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Parent-Teacher Conference sign-ups below

Art 

K-3: Hibler

• Kinder students will use organic shapes to practice cutting skills and create recognizable objects.
• 1st grade will draw fall leaves and color with oil pastels practicing blending techniques.
• 2nd grade will practice shapes and lines as they learn about architecture and draw buildings.
• 3rd grade will use oil pastels to practice blending techniques.

3-6: Carlson

• 3rd grade will begin their underdrawing for the Audubon bird project.
• 4th grade will begin their Cezanne pear project in oil pastel.
• 5th grade will continue adding value to their ribbon project.
• 6th grade will continue with the under drawing of Van Goghs' chair and begin with oil pastel.

Music

K-2: Abrego

• Kindergarten: The students will learn to internalize high/low voice through kinesthetic activities. The students will continue practicing steady beat.
• 1st grade: The students will learn to label two pitches with the solfege syllables so-mi.
• 2nd grade: The students will be internalizing a pitch, re, between mi and do through kinesthetic activities.

The students will practice reading rhythm patterns that contain a half note. 

3-6: Massie

• 3rd grade: Students will categorize and demonstrate changes in time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4) and learn a dance in 3/4.
• 4th grade: Students will learn and demonstrate a dotted quarter and eighth note rhythm.
• 5th grade: Students will practice short musical phrases with hand chimes and demonstrate a musical canon.
• 6th grade: Students will continue work on their 3 concert pieces and identify different sharp and flat key signatures.

Spanish/ Latin

Spanish: Puopolo

• Kindergarten: Students are continuing to learn about singular and plural school supplies by identifying, naming, and describing how they are used through visual and interactive activities.
• 1st grade: Students will continue learning about games in Chile and at their own school by using the textbook and workbook to visualize the games and understand the contexts in which they are played.
• 2nd grade: The students will continue learning about the days of the week and the activities they do. They will also learn how to create complete sentences about those activities.

Latin: Fasenmyer

• 3rd Grade - Continue working on Theme 1: animal vocabulary and action verbs. Begin Learning new Latin song!
• 4th Grade - Begin Chapter 8 of Minimus - working on conjunctions.
• 5th Grade - Begin Chapter 2 of Lingua Latina.
• 6th Grade - Complete Review of Chapters 1-4 of Lingua Latina and take test.

PE

K-3: Walsh

• Kinder- 3rd- Students will begin playing fun games to help prepare for Field Day!

3-6: Guajardo

• 3rd grade: students will participate in Field Day activities focused on teamwork, sportsmanship, physical fitness, and having fun. Students will rotate through a variety of stations and games that challenge their speed, coordination, agility and teamwork while encouraging positive participation and school spirit.
• 4th grade: students will participate in Field Day activities focused on teamwork, sportsmanship, physical fitness, and having fun. Students will rotate through a variety of stations and games that challenge their speed, coordination, agility and teamwork while encouraging positive participation and school spirit.
• 5th grade: students will participate in Field Day activities focused on teamwork, sportsmanship, physical fitness, and having fun. Students will rotate through a variety of stations and games that challenge their speed, coordination, agility and teamwork while encouraging positive participation and school spirit.
• 6th grade: students will participate in Field Day activities focused on teamwork, sportsmanship, physical fitness, and having fun. Students will rotate through a variety of stations and games that challenge their speed, coordination, agility and teamwork while encouraging positive participation and school spirit.

We will be holding Parent-Teacher Conferences from Oct. 12-14th. Please sign up for a time with the Specials Teachers using the links below:

Kinder - Third Grade Specials 

PE – Grades K-2, 3A, 3B – Walsh 

Art – Grades K-2, 3C, 3D -- Hibler 

Spanish – Grades K-2 – Puopolo 

Music – Grades K-2 – Abrego  

Third– Sixth Grade Specials 

PE – Grades 3A, 3B – Walsh 

PE – Grades 4-6, 3C, 3D – Guajardo 

Art – Grades 3C/D - Hibler  

Art – Grade 4-6, 3A, 3B – Carlson  

Latin – Grades 3-6 – Fasenmyer 

Music – Grades 3-6 – Massie 

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Art

K-3: Hibler

• Kinder students will create organic shapes- fall leaves and use crayon and watercolor to create a wax resist.
• 1st grade will have a flexible day to catch up on work and pack portfolios.
• 2nd grade will complete their landscape drawing using linear perspective and add color.
• 3rd grade will practice organic shapes and create overlapping leaves. We will practice watercolor techniques to fill spaces without blending colors.

3-6: Carlson

• 3rd grade will be learning new colored pencil techniques and learning about Audubon's Bird drawings.
• 4th grade will be completing their hand drawings and beginning to learn new oil pastel techniques.
• 5th grade will completing their optical illusion drawings and a drawing of brown paper bag.
• 6th grade will be finishing their Abstract Expressionist painting and beginning to learn about Vincent Van Gogh and begin replicating his famous "Chair" drawing.

Music

K-2: Abrego

• Kindergarten: The students will practice keeping a steady beat.
• 1st grade: The students will prepare to analyze repertoire that contains so-mi.  The students will practice writing musical patterns that contain quarter and eighth notes.
• 2nd grade: The students will be able to create a visual representation of a sound that lasts two beats. 

3-6: Massie

• 3rd grade: Students will demonstrate their memorization of their 1st concert piece: Various Themes on Fa-La-La. Students will listen for, analyze, and identify a new time signature: ¾ and compare and contrast between different time signatures.
• 4th grade: Students will demonstrate their memorization of their 1st concert piece: A Solfege Christmas. Students will also explain and demonstrate a melodic and rhythmic ostinato and sightread short musical phrases starting with Do, Mi, Sol, or High Do.
  • 5th grade: Students will demonstrate their memorization of their 1st concert piece: Nutcracker Jingles.
• 6th grade: Students will dissect and discuss the differences between Opera Seria and Opera Buffa through analyzing a small part of the opera Don Giovanni. Students will demonstrate their memorization of the 1st concert piece: Galop.

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Spanish/ Latin

Spanish: Puopolo

• Kindergarten: 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.
• First Grade: Students will learn and identify different school yard games in Chile and in their own school by using the textbook and the workbook to visualize and visually identify the context in which they are said.
• Second Grade: 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.

           

Latin: Fasenmyer

• 3rd Grade - Review Lesson 1-10, Begin Lesson 11. Prepare for end of Theme 1 Check for understanding.
• 4th Grade - Finish review of Chapter 7 & 9 of Minimus
• 5th Grade - Review test from Chapter 1 and begin Chapter 2 of Lingua Latina
• 6th Grade - Continue reviewing Chapter 1-4 of Lingua Latina and the basic uses of the Nominative, Genitive, Accusative and Vocative Cases. Learn the 2nd and 3rd Conjugations of Present Tense Verbs.

PE

K-3: Walsh

• Kinder-3rd grade: Students will be working on overhand and underhand throwing techniques. They will work strategically with others on a team with some exciting throwing games!

3-6: Guajardo

• 3rd grade: Throwing and Catching Fundamentals; Developing proper throwing and catching techniques for each student.
• 4th grade: Throwing and Catching Fundamentals; Developing proper throwing and catching techniques for each student.
• 5th grade: Students will learn and demonstrate the fundamental skills of volleyball including bumping, setting, and spiking. Students will develop hand-eye coordination, communication, teamwork, and sportsmanship through individual and partner activities.
• 6th grade: Students will learn and demonstrate the fundamental skills of volleyball including bumping, setting, and spiking. Students will develop hand-eye coordination, communication, teamwork, and sportsmanship through individual and partner activities.