Chinese New Year 2015 Thursday, February 19

"Kung Hei Fat Choy"

It means HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year simplified Chinese: 新年快乐; traditional Chinese: 新年快樂

1st grade is celebrating Chinese New Year!

   

We were inspired by the New Years Parade in San Francisco!

 Chinese New year parade preparation

We heard how it all began with the story of Nian

  

"Kung Hei Fat Choy"

Happy MLK DAY! :)

3rd graders made some wonderful works of art in honor of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. day.

Three wonderful Mom's Mrs. Lindskey, Mrs. Rayo, Mrs. Franks and a student, Maycey helped make this display look awesome today!

 We also had 5 Students whose art works can be seen at PISD Administration Building for the next few weeks as well! They were entered in to the yearly Plano ISD Art Contest.

 PISD MLK Events

Enjoy your 3 day weekend go out and celebrate this wonderful day with family and friends!

More Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Activities 2015

CULTURE FEST MANIA!

Every year Christie Elementary has the best multicultural night in Plano!  

This year, as always, every grade level will be making something wonderful from some place in our world! There is a link for each grade level to learn about each process or artist below.

Kinder is discovering the man who made the first photo's of snow, Snowflake Bentley! We are using what have learned to create beautiful microscopic views of our own snowflakes. The beauty of snow is something that Wilson Bentley wanted to share with the world, and so do we!

Snowflake Bentley's Beautiful Snowflakes!

1st is making Chinese new year dragons or lions. We learned about a mythical beast called Nian and...

The Legend of how Chinese New Year Celebrations Began!

2nd is learning about the artist Hokusai and will be making beautiful straw painting, tissue relief cherry blossom trees.

Hokusai's famous woodcut printmaking

3rd will be designing collages inspired by the Molas of the Kuna People in Panama. Take a look at the...

Magnificent Molas!

4th graders are discovering the country of Ghana and investigating the process used to create Kente' and Adinkra two famous African textiles. Then, they will be designing creating their own printing making project inspired by what they have learned.

Kente'   Adinkra   and how it's made!

Finally 5th grade will be traveling to Egypt to discover the land of the Pharaohs, pyramids, mummies, and hieroglyphs. Every fifth grader at Christie will be making a fabulous Printmaking metal relief to go with our unit.

I want my Mummy!   hieroglyphs

Keep your eye's peeled for more to come!