Today is Gallery Day and I can’t wait to share the wild work of our students with you all. I am happy to hear how many of you are enjoying “The Wild Robot” read aloud — and across all grades! Peter Brown has truly written a special story. We have “The Wild Robot Escapes” in our library learning commons too, an FYI. 😉
Here is a sneak peak of today’s awesome-sauceness:
Our École Mount Prevost’s ESW students’ wild robots, found in the wild, Grades K – 5:
MH, Grade 1, Wild Robot diorama:
I will add all to the work to the Student Gallery page by 3 pm today. If your child has work they would like to submit, please know I will accept work at any time, there is no deadline. The only reason I post at 3 on Fridays is to have as much work as possible revealed at once. I will however, add student work anytime after.
I love Gallery Day. Student work has been loaded on the Student Gallery Page; to see the mind-blowing creations visit the Student Gallery page. Here is just a sampling of the outstanding work from the past week:
I will add all to the work to the Student Gallery page by 3 pm today. If your child has work they would like to submit, please know I will accept work at any time, there is no deadline. The only reason I post at 3 on Fridays is to have as much work as possible revealed at once. I will however, add student work anytime after.
Please see the “Submitting Student Work” Page for more information.
Un grand merci to all those taking part. I love your work so much!
Today, let’s #getoutside and take a walk in the forest! Besides going for a walk, we are also going to hunt for insect fort supplies.
The insect fort built by friends in “Du Iz Tak” by Carson Elliis.
I’ve written an ebook for you to read together as a family, both in English and in French! The book will let you know what you need and what to hunt for on your walk. I would like to thank our wonderful EA, Mme Nathalie, for helping with the French translation.
One fabulous feature of Book Creator is that you can have a book read to you in any language. To have the French read to your child, follow the steps in the short video below:
Once you are home, organize your supplies into categories:
“Rup Furt” supplies gathered in the forest.
and start sketching out some fort ideas!
Think/Empathy/Question: What do insects need in a fort?
Design sketches help guide your ideas:
All great designs start with a plan! From “The Most Magnificent Thing” by Ashley Spires.
Iggy drew a bridge plan to help save his class in “Iggy Peck Architect” by Andrea Beaty.
Tomorrow we will gather recyclables from our recycling box and together with our forest finds, build something fun!
*Please note: All my ideas are merely suggestions. If a student would prefer building a fort from Lego, or from blankets and pillows, or Keva planks, or blocks, or just draw a fort on paper, it’s all wonderful and just as important.
If you would like to send me a picture of your forest finds and/or your design sketches, please do! Please see the “Student Submissions” tab a the top of the main page for more information.
Today is Gallery Day – when we show off all the amazing work you did this past week! I have created a Student Gallery Page on the home page of the blog. You can find the tab for the page at the top right:
Student work will live there and I will add to the page every Friday, with new work posted in the afternoon.
Please see the Submitting Student Work page if you would like to submit your child’s or family’s work. You can find the tab on the home page.
I really enjoyed my week and I loved the work I have received so far. Your flowers made me smile. It was one of the happiest parts of my week. Merci!
The weather has been so beautiful over the last couple of weeks! Mother nature is begging us to go outside. Today, why not go outside and practice drawing the wildflowers on the sidewalk?
Image source: Coopet Photography
Don’t have any sidewalk chalk? No problem! How fun would it be to make your own with items you can find in the kitchen? Check out this DIY recipe here from Books and Giggles. All you need is cornstarch, food colouring and water!
I made my own sidewalk chalk paint from old chalk I had lying around the house. I followed the instructions from Rhythms of Play:
Mme Zibin’s old IKEA chalk
Following the instructions, I crushed my chalk in a Ziploc bag with a mallet and made some brilliant coloured chalk powder:
I turned old chalk into chalk powder!
I then slowly added water and mixed the powder to create lovely sidewalk chalk paint. It was really interesting to see how the chalk powder changed colours. The bright pink turned into a true red when I added the water.
My homemade sidewalk chalk paint!
I then loaded up my supplies and headed outside!
My tray of sidewalk chalk supplies is ready to go!
Sidewalk Chalk Fun
I found so many beautiful ideas online for sidewalk chalk art featuring flowers:
Image source: Coopet Photography
I love the idea of interactive chalk art!
Why not incorporate an inspirational message into your artwork?
I love the chalk message from some of our students at École Mount Prevost:
Notes of encouragement from our ESW students.
In my neighbourhood, today is garbage and recycling day. To continue with my theme of gratitude and thanks, I left a special chalk message for our North Cowichan sanitation workers:
Mme Zibin’s thank you made with her very own homemade chalk paint!
I had to work quickly because I knew my garbage would be picked up soon. When the chalk dries, I will go back outside and add some detail to my flowers. I also have two grocery deliveries today so the “thank you” will go a long way!
Today, get outside and leave something special for others on the pavement. I would love to see what you create! If you would like to share your pictures, please see the “Submitting Student Work” tab on the blog main page. Email me your submissions to me at dzibin@sd79.bc.ca. Gallery Day is tomorrow – I’d love to share your creativity!
