Another Great Day

Today was another wonderful day. We concentrated today on artistic creations of different kinds.

In the morning, after we finished reading and checking homework, we did line drawings of birds. We began by discussing the different types of lines -- vertical, horizontal, diagonal, zigzag, and wavy -- and the different varieties of each, such as thick, thin, long, short, broken, solid, smooth and rough. The students experimented with drawing different types on a piece of newsprint as a warm up. I then distributed pictures of birds to the students. They drew these birds using only lines and no shading. They tried to use as many types of lines as possible. The results ranged from acceptable to outstanding!

After recess we had library. Poor Mrs. Koneff is having to deal with a really irritating new computer checkout system, but she took time to give our students a great lesson on using the card catalog -- still useful when the computer stops working -- and also to read some really funny Thanksgiving poems to the class. Back in class, we did more physical exploration of musical concepts. This time I drew a few abstract lines on the board, asked the students to pick one, and then each group attempted to create movements inspired by these pictures. Tomorrow we'll finish this off with some improvised music.

PE was devoted to relay races today. We tried different forms of partner races. We did piggybacks and a couple types of three legged races. A good time was had by all, even if they did not always quite get was I intended.

Homework: (1) Study spelling. (2) Science, page A111, questions 18-23. (3) Review/Test, Math, page 160 and Cumulative Review, Math, page 161.