1ExpressOurselves


 * 2008-2009, 2009-2010 **

Art

2009-2010: Students will choose their favorite artwork (one 2D and one 3D piece) from their portfolio for a school-wide art show - "Gallery Night." Students will use the 2D artwork to display as part of the "Elegant Evening," a night of poetry, music, dance, singing, art, and writing. They will write a reflection of how they expressed themselves through that particular artwork. Students will discuss the mood of their piece and make connections with personal experiences or memories that are evoked by their work.

Students will choose their favorite artwork (one 2D and one 3D piece) from their portfolio for a school-wide art show - "Gallery Night." Work will remain hanging as part of the "elegant evening," a night of poetry, music, dance, singing, art, and writing. Students will discuss in art class ways in which people express themselves and read the book, "To Be an Artist." They will talk about all of the mediums that visual artists use. Students will also discuss "mood" in art and how the mood of an artwork effects the viewer's emotions and perception of the piece.

Music

In music class we will study Lyrics; the poetry of songwriting; A song can tell a story or express emotions. The emotional qualities can also be expressed in: Melody, Rhythm, Different instruments. These qualities can also be expressed through Dance and movement. We sing many songs that tell stories. Many folk songs are stories that have been passed down through the generations. Some songs express a whole range of feelings through their lyrics. We will learn to sing and sign the songs //__All Night All day__// and //__Hushabye Little Papoose.__// 09-10 ​//Songs:// Creating new lyrics to songs (Ida Red; Pumpkin Patch; Sweet Home Chicago; improvisation with solfege pitches and hand signs; Sing Me Your Name); song writing; poems set to music; songs written for a purpose (Spicewood School Song; story songs; ballads; National Anthems; song as a map- Follow the Drinking Gourd); connections between the song-writer and the singer (school song vs. songs just for listening)

PE We use our body to show expression.The students will learn a dance in P.E. to support the concept of using one's body to show expression. 2009-2010 The students will develop risk-taking attributes throught the game of "Capture the Flag". In this game, a certain amount of confidence must be exhibited while taking risks to accomplish the goal of all four flags taken to the opposite field without losing one's flag.

Spanish - As First Grade prepares for their Elegant Evening to demonstrate the various creative ways that people express themselves, we will learn a song which is very popular in several Latin American countries. The song is called "Que llueva" and is somewhat like our song "It's raining, It's pouring." In conjunction with learning the song, we will talk about the gauchos (cowboys) of Argentina and we will read a book called __The Gullywasher.__ In this book we learn about the tall tales that the cowboys would tell around the campfire and why they told them.

We will look at the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso who from an early age produced complex artwork. We will color a picture based on one of his paintings called "Child with Dove" (1901).

Library - We look at how people express themselves through poetry by listening to the book //Summer's Vacation// by Lynn Plourde, which also compliments the Earth Day celebrations going on at the same time. The students listen to a performance by Mother Goose, who shows that poetry and storytelling are other ways to express oneself. Students gather in the library on different days to watch a storyteller from Africa and student dancers performing dances from their native cultures.