Nith

G2 Unit 4: Creating movement to a piece of music

Students used their knowledge of the elements of music from their last unit and applied them to movement.  They chose a song and style of dance that they liked and tried to show a variety of movements that fit the music.





Student Led Conference

We shared our learning with our families on Friday.

Friendships

My friends names are Sounavann, Wadia, and Sothearath.

At lunch and recess me and my friends like reading books, playing family play in the sand pit, playing superheroes, or writing in our note books.

G2 Music, Unit 3: Composing a song to tell the audience about an idea, feeling or story

Student explored the elements of music, such as tempo, pitch, dynamics and duration, to create a piece of music that would allow the audience to have an idea, feeling or story.  They started to work on this individually and later some students chose to work collaboratively.  Here is their final composition.

G2 Art-Unit 2- Nature and Architecture

We observed shapes in architecture and shapes in nature.  We investigated the functions (purposes) of nature and architecture.  We used our imaginations and feedback from friends or family to draw and build architecture inspired by nature.  Here is my artwork:

G2 Art- Unit 3- Finding and Making Meaning in Abstract Art

We found shapes, colors and lines in abstract artworks.  We discussed our experiences and emotions connected to the colors, lines and shapes.  We used this to guess the meaning of abstract artworks.  We sorted abstract artworks to explore how some are “a little abstract, very abstract or not abstract”.  We also made abstract artworks about ourselves for others to interpret.

Rube Goldberg

Question Prompts for Parents:

Who was Rube Goldberg and what is a Rube Goldberg Machine?

What was the objective or goal of your machine?

Was it successful? Why or why not?

Can you explain the simple machines you used to make it?

'Don't Crack The Egg Challenge'

In writing we are learning to write a procedure. In this example we completed a task related to our unit of inquiry (How the World Works - Simple Machines). We then wrote a procedure demonstrating what we did.
Title: Try not to break the challenge

My goal is to get a hard boiled egg to get down without breaking.

Needs:

• Hard boiled egg
• A3 paper
• Chair
• A ruler
• Cellor tape
• A paper towels

Step:

First make an incline plane with the chair and ruler.

Then fold the A3 paper in half and fold it again.

Now unfold the paper that you just folded and unfold it.

So now put cello tape and fold it back ward and stick it on the ruler.

Put the paper that you just made and put it on the ruler.

Put some paper towels on the floor the egg goes to land on the floor.

Evaluation: I learned that when you put something soft on the floor where the egg will land , it won’t break.

Playground Reflection

Unit: How the World Works - Simple Machines

Here is my drawing of the playground. I made a green screen and explained in my own words about the simple machines I saw.

Teacher Comment: You did well understanding which way to point with the mirror image on the screen and spoke clearly. You identified the following simple machines correctly; inclined plane and lever. You are learning to explain how these are used and what function they serve. Remember a spring is not a simple machine, in this piece of equipment it was used as a fulcrum and the platform on top was the lever. Great effort Nith!

Clues From The Past - Summative Assessment

Howdah - Nith

Form

It is a saddle for an animal.

It was made of wood.

This is a Howdah it is a primary piece of evidence because it shows that elephants have been used in Cambodia in long time ago.

Function

It use to carry people on the elephant back so they can ride on it so people can look around.

Howdah was used:

to carry the king

to carry farmers

on elephant back

to carry soldiers during the war

to carry travellers

How does this help me to understand Cambodia ?

I have learned that long time ago elephants were very important in Cambodia.

I think they were important because Elephants helped Khmer people to build Angkor Wat. They must be important because there are many carving and statues of them.

I have learned that Elephants also had jobs in the war to help people fight.

This is different today because Elephant’s aren’t used for hard work as much. They are still used in as an attraction for people visiting because they pay to ride elephants. But some places think this is unkind and don’t let people ride them so this has changed.

Timeline

Music - My Song

Here is the link to the music blog where you will find a recording of me singing the song I created in music.

How We Express Ourselves

Artist Statement - Nith

“Paper craft inspired me because it looks beautiful, I looked at videos and thought it looked cool. I decided to use flowers because my Grandma’s house had beautiful butterflies and flowers and I felt happy there. I decided to make flowers with paper craft.

I used paper, glue and scissors, and a background in paint. My art is called Flower Rose. I am proud of it because I have never done anything like it before and I learnt new things”.