Self-portraits

Our Art lesson this afternoon was on self-portraits.  We talked about what portraits (and self-portraits) are, looked at some famous portraits and then started to draw!

We began by making a U-shape in the middle of our paper.  We felt how our neck is narrower than our head and our shoulders are wider than our head.  We added facial features:  eyes, ears, nose, mouth and hair.  It was fun drawing and colouring with oil pastels.  The pictures below show some of the works in progress.  Not everyone got finished so when all the portraits are hung in the "gallery",  I'll take a picture and post it as soon as possible.

In our Word Work lessons, we've been learning about consonant digraphs (two consonants that go together to make one sound, like: sh, ch, th, wh.  We also call them "buddy letters" or the "h brothers".)  Can your child tell you what sounds these letters make?  Try reading words that begin with these letter combinations and belong to the word families we've learned.  (E.g. shop, chat, then, when, shin, ship, chop, etc.)
Here is an interactive website that your child might enjoy:
http://www.learningtoday.com/player/swf/PH_consonant_diagraphs_L2_V1_t1a.swf

Artists at work!