Q1 W4

 

Art

K-3: Hibler

• Kinder students will use basic shapes to replicate a page from The Shape of Things. We will use paint, crayon, and paper cutouts to create a multi-media design.
• 1st grade will complete their mosaic patterns with geometric shapes and be introduced to line directions. Vocabulary: Horizontal, vertical, diagonal.
• 2nd grade will create a monoprint with symmetry.
• 3rd grade will create a replica of Matisse's interior. Element of art: Lines and shapes (organic vs geometric).

3-6: Carlson

• 3rd grade will continue working on their Matisse Interior Project.
• 4th grade will begin their final Hand Project.
• 5th grade will explore line as an illusion of form.
• 6th grade will begin final Ellsworth Kelly line drawing and learn how to mat their project.

Music

K-2: Abrego

• Kindergarten: The students will learn to internalize loud or soft singing or chanting voice through kinesthetic activities. The students will practice tuneful singing and reading.
• 1st grade: The students will learn to analyze repertoire that contains one and two sounds on a beat.
• 2nd grade: The students will prepare aural awareness for the pitch below mi (re).

3-6: Massie

• 3rd grade: The students will interpret and analyze the different lines of the Treble Clef (Middle C through F) and begin their first concert song.
• 4th grade: The students will begin demonstrating the skill of sightreading short four note phrases and will solfege a short folk song when only given the first notes of a measure. Students will also begin their first concert song.
• 5th grade: The students will understand and demonstrate rhythmic phrases in compound time. Students will also demonstrate correct procedures for hand chimes and learning their first concert piece.
• 6th grade: The students will practice identifying and demonstrating sharp and flat scales and keys. Students will also dissect and discuss Opera Seria’s key characteristic of the aria or recitative in Montezuma by Vivaldi and begin concert music.

Spanish/ Latin

Spanish: Puopolo

• Kindergarten: The students will learn the difference between Senor y senora by looking at the pictures from page 18 of the textbook. They will notice that senora is used for woman and senor is used for men.
• 1st grade: Students engage in conversation by using phrases and commands associated with bedtime and waking up.
• 2nd grade: The students will learn about the places in a school and the rules they must follow by visualizing and interpreting pages 90-93 in the textbook through participation during question time.

PE

K-3: Walsh

• Kinder-1st grade: Students will learn how to work with a parachute to work on listening skills, coordination, moving at various levels, and teamwork.
• 2nd- 3rd grade: Students will learn how to strategize and work as a team with some exciting team building activities.

Q1 W3

 

Art

K-3: Hibler

• Kinder students will read The Shape of Things and begin drawing/ identifying structures built of shapes.
• 1st grade will be introduced to mosaics and build their own mosaic patterns.
• 2nd grade will read Seeing Symmetry and begin creating symmetrical things.
• 3rd grade will be completing line exercises and beginning Matisse interiors project.

3-6: Carlson

• 3rd grade will be completing line exercises and beginning Matisse interiors project.
• 4th grade will be continuing contour line drawings and beginning rose project.
• 5th grade will be introduced to various self-portrait artists (Van Gogh, Rembrandt) and complete a baseline self portrait drawing.
• 6th grade will be introduced to artist, Ellsworth Kelly and begin our first contour line drawing of a plant.

Music

K-2: Abrego

• Kindergarten: The students will develop tuneful singing, beat skills, listening skills, and learn song repertoire.
• 1st grade: The students will learn the visual and aural presentation of rhythm
• 2nd grade: The students will learn visual awareness and aural presentation of 2/4 meter.

3-6: Massie

• 3rd grade: The students will review their knowledge of the musical alphabet. Students will also demonstrate and identify changes in tempo and dynamics.
• 4th grade: The students will interpret and analyze the difference between 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meters.
• 5th grade: The students will define half/whole steps. Students will also identify sharps/flats on the staff and piano.
• 6th grade: The students will review tetrachords, sharps/flats, and sharp scales. Students will also dissect 2 part/canon singing and learn the properties of Opera Seria.

Spanish/ Latin

Spanish: Puopolo

• Kindergarten: Students will practice saying goodbye by waving their right hand and saying "ADIOS/GOODBYE" when Ms. Puopolo leaves the classroom, then apply their new vocabulary knowledge by guiding the words through the maze to the correct picture on page 5 of the workbook.
• 1st grade: Students engage in conversation by using phrases and commands associated with bedtime and waking up.
• 2nd grade: The students will learn about places in a school and discuss what school rules students must follow by looking at the illustrations on pages 88 and 89 providing the correct verb conjugation to verb VOY.

Latin: Fasenmyer

• 3rd Grade - Lessons on animals (canis, mus, feles), Duc, Duc, Remos, Duc and Have you seen my dog?
• 4th Grade - Chapter 2-3 of Minimus Review
• 5th Grade - Continue Chapter 1 of Lingua Latina and introduce Noun Gender
• 6th Grade - Finish Review on Chapter 1 of Lingua Latina and begin Review of Chapter 2

PE

K-3: Walsh

• Kinder and First Grade will learn how to demonstrate space awareness and locomotor movements while moving with hula hoops.
• 2nd and 3rd grade will begin to work on volleyball skills.