Benjamin

What is your favorite time of the day?


Art- Grade 1- Unit 4

How, why, and when do we work together to make art?

We found out that working together takes many social skills including compromise, cooperation, and good communication.  We worked together not just to create art, but also to investigate new art skills, brainstorm ideas for artworks, and evaluate our artworks.  Using the “Creative Cycle” helped us to record our process of art making each time we worked with a new group.

Unit 4 Music: Animal Songs
My song is about a dog.  In my song the dog is running, walking and eating.



Personal Histories

Where We Are In Place And Time

Butterfly Garden -What changes did we see?

Sharing the Planet

I wrote a report on Great White Shark.

I researched information and created a sign to show the environment my sea animal lives in. 

Unit 3: Music and Drama - Express Yourself
During our music time, explored mime and music and how they connect to emotions.


Here I am miming being furious.


My group chose to create a piece of music using GarageBand.  Can you guess the emotion?
Art- Grade 1- Unit 3

How can I make connections between my emotions and my artistic creations?  During my 3rd unit in art, I explored ways of planning and creating abstract sculptures to express different emotional experiences from my life.  I used lines, shapes and colors that represented my feelings using a variety of art materials.  I also learned how to use mindfulness exercises to connect to my emotions using my mind and body.  Here are some examples of my art making throughout this unit of inquiry:

"This artwork is about Mr. Proud. In Mr. Proud's day, I can use Gecko Choice I feel a bit proud. I can listen to the teacher, I feel medium proud. I can play video game make me very proud. I showed the emotion by using zigzag line, yellow, white and green."

My Diamante Poem

Excitement

Yellow, Green

Shouting, Smiling, Jumping

iPad, ice-cream, Building, Toys

Playing, Running, Drawing

Laugh, Shout

Lego

By Benjamin

My Crazy Hair!

Shapes are everywhere!

Now we are extending our shapes investigation to 3D.

We have been exploring 2D Shapes. Look at the different shapes we found around our school.

Art- Grade 1- Unit 2

What inspires artists to create?  This is the question we asked in art this unit.  I chose a book that inspired me from the library.  Then I mapped out words, colors, lines, and shapes to describe my inspiration picture.  I used this plan to create an abstract glue and chalk artwork connected to my inspiration.  Here is a picture of my art making process:

Music, Unit 2: Artistic Me

After choosing our picture for our inspiration, we thought about words that described our picture, words that said what the picture was doing and what was in the picture.  We then tried to give these words musical sounds.  Below is our composition that was inspired by our picture.  You can find the picture I chose in my music book.

COMMUNICATION

We found different ways that we can communicate to each other.

Unit 1 Music - Notating Rhythms

Our first unit was about learning music notation for rhythms.  After composing our own rhythms, we then collaborated to compose a new piece of music.  Here we are playing our piece of music.

Art- Grade 1- Unit 1

In art classes, we explored what an “art medium” is and which we preferred.  We investigated why an artist might use charcoal, watercolor, printmaking or clay when they make art.  I thought carefully about which art medium to use each class and why.  Here are some photos of my art making process throughout the unit.