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Duet Compositions

ericksonl — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:59:11 +0000

Izzy Thompson – Trust

Izzy Duet Composition 2013 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Dessislava Veltcheva – Gone But Not Forgotten

Dessy Duet Composition 2013 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Aaliyah Takami – Trust

Aali Duet Composition 2013 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Tanner Concert and Dessy

ericksonl — Tue, 07 May 2013 02:02:52 +0000

Clip #1 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Grade 3 Puppet Theater

ericksonl — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:35:13 +0000

The grade 3 students are finishing up their unit on puppetry. The students went through the entire process from creation to performance. They began with writing stories and scripts with the theme of recycling and reusing garbage. The students brought in used materials to make sock puppets. Each student developed their character with a special voice. The students practiced putting it all together and will present their finished shows to the kindergarten and grade one classes.

3M Puppet Shows

Clip #4 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Clip #2 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Clip #1 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Clip #3 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Grade 5 Dances

ericksonl — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:32:21 +0000

Grade 5 has completed a unit on dance in Drama. The focus was on motivation and composition. They recently shared their compositions with the other grade 5 classes.

Elements

G5 5 Elements from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Emotions

G5 Emotions from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Planets

G5 Planets from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Grade 4 Dances

ericksonl — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:17:17 +0000

The grade 4 classes have been doing a dance unit in Drama. The focus of this unit is rhythm and music. The students suggested using the Pink Panther theme with its identifiable rhythm.

Pink Panther from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

ericksonl — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:51:39 +0000

The Elementary Play, Tales of Japan, was a wonderful success. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. The students who acted in this play were fantastic to work with. This was a great activity and a beautiful play.

Part 1

Tales of Japan Part 1 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Part 2

Tales of Japan Part 2 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Part 3

Tales of Japan Pt. 3 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Grade 3 Introduce their Puppets

ericksonl — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:00:45 +0000

Students in grade 3 have been busy the last few weeks creating their own puppets. Each student gathered materials, constructed their puppet, gave it a name and personality. This fit in nicely with work grade 3 did earlier in the year creating characters. The puppets will form groups after the break to share a recycling, reusing or reducing story to go along with their unit in the classroom. They have already developed stories and began writing scripts.

Clip #2 from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

3D Puppets from YIS Arts on Vimeo.

Grade 2 Storybook Character Interviews

ericksonl — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:52:42 +0000

In Drama, Grade 2 completed a project on storybook characters. The students joined the classroom on the following Unit of Inquiry

Central Idea
Stories can be constructed, retold and interpreted in different ways.
Lines of Inquiry
•How traditional tales change
•Roles that characters play
•Traditional tales told from various points of view

In Drama, the students focused on tales from different character’s point of view. The students retold favorite tales from various points of view. For the final project, the students chose a character, wrote the character’s introduction and three questions to be asked. They became the character in an interview. The work the students did was impressive. They were able to become the character. Please view the interviews below.

Grade 4 Campaign Commercials

ericksonl — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:44:53 +0000

As part of their Unit of Inquiry, Grade 4 students created commercials to add to their campaign. The students worked in groups to write and act in their commercials.

Central Idea:
The Media can influence thinking and behaviour.

5B Scientific Discovery Videos

ericksonl — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:09:21 +0000

5B students have been working on a video project about scientists and their discoveries. Please view them below.