WEST AFRICA

This week students in all grades began their unit study of West Africa. Students in 2nd grade enjoyed learning about the various instruments played in Africa - gongwa (bells), dun dun (drums), rattles / shakers, and mbira (thumb piano).

Masterpieces of the Month

Our Masterpieces for the Month of Jan. are Naima Bhutta and Kaden "Smiley" Williams. They are both in 6th grade. Their artworks show texturized paintings of floral still lifes.

Congrats, Naima and Smiley!!

 

Emotions Puppets

Emotions Puppets – grade 1 – Students create a character by writing descriptive words of their character. They then switch papers with a buddy. The buddy uses the description to create a puppet. Then, the papers are mixed up and placed in a pile in the center of the table. Students at each table switch tables. They then have to work as a table team to identify which descriptive papers and puppets belong together. Teams go back to their original tables to check the work. Students get to take home their original character descriptions and the new puppet their buddy made of their created characters.   

Drama Pantomimes

This week in drama class, students enjoyed performing various pantomimes.

2nd grade played a game called "No, You Can't Take Me!"

5th grade did an individualized pantomiming game called "Whose Hat Are You Wearing?"

And 2nd grade performed a creative group narrative pantomime entitled "A Tree Grows" which took them through the life-cycle of an apple tree.