Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Quarter 2 Week 3 (Oct. 27-31)

 

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder – students will review concepts of value/shading in art.
  • 1st – students will begin their replicas of the Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh.
  • 2nd – students will learn about Henri Matisse and begin drawing a still life.
  • 3rd –  begin the Goldfish by Matisse for their art show work.

Bissey: Art 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will replicate a bird drawing by John James Audubon.

·       4th – Students will explore the work of Paul Klee.

·       5th – Students will replicate Durer’s Rhinoceros

·       6th -  Students will apply their knowledge of value in drawing classical sculptures.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6th

  • 6th - As You Like It rehearsals

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

  • Kinder –
  • 1st –
  • 2nd -

 

 

 

 

Fasenmyer: Latin 3-6

  • 3rd – Minimus Chapter 3!
  • 4th –  Minimus Chapter 3!
  • 5th – Work on Lingua Latina Chapter 2 and learning two noun cases         
  • 6th -  Reviewing Lingua Latina Chapter 4 and noun cases

Music

Abrego: Music K-2


All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

 

  • Kinder -

o   The students will learn about concert etiquette.

o   Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Frideric Handel.    

 

·       1st –

o   The students will learn about concert etiquette.  

o   Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Frideric Handel.    

 

·       2nd -

o   The students will learn about concert etiquette.

o   Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of Muzio Clementi.    

Balmer: Music 3-6

All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

 

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3
 Kinder-Third Grade:

 

*Scholars will continue to prepare for Field Day! Field Day is coming soon! Please save the following dates to your calendars:

-October 29th- 1st & 2nd Field Day

-October 30th- 3rd & 4th in the morning and Kinder Field Day in the afternoon

-October 31st- 5th & 6th Field Day

 

Boland: PE 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will be able to practice a few of the field day events coming up.
  • 4th - Students will be able to practice a few of the field day events coming up.
  • 5th – Students will continue the flag football unit. They will also compete in the field day relay race to try to earn a spot on that team.
  • 6th – Students will continue the flag football unit. They will also compete in the field day relay race to try to earn a spot on that team.

 

 

Monday, October 20, 2025

Q2 Week 2 (October 20-24)

 

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder – Students will learn how to use organic shapes and simple lines to draw a bird and be introduced to coloring with different values.
  • 1st – Students will be introduced to the element of art texture and study real vs implied textures.
  • 2nd – Students will complete their drawings of their Victorian houses and add texture.
  • 3rd – Students will begin studying Henri Matisse’s goldfish and draw the outline of the work for the Art Show.

 

Bissey: Art 3-6

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6th

  • 6th - As You Like It rehearsals

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

  • Kinder The students will identify and say what schoolyard games children play and what students do during recess by observing and visualizing pages 82 and 83 from the textbook
  • 1st - Students will learn and identify different school yard games in Chile and in their own school by using the textbook and workbook to visualize and visually identify the context in which they are said.
  • 2nd - The students will continue learning about the days of the week and the activities they do, and they will also learn to make sentences by writing on their desks and visualizing and interpreting pages 102-103 in the textbook through participation during question time.


Fasenmyer: Latin 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will be working on Chapter 2 Part 2 of Minimus and learning the 1st conjugation of Latin verbs.
  • 4th - Students will be working on Chapter 2 Part 2 of Minimus and reviewing the 1st conjugation of Latin verbs.
  • 5th – Chapter 2 of Lingua Latina and introduction to Genitive Case (Possessive Case)
  • 6th -  Review of Chapter 3 of Lingua Latina and review of the Nominative (Naming Case) and Accusative Case (Direct Object Case (most consistent use)). Start of Chapter 4 Review.

 

Music

Abrego: Music K-2


All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

 

  • Kinder - The students will learn to create a representation of high and low voices. The students will learn beat improvisation.

o   The students will learn about concert etiquette.

o   Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Frideric Handel.    

  •  1st – The students will label and notate the solfege “sol-mi”.

o   The students will learn about concert etiquette.  

o   Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Frideric Handel.    

  •  2nd -The students will learn to analyze repertoire that contains a pitch, re, between mi and do. The students will learn to write rhythm patterns that contain a half note.

o   The students will learn about concert etiquette.

o   Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of Muzio Clementi.    

  

Balmer: Music 3-6

All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

 

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3
 Kinder-Third Grade:

 

*Scholars will continue to prepare for Field Day! Field Day is coming soon! Please save the following dates to your calendars:

-October 29th- 1st & 2nd Field Day

-October 30th- 3rd & 4th in the morning and Kinder Field Day in the afternoon

-October 31st- 5th & 6th Field Day

 

Boland: PE 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will be able to practice a few of the field day events coming up.
  • 4th - Students will be able to practice a few of the field day events coming up.
  • 5th – Students will continue the flag football unit. They will also compete in the field day relay race to try to earn a spot on that team.
  • 6th – Students will continue the flag football unit. They will also compete in the field day relay race to try to earn a spot on that team.

 

 

Monday, October 6, 2025

Q2 Week 1 (October 6-10)

 

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder – students will watercolor on top of their previously drawn crayon fall leaves and observe the wax resist.
  • 1st – students will practice oil pastel blending techniques and learn how to shade from light to dark.
  • 2nd –  students will learn about Victorian architecture and recreate a building using lines and shapes.
  • 3rd -  students will complete their van Gogh sketches, replicating the Street in Saint Maries.

