CICS West Belden second graders “planted” some beautiful May flowers, but with chalk, and on the sidewalk!

Students drew flowers, inspired by recent studies of artist Georgia O’Keeffe, that adorned our sidewalk for a few sun-drenched days before being washed away by rain.

Thank you for your creative contributions to our campus, Bulldogs!

CICS West Belden students are very busy this month making music! Last week, third graders took a field trip to Symphony Center where they saw the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and learned about the relationship between music and dance. Students also completed a project recently in which they constructed musical instruments (pictured left) and classified them according to instrument family.

In other related news, the WB Chorus is busy preparing for their first choral concert on Tuesday, May 28 at 4:30 p.m. Students will showcase their talents by singing a variety of musical styles including jazz, pop, and classical. There will also be several small group and solo performances.

This week, CICS West Belden art students worked together to learn new terminology using the Frayer Model, a vocabulary development tool. Because literacy models deepen students’ understanding of complex concepts, our Enrichment teachers utilize them regularly and effectively.

Pictured left, fourth grade students define, describe, and draw both examples and non-examples using their new vocabulary words.