There’s something in the water in and around Anderson elementary school. These kids literally don’t stop creating things, it seems.
This time around, it’s a celebration of words and art, all in one, thanks to the Grade 5/6 class of teacher Sue Funston.
The students have assembled a rather unique display of their favourite words on large pieces of paper, which will hang from a hoop over Funston’s old Remington typewriter. The masterpiece will be displayed at the Richmond Public Library during Education Week, providing passersby with food for thought.
Funston hopes her students think more critically of the English language and to realize that words have power and meaning.
“Half the time when the students read they tend to skip over words and not give real value to the word,” she said.
Grade 6 student Lorraine McEvoy helped assemble the artwork.
“We learned that there are a lot of words that are descriptive and unique,” she said.
Funston said she hopes to expand her students’ vocabulary so each of them have the tools to produce their own works of word art.
Meanwhile, the class will also display their work on fish by displaying artwork at Aberdeen Centre.
Students drew different kinds of fish and expressed elements of design, such as shape, form, colour, tone and texture.
The fishy art is part of a broader teaching of sustainability, First Peoples, Canadian geography and environmental science, noted Funston.
Lorraine said she learned many different things from the project.
“First Nations used to honour all parts of the fish so we honoured them as well by drawing fish and learning about them.”
- EdCom is produced by the Richmond School District and published by the Richmond News.
