A World of Art

Our world is full of all different kinds of art.

We have cave paintings from the earliest times that show us how they lived

and what they hunted.

We have simple pictures that were carved and used for storytelling as well as 

for trade.

Paintings are still treasured in museums and other places showing us how people looked

and celebrations from years ago.

Dances are done to celebrate, to show rites of passage and to entertain.

Storytelling has evolved into books, plays, movies and theater.

Music has taken us through people's emotions as they experience different times

in life.

All of these are different types of art that have been important over time to many different

societies in our world.

STUDENTS:  As you read the introduction to our text A World of Arts, you learned how art was and is so much more than just drawings and paintings.  You also learned how each one of these was important to people in our world.  Do you agree that art is important to the world in which we live?  Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Five for Friday: Christmas in Europe

Again, something I haven't done in forever, and almost didn't make it today!

This 5 for Friday is brought to you by my students!

This is their 5 for Friday about our recent Market Day - Christmas is Europe.

They are pretty excited, Doodle Bugs Teaching!

France

The students loved being the tour guides for France.  They welcomed all the other third grade classes and taught them about France.  I just took pictures! I loved seeing them stepping up and being wonderful teachers for their friends.  They each took a 20 minute session to be tour guides.

They loved the berets I found for them.  They thought that was amazing!

See this post for more of how we taught our friends.

Food

The food from all the different countries was a huge hit!

In France, we had Ratatouille, bread, cheeses and sparkling grape juice.

In Russia, we enjoyed pirozhki, beet chips, Russian tea cakes and Russian tea.

In Germany, chocolate was devoured.

In England, English tea and cupcakes were a hit.

In Spain, Spanish meatballs and a Spanish punch was served.

In Italy, salomi, panettone bread and cheese were inhaled.

                  

                  

FUN

We just had the best time going from country to country. We also enjoyed our "layovers" in the different rooms.  Our county librarian brought Christmas books that showed the different countries and cultures in Europe. The kids enjoyed her telling the stories.

Another layover found us in a room where we put together puzzles of the world.

We were joined by our superintendent of schools!

Some chose to spend the layover time coloring.

Learning about Europe

Each country was so unique.

We loved how Italy was set up like someone's house for us to visit.

In Russia, it was so cold because in Russia it is cold.  We also loved the art in Russia.

In Germany, we ate great chocolate.

In Spain, we learned some of the language from a university professor!

In England, we got crackers we could pop open and find candy! 

                 

                 

Friends

We had such a great time just being with our friends.

We taught them and they taught us.

It was a great way to spend time with our best friends.

                       

                       

What a great trip we had!

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Christmas in Europe: France

Many of you who follow my blog know our social studies standards have changed 

BIG TIME!

We have worked hard to try to get these standards to the students in many different ways this year.

We have changed so much of the way we teach including how we do our behavior system.

The students earn money each day and at the end of the 9 weeks we have a Market Day for them to spend their money they have earned.

This 9 weeks we crossed the ocean for Market Day and explored the continent of Europe.

The majority of the students' money was spent on buying their passports.

They had to fill out an application for the passport and send it off.

My class was worried because as of Wednesday morning our passports had not arrived and our flight was due to leave on Thursday morning.

They came in though with time to spare!

Mrs. Kim, our principal, bringing the special delivery package to us.

They were so excited the passports had arrived!

In the standards, the students are suppose to be able to locate and identify 6 countries in Europe.

They are also to know the history, geography, culture and government of these countries as well.

We have worked on most of these elements except the culture, so we thought Christmas would be a good time to get that in - as well as be a fun way to learn.  There are 6 third grade classes, so each of us drew a country.  

My class got France.

Now, it was up to us to learn as much as we could about the culture of France and then be able to teach our friends when they came to visit on Market Day.

You can see here some of the ways we prepared for our visitors.

The kids worked hard on getting the room ready as well as preparing themselves to be the tour guides on Market Day.

Here are some shots of the day in France as they taught their friends about France.

When the visitors came in, passports were checked and stamped to show they had visited France.

Then, they colored a French flag and glued it to their suitcase.

They also colored France on the map that was on their suitcase.

My students that were in charge of the art of France wanted us to have our own Louvre.

This was the perfect spot for it.

Each child made their own Mona Lisa.  Our visitors were able to use a QR code to show the real Mona Lisa exhibit at the Louvre.

We also studied Claude Monet who was from France.  We recreated his Water Lillies painting and, again, a QR code was used for the students to see the real painting.

For our food station, the students were able to purchase

Ratatouille - which they LOVED

baguettes

Muenster cheese

Brie cheese

Sparkling Grape Juice

The students that were in charge of the language did a cute job.

They found a website and created a QR code that would speak to the students in French.

They also had little French men with speech bubbles coming out of their mouths.

The top speech bubble would have a word in English and when you lifted it up, it would show you how to say the word in French.

The Eiffel Tower was the central focus of the room.

The kids loved this part of the room.

They would gather to have their picture taken, but the especially loved the QR code that allowed them to have a live camera feed on the Eiffel Tower.

It was super cool!

               

               

We were so blessed to have many parents and grandparents join us as well as members from our county's central office.

              It was a trip to remember!

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