TL390WSUTC: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Puppet Show 2011 Children's Garden

Puppet Shows with Meanings

(1) Different is Cool

(2) The Case of Missing Sunflower Seeds

Dance Project Spring 2011

Three dynamic groups presented their research on three countries with creative dance and art.
Highlight: France, Bolivia, and Mexico

France

May Day: From worker's right, protest, to May Pole Dance

Mask by Damion

Mask by Grace

Bolivia
From Highest Cities, love story, conflicting desires, to interpretive dance.

My time is divided between...

Go! Go!

Mexico

The History of Piñata

Comes with an impressive hand-made Piñata by Jesica (8 hours of work, use home-made glue and newspaper), a lovely folk dance, and stories on Frida Kahlo.

Kite Connects

Kite project connects subjects such as Art, History, Science, Math, even Dance and Music. My creative pre-service class room teachers use Kite as a vechicle to address important and interesting knowledge. Students strive to make their own kite to reflect upon the key concepts in their lesson plan design. For example: A kite shapes like a heart, meaning, "love to read". It is decorated with pictures of many must-read books for elementary students. Jeff and Alida used oriental design to highlight the historical and cultural aspect of the kite making. Jody and Joel's box kite highlights the uses of kites as spying tool during World War I. Elizabeth and Angela made a giant target kite to show how kites were used as gunnery target pratices in the military. Paul and Kyle made a beautiful red kite using frabric. Stephanie, Jorden, and Leah went all the way made two kites: a traditional diamond shaped kite with a picture of a lovely butterfly and a Tetrahedral kite to discuss the law of flying.