to share the poem with the class!

Equivalent Fractions

Last week, we started our math unit on fractions. 

Some of us challenged ourselves by extending on our learning to explore equivalent fractions. 

We chose to share our new discoveries with the class!

Saving the Environment

For the past six weeks, we have been working on our unit with the central idea: 

Our actions affect the earth's resources and people. 

As a class, we thought about what we could do with our new understandings and knowledge. 

We decided to take action by creating a video about different ways to save the environment. 

Sit back and enjoy the show!

Taking Action: Eco Bags

This week we are finishing up our current unit with the central idea, 

"People's choices affect the earth's resources and people". 

For one week, we all used our research skills to collect data on the number of bags we received at stores. 

We were surprised that there were so many!

The bags could be sorted into two categories. Plastic bags and...

...paper bags. 

We discussed as a class what actions we can take to help keep our planet healthy. 

We decided to design our own eco bags!

Thinking about the design...

So many creative ideas...!

Here are some finished bags!

We were so proud!

The eco bags are on display on the bulletin board on the first floor. 

If you haven't seen them yet, come on by and take a look!

What are the chances?

This week we started exploring about chances and probability. We started by working with partners to sort scenarios into five categories: certain, very likely, might happen, unlikely, and impossible. 

During this task, we used are social skills to cooperate and make decisions together. 

The next day, we came up with our own scenarios to write on sticky-notes.

We then posted the notes into categories showing the chances of the event happening. 

Look at all of our creative ideas!

We will continue our exploration of chances next week!

Thanks for reading!

Project Week Presentation

On the last day before spring break, we had our final presentation for project week. 

This year, our focus was on the transdisciplinary skills. 

In grade 2, we focused on social skills, communication skills, and research skills. 

Here, Noah is explaining how he used his research skills to conduct a class survey to graph the results. 

Hariki is explaining how he used his communication skills (writing and presenting) while going through the steps in the writing process to create his own book. 

We were very proud to show the various stages of writing...

...and read our final published books!

We not only shared with our families, but also with other students from different classes!

The preschool students were especially interested in our stories!

Listening closely...

Here is a shot from our recent field trip to the Maeshima Garbage Centre. 

Enjoy the rest of your spring break, and see you next week!