Today we celebrated Dot Day in 3B! Dot Day is based on the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds about a girl named Vashti who initially believes she can't draw, but later discovers that everyone can make a mark in the world. 15 million people in 181 countries are celebrating Dot Day this year, and we marked the occasion in 3B by dressing up in dots, working on a dot art project, and reflecting on how we can all make a mark in the world after reading the book. You can see the students' beautiful art, information about the artist Kandinsky who our art was inspired by, and the book "The Dot" below.
As we reflected on the wonderful friendships from this year in 3B, the students each made a portrait of a friend. They did a great job using some helpful artistic principles, and they really captured the personalities of their classmates. We've had a great group of friends this year in 3B!
We had our first assembly of the school year today with our grade three schoolmates, and we were so lucky to have Juno Award nominee Mary Lambert visit to sing some songs with us! Mary Lambert is a family singer, songwriter, performer, author, and outstanding Canadian artist and she has performed well over 3500 shows throughout Canada. The class enjoyed her funny songs and opportunities for active engagement in the assembly! On our trip to downtown Edmonton this week, we also were able to visit the Winspear Centre! The students were able to go on a tour of the building, including the amazing concert hall, and we learned lots about sound, music, building design, and Dr. Francis Winspear. We were even able to hear the Davis Concert Organ played, and heard some music from a cellist and French horn player which was really beautiful! We explored different instruments and how they made sound, and were even able to play music with some of those instruments. It was a great day with so much learning! This week we were lucky enough to visit the Art Gallery of Alberta thanks to the help of our wonderful volunteers! We got to take in the gallery's Maud Lewis exhibit, and the students explored the idea of "place" with a mixed-media sculpture project. They investigated some important elements of landscape art including foreground, mid-ground and background, and visited gallery spaces to discover how artists tell stories about ‘places’ in their artwork. In the studio, students worked with a variety of materials to build their own 3-dimensional relief sculpture based on a place that is important to them. The class was fascinated with the amazing building, and it felt special to see famous Canadian pieces of art.
The students have been thrilled by our recent learning about Ukraine! We have learned about mysterious ancient coins, the story of Chernobyl, the history of Ukraine in the Soviet Union, along with many other interesting aspects of Ukrainian culture and quality of life. Recently each student researched a different Ukrainian dish to add to our class' Ukrainian Recipe Book! They also created an art depiction of that dish to illustrate the book inspired by the mosaics in Ukraine's train stations. It was a fun way to learn about these cultural foods and how they're made. You can see our recipe book below!
As part of our current unit on Ukraine, this week we celebrated Easter Ukrainian style by decorating eggs (or “pysanky”). The students used kitskas and beeswax to create designs on their eggs, and we used real Ukrainian dyes. It was very exciting to see how they turned out after we’d melted all the wax off. з Великоднем! (Happy Easter)! With our learning about Peru recently, we’ve been talking a lot about the importance of llamas to the culture and economy. This week we made art based on the bright contrasting colours of Peruvian textiles and the llamas that live in the Peruvian mountains. We learned about shepherds and Inca traditions with llamas, and the students did lovely job depicting the llamas and textiles. We learned about tree frogs this week as part of our learning about the environment and animals in Peru. Tree frogs live in the rainforest, including the Amazon rainforest in Peru, and we enjoyed learning different facts about this interesting creature. The students even made their own illustrations of the red-eyed tree frog, which you can learn more about in the videos below! This week we learned about Asian elephants in India and how they are a part of the Indian landscape and culture, along with some problems with their survival. Today we made art inspired by elephants and how they were traditionally decorated in Indian culture. The students did some lovely work--you can see your child's elephant art piece on Seesaw, and watch the videos below to learn more about elephants (the second video isn't from India, but it's too amusing not to share). 3B had been working hard in December on Christmas "important books" for their families. We focused on crafting interesting descriptions and making our ideas clear to our audience (who were the students’ families). You can see the original The Important Book below to see our inspiration. The class made the wrapping paper, cards, and everything, and were very proud of their creations. We hope you enjoyed their lovingly authored Christmas books! 3B was hard at work today as they sewed very special Christmas stockings! Our wonderful student teacher Miss Gramson prepared all the materials, and the students learned a lot about how to use a needle and thread, how to decorate fabric, and how to connect fabric using special stitches. It was a very Christmas-y afternoon! This week we made monochromatic landscape art inspired by our recent snowy outdoors! The students had fun represented the snows in different ways, and you can see your child's art piece on Seesaw. Watch the video below to see how the artist Simon Beck made his own type of art with snow!
Using some leaves we collected in the forest, and some that families sent in, we enjoyed making art with some autumn leaves! We read the book The Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (see the video below) and were inspired by her leaf illustrations to make our own leaf animals. The students were very creative and careful with their leaves. You can see your child's leaf art on Seesaw! Today we celebrated Dot Day in 3B! Dot Day is based on the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds about a girl named Vashti who initially believes she can't draw, but later discovers that everyone can make a mark in the world. 15 million people in 181 countries are celebrating Dot Day this year, and we marked the occasion in 3B by dressing up in dots, working on a dot art project, and reflecting on how we can all make a mark in the world after reading the book. You can see the students' beautiful art, information about the artist Kandinsky who our art was inspired by, and the book "The Dot" below.
Today we got to take part in a Google Meet with Mrs. Lakusta and some other classes from our school division to learn about the art of the renowned First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers. Mrs. Lakusta taught us how to use Google Drawing to create the art, and after some hard work, the class finished some very impressive art inspired by Roy Henry Vickers' piece Whaler Islets. You can see your child's art on Seesaw! Now that we've wrapped up our learning about Peru, this week we celebrated Easter Ukrainian style by decorating eggs (or “pysanky”). The students used kitskas and beeswax to create designs on their eggs, and we used real Ukrainian dyes. It was very exciting to see how they turned out after we’d melted all the wax off. з Великоднем! (Happy Easter)! |
Mrs. BarkerMrs. Barker is a grade three teacher at Millgrove School. She loves science and reading, and lives in a little brick house with Mr. Barker and her kids Jack and Ellie. Archive
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