The best craft we made in November was our Turkey hands. The childrens’ hands were traced for the turkeys’ body and it’s feathers. We used googly eyes to make the turkeys look silly. Best of all, we portrayed all of our hard work on our bulletin board. All of our turkey hands were placed in the shape of a huge cross with the saying, “We are hungry for you Lord” written below it!
For classroom Art we created Indian necklaces out of macaroni. We dyed the macaroni many different colors with food coloring. We encouraged the children to follow a patterning sequence, such as yellow-red-yellow or orange-green-orange. Everyone had lots of fun!
Art Class
Students will take the Negative & Positive Space lesson one step further by creating Stages of Development of a Single Design. Starting out with four identical shapes cut out of black construction paper students will demonstrate each stage of the designs transformation in visual steps.
Ms. Arnau
Art Class
Students will learn about Negative & Positive Spaces and how we can use these spaces to create images. Using a 6X6 piece of black construction paper, they will cut the square into smaller shapes to create an image (of their choice). Once they have turned their square into a visual design they will glue it onto a white sheet of paper and see how the negative space of a design is just as important as the positive space.
Ms. Arnau
Art Class
In celebration of the New Year children will create their own mask using feathers, sequins and glitter. We will then have our own New Years Masquerade party and the children will wear the masks they created.
Ms. Arnau
As we were contemplating what theme to use to enter the Fall Door Decorating Contest, Caroline Kemp from 12Q came up with the idea of being thankful for our homes, our minds to think, our hearts to love and our courage to stand for what is right. With that, she thought of using The Wizard of Oz theme. As a class, we then began to work hard and decorate our entire classroom using trees, a backdrop that took up the entire back wall, and the students even created the Tinman and the Scarecrow. We had our very own Alexis Lazzaro play Dorothy and Taylor Estevez who play the Lion. Taylor even curled her hair to make it resemble a lion’s mane. We enjoyed quality time as a class and I am proud to say that every single student participated. Class 12Q received First place. I am so proud of how every student worked together, and made this class project a success.
Ms. Quiros
The Advanced Spanish class recently finished a project. The students made videos and presented their own Spanish Newscast. They were very creative. The students really worked hard. We are now starting a chapter about the human body and vocabulary pertaining to a doctor’s office. We plan to make diagrams and brochures for our own “health clinic” promoting good health.
Ms. Rivera
The Advanced Spanich class was invited to go on a trip to an Argentinean Restaurant with another of the Spanish classes. We had chorizo, steak, etc. Thank you Mrs. Pascualini for the invitation. We had a great time.
Ms, Rivera
Advanced Spanish-
The class finished a unit about the clash of two cultures, when the Spaniards encountered for the first time the Natives in the New World. This was a great opportunity to study how one event could be seen very differently depending on the perspective.
Ms. Rivera
We have been studying the book of Genesis, the book of beginnings. The students had to do a project delineating the descendants of Abraham down to Jacob’s children and write facts about each person. The projects the students made are impressive. Many of them testify they were able to put in perspective the different stories they had learned from young, others learned them for the first time. Isn’t it great!
We are looking forward to learn about the exodus and the worship of the people of Israel. We will discuss the tabernacle, the feasts/festivals, and the sacrifices and how they all point to Jesus.
Ms. Rivera