School Projects
ENDANGERED ANIMALS! WHAT’S IN IT FOR US?
1. Animal Species
2. Where does it live? (Country and Habitat)
3. How does this species benefit humankind?
4. Why is this species becoming (or is already) endangered?
5. How can we help?
INFO LINKS
BPCS SECOND GRADERS LOVE ORIGAMI
Choose from video links below!
Zentangling Resources
How to Draw Zentangle for Beginners (link)
STEPS : Focus | Dots | Frame | String| Tangle (w/ Pen) | Shade (w/ Pencil and Blender)
15 Zentangle Patterns (How To)
15 More Zentangle Patterns (How To)
Learn Ten 3-D Patterns in Nine Minutes
How to Draw Celtic Knot (Challenging!)
Nice Time Lapse Zentange (Four 3-D Patterns)
Shading Practice for Zentangling
How to Make a Blender (Tortillon)
Pattern Ideas
Researching Locations of República Dominicana
6. Hump Back Whales (ballena jorobada)
or more animals at Manati Park
12. Customs and Cuisine of the Dominican Republic
Festivals of República Dominicana
GRADE FOUR ANIMATION SKETCHES
A Bird and A Girl with Big Eyes (Test One)
GRADE FOUR STOP MOTION FILM FEST
Last Leaf OK GO 2 min 40 sec (2010)
Sorry I’m Late 3 min 10 sec (2007)
Sesame Street Primary Colors OK GO 1min 30 sec (2012?)
In Your Arms – (Official Music Video) Kina Grannis 3 min 24 sec (2011)
Isle of Dogs Trailer Wes Anderson 2 min 35 sec (2018)
Clay Animation 4 min 35 sec (2013) Javier Tostado and María Lara (artists)
“This Is Where We Live” Made by many talented animators for 4th Estate 2 min 47 sec (2008)
T-Shirt War!! Rhett & Link 3 min 47 sec. (2009)
KNITTING RESOURCES
KNITTING FOR BEGINNERS (on straight needles)
Annabel’s Rhyme for Remembering Knitting Steps
Knitting for LEFTIES (This video shows, cast on, knit stitch and bind off! : )
Knitting STRIPES (or changing your yarn color while you are knitting)
BINDING OFF (or knitting your project off needles)
KNITTING ON LOOMS
Basic Bind Off for Single Knitting on Loom
Binding Off for Double Knitting on Straight Loom
Binding Off for Circular Loom (finishing hat)
BPCS SECOND GRADERS LOVE ORIGAMI
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Balloon 2
MAKING ART WITH CIRCUITS (Grade 4)
60 Seconds DIY Paper Circuit Tutorial
Paper Circuits (Exploratorium)
Light-Up Valentine Cards (Advanced Ideas)
How to Draw Simple Electric Circuits Lesson
KNITTING
Making a Ball of Yarn
Finger Knitting Intro
Connecting Finger Knitting Strands
Finger Knitting Advanced (Hat)
Finger Knitting Advanced (Blanket)
MAKING BLOCK LETTERS LOOK 3-D
R E S E A R C H I N G : THE OLMECS (Ancient Mexico)
The Olmec of Mesoamerica Video
Colossal Heads (made of basalt)
Olmec Reliefs (flat sculptures)
Facts about the Ancient Olmecs
KYOTO Feedback Form
Click Here for 1st Grade Survey!
Click Here for 2nd Grade Survey!
Click Here for 3rd Grade Survey!
Third Graders Explore Japanese Stab Binding
DIY Japanese Bookbinding Tutorial
(How to sew the binding begins two minutes in! Save Time!)
First Graders Study Japanese Prints
Arts and Culture of Kyoto, Japan
Second Graders Learn to Sew!
Threading a Needle, Tying a Knot
Running Stitch, Tying Off Your Work
BPCS Second Graders Investigate the Underground Railroad!
Brain Pop: Underground Railroad Review
Use this link above to review what we learned in today’s video!
Also check out Underground Railroad Code Words & Underground Railroad Conductors
Slave Family In Cotton Field near Savannah; ca. 1860s, Near Savannah, Georgia, USA — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Freedom Quilt Blocks
BPCS First Second Graders!
Calendar Rhyme by Mother Goose
Thirty days has September, April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except for February alone,
Which has but twenty-eight days clear,
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
New York Harvest Cycle
Zodiac Link (optional)
BPCS SECOND GRADERS
Read So We Can Go to Constantinople!
Google Arts and Culture (Armor)
BPCS SECOND GRADERS
Research Great Leaders from Around the World and Throughout Time!
Visit Duckster.com
Draw your Great Leader!
In your sketchbooks, note the following information.
When and where did your great leader live?
What did he or she do to help the world?
What do you admire about your great leader?
BPCS SECOND GRADERS LOVE ORIGAMI
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TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD — FUELED BY MATH