Bissey: Art 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will complete their replica of Woman in Front of the Sun by Joan Miro.
  • 4th – Students will complete their Blue Horse I replicas and study other art pieces by Franz Marc.
  • 5th – Students will apply their knowledge of texture for a detailed drawing of a chameleon.
  • 6th - Students will complete their line/pattern hand project.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6th

  • 6th - Finish blocking As You Like It

 

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

  • Kinder Students will identify singular and plural school supplies and provide information about how they are used by visualizing and interpreting pages 100 and 101 in the textbook through participation during question time.
  • 1st - Students will learn and identify different school yard games in Chile and in their own school by using the textbook and workbook to visualize and visually identify the context in which they are said.
  • 2nd - The students will continue learning about the days of the week and the activities they do, and they will also learn to make sentences by writing on their desks and visualizing and interpreting pages 102-103 in the textbook through participation during question time.

Fasenmyer: Latin 3-6

  • 3rd - Begin Chapter 3 of Minimus and continue learning the Latin Gender song!
  • 4th - Begin Chapter 3 of Minimus and continue learning the Latin Gender song!
  • 5th – Begin Chapter 2 of Lingua Latina   
  • 6th -  Continue reading Chapter 3 of Lingua Latina


Music

Abrego: Music K-2

All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

 

  • Kinder -
    • The students will learn to internalize high/low voice through kinesthetic activities and continue practicing steady beat and music reading.
    • The students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Fredric Handel. 
    • The students will audition for speaking parts for the Winter concert.
  • 1st –

o   The students will learn to label two pitches with the solfege syllables so-mi.

o   The students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Fredric Handel.

o   The students will audition for speaking parts for the Winter concert.

  •  2nd -

o   The students will internalize the pitch, re, between mi and do through kinesthetic activities and practice reading rhythm patterns that contain a half note.

o   The students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of Muzio Clementi.

o   The students will audition for speaking parts for the Winter concert.

 

Balmer: Music 3-6

All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3
 Kinder-Third Grade:

 

*Scholars will begin to prepare for Field Day! Field Day is coming soon! Please save the following dates to your calendars:

-October 29th- 1st & 2nd Field Day

-October 30th- 3rd & 4th in the morning and Kinder Field Day in the afternoon

-October 31st- 5th & 6th Field Day

 

Boland: PE 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will be finishing their Fitnessgram testing.
  • 4th - Students will be finishing their Fitnessgram testing.
  • 5th – Students will continue the volleyball unit.
  • 6th – Students will continue the volleyball unit.

 

 

Monday, September 29, 2025

Q1 Week 8 (Sept. 29-Oct. 3)

 

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder – Students will continue practicing cutting skills with organic shapes and learn to identify the difference between organic and geometric shapes.
  • 1st – Students will complete their coloring of their house in a garden and practice using distinct values.
  • 2nd – Students will complete coloring their landscapes, identifying textures and values.
  • 3rd -  Students will complete their van gogh inspired sketches, using the element of art line.

Bissey: Art 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will create a replica of Joan Miro’s Woman in Front of the Sun.
  • 4th –  Students will continue to explore Franz Marc’s animal pieces.
  • 5th – Students will apply their knowledge of value to drawing texture.
  • 6th - Students will create a hand project focusing on lines and patterns.

 Drama

Lucero: Drama 6th

  • 6th - Continue blocking As You Like It
Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

  • Kinder - Students will identify singular and plural school supplies and provide information about how they are used by visualizing and interpreting pages 100 and 101 in the textbook through participation during question time.
  • 1st - The students will identify classes and subjects in Chile and in their own school by visualizing and interpreting pages 104 and 105 in the textbook through participation during question time.
  • 2nd - The students will continue learning about the days of the week and they will also discuss what they do on certain days of the week by practicing the verb form VOY and visualizing and interpreting pages 100-101 in the textbook through participation during question time.

 Fasenmyer: Latin 3-6

  • 3rd - Completing Chapter 2 of Minimus, Vocab and gender review, Greek Myth
  • 4th - Completing Chapter 2 of Minimus, Vocab and gender review, Greek Myth
  • 5th -  Chapter 1 Test & test review          
  • 6th - Study Guide Review and Chapter 1-2 Review Test

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

 

  • Kinder -  The students will label the beat, introduce the beat icon, and present the word “beat.” Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Fredric Handel. 
  • 1st - The students will prepare to analyze repertoire that contains so-mi. The students will practice writing musical patterns that contain quarter and eighth notes.  Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Fredric Handel. 
  • 2nd - The students will learn to label one sound that lasts two beats with the rhythm syllable ta-ah. The students will learn the history and music of composer Muzio Clementi.

 

 Balmer: Music 3-6

All students are continuing preparations for the concert on November 14th.

Please note this change:

            5:30 concert – Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grades

            7:15 concert – 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

  • 3rd – Students will understand and demonstrate the function of the dotted quarter note and explore the music of Rossini and Beethoven.
  • 4th – Students will name, identify, and draw the names of the treble and bass clef ledger lines and explore the life and music of Guillaume de Machaut.
  • 5th – Students will name the notes of the Grand Staff and perform the major and minor scales by interval pattern. We will begin exploring the life and music of Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky.
  • 6th – Students will identify accidentals and enharmonic notes. We will begin exploring the life and music of Francesca Caccini.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3
 Kinder-Third Grade:

·      Scholars will continue to learn how to:

o      To demonstrate a proper throwing technique

o      To demonstrate the virtues of honesty and integrity 

 

Boland: PE 3-6

  • 3rd – Students will be outside again with the football unit
  • 4th - Students will be outside again with the football unit
  • 5th – Students will be outside again with the football unit
  • 6th – Students will be outside again with the football unit

 

 

Quarter 2 Week 3 (Oct. 27-31)

  Art Hibler: Art K-3 Kinder – students will review concepts of value/shading in art. 1st – students will begin their re...