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Image 22 of 36 from gallery of East China Normal University Affiliated Bilingual Kindergarten / Scenic Architecture Office. Courtesy of Scenic Architecture Office
I have a confession to make. This isn't my idea. Well, it started off as my idea, and had another idea added to it by a very clever student. I always liked working with NQTs back in my secondary days, as they always brought with them lots of fresh ideas and new ways of doing things. I'm now a language tutor on the Primary PGCE course at Manchester University, and I am learning from the students there. My input on their first language day in September was ideas for promoting reading and writing in the languages classroom, and one of the things I showed them was how to make calligrams like these. Their second session was language-specific, and the Spanish group talked about using the works of Joan Miró to inspire lessons. Yesterday we went to a junior school in Stockport, where the students had the task of teaching a 30 minute language activity to a small group of Year 5 or Year 6 children. For me, one of the students stood out from the rest. She presented the colours in Spanish to the children and then gave them a black-and-white Miró-style picture (that she had drawn herself) which they coloured in and labelled calligram-style. Now I don't know much about Miró, as my artistic endeavours thus far have been limited to Gaudí and mosaics. So I did a bit of digging to see what it was all about, and have had a go at the calligramming myself. I created my Miró-esque picture using this resource as a guide. Then I coloured it with coloured pencils, and used coloured fineliners to write the colours in: I'm determined now to find out more about Miró's art and to incorporate this activity into the colours section of my Key Stage 2 Spanish scheme of work. Ya-boo-sucks to the new curriculum and its lack of desire for culture. Here are some of the Miró links that I've found so far: Draw like Miró, collage style Another way of making Miró-style artwork TES Miró resources Rachel Hawkes's Miró resources Of course you could use other artists for the same idea: Arcimboldo (and perhaps write the food names in instead of the colours) Mondrian Kandinsky (perhaps) Klee Van Gogh (in simplified form) Gaudí Matisse (also see this blogpost) So thank you to the very clever student for taking two ideas and making something so much better by putting them together. UPDATE 18.11.13: My Year 2 class have been working on 2D shapes and numbers to 15. We have been counting shapes in pictures and writing numbers, and have also used colours to help us. (The resources are here if you'd like to use them.) I've used the Miró idea and a box of 2D shapes to create pictures like these: There is a space at the bottom of the A3 sheet, under the frame, for them to complete the sentence "En mi cuadro hay ____ círculos, ____ cuadrados y ____ triángulos." Another great Miró link for you as well, again via the wonders of Twitter. This is another Miró dice roll activity, but for making Miró-style people.
Made by students of grade 3/4 Joan Miró's (Spain, 1893-1983) made paintings, sculptures, textile arts and theater. His paintings contain colorful organic shapes in bright colors: red, blue, yellow, green. The colored surfaces are outlined in black and frequently divided with black lines. Show some of Miró's artwork. What do you see: bright colors, eyes, shapes outlined in black, divided surfases, stars. Talk about the difference between geometric and organic shapes. Talk about lines: straight, angular, rounded. What do you see in Miró's artwork? The goal for a group of 4 students is: draw alternately lines on the white sheet with a permanent black marker. Make sure those lines look like Miró. Off course lines may cross! Then draw some elements Miró used too: eyes, stars, divided surfaces etc. Color the artwork. Be sure you're working with 4, so consult each other. Ready? Sign the work with your personal signature in Miró style!
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Image 4 of 36 from gallery of East China Normal University Affiliated Bilingual Kindergarten / Scenic Architecture Office. Courtesy of Scenic Architecture Office
Image 8 of 36 from gallery of East China Normal University Affiliated Bilingual Kindergarten / Scenic Architecture Office. Courtesy of Scenic Architecture Office
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We have been working hard over the past few weeks on a biography unit. We studied the characteristics of this type of text, work to identify examples and information learned by reading several bios as a class and in small groups, and recently culiminated our unit by authoring our own super bios! To gather information for our biographies we went straight to the source - the dual language staff of our building. I did this activity for the first time last year and it was a hit! Not only does it give my students the opportunity to gather info. from a primary source, but also, it gives them the opportunity to get to know teachers that they have had or may have in the future a little better! Plus it enabled my kiddos to do all of their interviewing in Spanish! Here are their final pieces hanging in the pod (this is my building's lingo for the area in between a group of classrooms ;)). And a few up close... Finally, to give my students continued opportunities to read and reflect on a variety of biographies, I created a biography reflection page that has been added to their "Read to Self" center for students to utilize post reading a new biography. After the student hands it in, I have been placing them all in a binder in our student created book bin in the classroom so that others can read the facts they have learned about a variety of important people as well....and maybe it will even lead them to want to pick up the bio themselves! Here is an example of the reflection sheet completed by one of my kiddos (she went a little above and beyond I must say!): I photocopy my reflection sheet with Spanish on one side and English on the other so the student can choose which side to use based on the language of the biography they read. Both can be downloaded for free by clicking on the image of the sheet below. Font by Kimberly Geswein and border by Creative Clips. Enjoy!
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Image 29 of 36 from gallery of East China Normal University Affiliated Bilingual Kindergarten / Scenic Architecture Office. Model
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Here is an opportunity for students use their imaginations to create their own society! You can make this project as simple or complex as you like. Dictionaries or access to an on-line dictionary, such as wordreference.com, may be required depending on the level of your students. This package incudes: A sample project 2 projects for students a vocabulary list success criteria graphic organizers 1. A flipbook for younger students. They can draw pictures of their ideas and add as many sentences as you deem appropriate for their age group or level. 2. A project for older students. They can draw a picture of their ideas but are also required to develop more complex ideas and to do more writing. Hope you enjoy!
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I love teaching a life cycles unit in the spring! Here are some of my favorite activities and free web resources for a life cycles unit.
This is an easy line lesson you can do tomorrow or with a substitute teacher. Step one: Draw lines in pencil across the page. Make as many types of lines as you can... wavy, zigzag, straight, loopy, dotted, dashed, etc. Step two: Outline the lines in black marker. Step three: Color in other areas with marker or crayon.
