I am asking parents if you are able to send in one pair of earbuds that can be used to plug into the iPads or computers at our school. Please send in a labelled ziploc with your child's name. This will be their headphone set to use all year when we are doing projects with technology. It helps to focus and when we are recording to not have all the background noise that happens without headphones. Soon we will be recording ourselves reading and the headphones/earbuds make a big difference to how we sound.
This week we practiced making Zentangles. What are Zentangles? Good Question!
The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. All you need is paper and some different sized sharpies.
By Zentangling one can:
- relax
- explore creatively
- focus
- expand imagination
- practice lines, shading and patterns
- HAVE FUN!
Here are just a few examples of Zentangle creations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8PpYI3cPbE
Taking what we have learned about sketching and shading techniques really helped us to come up with a structured pattern. We practiced and then we created a good copy to use as a cover page for our Visual Sketchbooks.
Leaves of Belonging
Today we celebrated Orange Shirt Day. We created multi-coloured leaves to decorate our hallways explaining what Belonging means to us. As a class we talked about how important our differences are and that we should celebrate our differences instead of all trying to be the same. Ask me what Belonging means to me?
We also read the sequel to the book Shi-shi-etko. It is called Shin-chi's Canoe
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