Showing posts with label field trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label field trip. Show all posts

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Special Guest Artist!!

This morning we were really lucky to have a special guest visit us! We are researching careers and Karsten chose to research an artist. Elaine Dilay is a painter and came to answer his questions!

Elaine told us a technique to start with the lighter colours always. She is also a fast painter. She is a really good painter. - Ryann

Next she used a different colour of paint and she kind of taught us to put the paint on kind of thick so the white canvas doesn't show through. She is a really, really, really good painter. - Shelby

She taught us to not put too much water or it won't look like anything. - Marley

At the end she stuck the saran wrap on the light part and dragged it down to blend it together. - Ashley

She sprayed the water so it would look cool and drip down. She said don't use a lot of water or else the paint will all run away. - Andrew

She taught us to paint carefully so we wouldn't get it all smudged. - Dyson

We learned not to use too much dark colours or else is will look muddy. - Adam

She sells her paintings online, at her house, in some stores and some galleries in Winnipeg. She told us where she gets all the supplies and canvases. Sometimes from Michael's, sometimes from the dollar store and sometimes from a special art store. - Shelby

She has been painting since she was a kid and has been painting like this since she was about 25. She wasn't feeling well but didn't want to waste the day so she got some supplies and started painting. She like being an artist because there are no rules about art.

I asked what inspires her art and she said lots of things like stores, clothing, buildings, houses.

 

Sunday, May 31, 2015

We Went to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo...


Today we went on a field trip to the zoo! We had an excellent time and learned a ton. We also went to the Nature Playground which is amazing. If you live in Winnipeg or are ever in Winnipeg, you need to check it out. When we got back to school we made this slideshow with our pictures from the day. The kids added their ideas to some of them. Check it out!



zoo from LeslieDent on Vimeo.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Dancing in the Park

Yesterday we, along with half of the other grade 1-3 students in the division, went to the Folkdance Festival to dance in the park. This was my first time going and I thought it was the best thing EVER! What better way to spend a warm day in May than with hundreds of kids dancing to loud music in a park. It also helped that it is not yet bug season, there was some cloud cover to keep us cool and the temperature was warm.
- Mrs. Dent Scarcello :)





Friday, May 13, 2011

We Went to Fort Whyte...

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, we went to Fort Whyte. It was fantastic! We decided to use Voki to share what we saw, what we learned and what we did while we were at Fort Whyte. This activity was a blast!
When we got back to school, we brainstormed our ideas and took a photo of it with our iPods so we could save the ideas for the next day. When we were ready to write, each table had an iPod to reference the brainstorm session. We wrote our reflections in our Writer's Notebooks and made sure to include what we saw, what we learned and what we did at Fort Whyte. Each of us recorded our reflection using a digital voice recorder, created our avatar on Voki and uploaded our reflection.

Here is a sample of how it turned out!





Click on your name to see your Fort Whyte Voki.
Anna, Brayden, Noah, Brody, Matthew, Taylor T, Taylor P, Alyssa S, Alyssa P, Hailey, Haley, Cole, Carter Y, Carter F, Jayden, Madison, Morgun, Brooke, Keanna, Araya.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Fort Whyte Voki Reflection

We are trying a new tool to reflect on our trip to Fort Whyte. Check out the Voki that we created together. Later, the children in our class will be writing their own reflections and creating a Voki with a small group to share what they learned at Fort Whyte.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

A Great Way to Spend a Tuesday!

Today we went on a field trip to Fort Whyte. This is one of my favorite places to go on a field trip, both as a student and a teacher. We will have more time tomorrow to post about what we learned, today we are going to do a Graffiti Reflection! Stay tuned to check it out. Also, families can stay tuned to our Shutterfly Album where I will post photos from our day.
-Mrs. Dent Scarcello :)