Week 13: Literacy Through Photography

I wanted to do Literacy Through Photography because my class did it, and for the first time this year, we actually got to take the pictures instead of my teacher, Mrs. Sutton taking them. And this year, Rachel Cudmore helped. We each picked a part of our body that we thought represented us best and we wrote poems about it and took pictures of it with the help of our parents.

We finished that a little while ago and soon we're going to have an art show at Rockford Coffee, which is a local coffee bar, and now the other third grade class is going to do LTP.

I learned so much about photography and now I am such a better photographer! I think I did some pretty good writing, too. My poem was called "Rainbow Eyes" and I took many pictures of my eyes, but only one is shown here.

Week 12: Heard Museum Native American Student Art Program

I wanted to choose this because they bring out the art in all the Native American kids, and I like that, because I love to do art and my school always does something with ArtSplot and each year we have a different theme. One year it was birds, one year it was dragonflies and this year it was fruit trees.

My Aunt Tink volunteers at the Heard Museum gift shop and she helps with this project, and I like that, because I like Aunt Tink and she is really nice!

Art by Heather Kee, Navajo, age 10

Visit the Heard

Week 11: Phoenix Zoo

I wanted to choose the Phoenix Zoo because there are a ton of animals to look at, and I liked looking at the baby orangutan because he reminded me of my brother, Cam. He seemed like he got into mischief, because he always ran away from his mom and he kept going upside down and kissing her (kind of like Cam).

And, I liked going to Monkey Village at Phoenix Zoo where we saw little spider monkeys and I got a lot of pictures of them. They are just so cute!

Visit the Phoenix Zoo

Week 10: Audubon Society (for elf owls!)

I want to help the elf owls because in school not too long ago we were reading a story and it was called "The Living Desert" from National Geographic Kids (I think) and it had a picture of a tiny little elf owl and it was just so cute. And I wanted to help elf owls.

The elf owls live in saguaro cacti and I wanted to help save their homes.

Illustration courtesy of paulmirocha.com

Visit the Audubon Society

Week 9: Read Across America

I love reading, so this is a great chance to just get out of your seat and read. Just put your heart into it! And have fun! So this is why I want to thank Read Across America because this will get kids up out of their seats and have fun.

Read Across America is held every year in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, on March 2.

Read more about Read Across America

We are giving our gift this week to Mrs. Pike and the Irving School Library in honor of Read Across America!