Bullitan Board Ideas

I made these little worksheets for the 2nd graders to do during multicultural month. It goes along with the song "All the Way Around the World." I just drew a picture and then wrote, "what makes you happy" on the sheet and they filled in some things that make them happy. I don't have my own board, so I sticky-clipped them to the wall outside my door. I finished off this display with a poster I drew of the same picture, and had all the 1st graders sign it. Super easy, super cute, and helped the kids personalize the song.

The poster I made for them to sign.

I just displayed a few of the completed sheets. But it made a really sweet impact.

Fill In the Beat Box

We are learning about 4/4 time in first grade. This week they learned how to fill their "beat box" (personal white board) with the correct number of beats using either quarter notes or 8th notes.
This was a fun, exciting, and personalized activity that allowed the students to be creative within the parameters of the 4/4 measure. I was also able to assess,very quickly, the students who understood the rhythms and who needed more guidance. We are only using "ta" and "ti" right now.

First part of lesson learning the values of the difference stems/heads.



Student Example 1



Student Example 2

Dancers In School: #proudmotherhen

The Carolina Ballet Company sent two of their members to our school today. It was fabulous to experience the strength and beauty of ballet, up front and personal. The two dancers demonstrated their daily stretches, partner work, choreography, discussed how to stay fit and flexible, and gave tips for the students in their daily life (eat well, sleep, exercise, etc..) The kids enjoyed the jumps and spins, and the fancy "couple work" they did (as one 5th grader put it.)

Being "choreographers" for the selected 5th graders

Teaching the 3rd graders "floor work" and "jumps"



Demonstrating bar work for the students

The stage set-up with portable bars, something I would LOVE to purchase for my classroom and for the after school ballet club I'd love to teach one day. Note the BEAUTIFUL costumes in the corner of the stage.

It was interactive too, while I would have changed the layout a bit myself, for the first time out I thought they did a fine educational job. I tend to be picky when it comes to assemblies, so I won't post anything negative.

They even taught the fifth graders choreography!

Before the assembly I gave one third grade class a pre-test and it asked questions like, " What is Ballet?" and "Name a few famous ballet pieces..." I was incredibly pleased that all my students named the Swan Lake, Peter and the Wolf, and the Nutcracker! I felt like a proud mama when I knew my kids were listening to me in class all those months back :)

While some of the answers are, obviously, incorrect (i.e. boys don't wear pointe shoes) I'm SO excited that they were MOSTLY correct on all the PRE test knowledge. #proudmotherhen

Multicultural Day Collaborations

I am fortunate to be really great friends with the P.E. and Art teachers at my school, so this type of collaborating was really easy for me. We decided to work together to merge all the arts into what they were learning in the classrooms ( VERY cross-curricular we were!) The P.E. teacher taught traditional folk dances to each grade and their prospective area of the world they were representing in the festival. The Art teacher had the students do art work, and the art club design flag-decorated-letters. It was a beautiful hallway display! I had to show off the kid's (and teacher's) hard work :)

Multicultural Day: A Hit!

I'm looking through all my pictures thinking... man I wish i had taken pictures of the actual performance!
I never get pictures of the events, just leading up to them, because I'm running around doing seventy different things- I don't have time to take pictures.
This Festival was a huge success, however, and something I am incredibly proud of. I planned 6 week unit plans for each grade, assigning a different area of the world for each grade to focus on. This was great because they didn't get overwhelmed (and I didn't!) feeling like they needed to have knowledge to share about the WHOLE WORLD. So I assigned each grade to a different geographical location, and this worked out so well. The students shared with the rest of the school what they learned, and I felt that the whole world was somehow included in our special day!

Here is a sneak peak at some of the fun things we did in class.
World Instrument stations/band.
more to come....

LOTS OF UPDATES

LOTS OF UPDATES.

Fifth graders I have uploaded tutorials for ALL of the belts.
I have uploaded a video for RECORDER ENSEMBLE.
And ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD.

thanks.
Miss VP

"All the way around the world"

You can now sing along with this video...

or Click here if you can't see it...

This Boat's gonn carry Happiness....Harmony....Love/Peace....Hope/Strength...all the way around the world.

Chorus: All the way around the world, this boat's gonna fly with it's sails unfurled, to every boy and every girl, all the way around the world.