Quarter 1, Week 8 (10/2-10/6)

 Summary

Last week of quarter one. Let's finish strong! PT conference sign up links for each teacher are included below.

Table of Contents

Mrs. Balmer

Miss Hibler

Mrs. Keller

Dr. Lee

Sra. Puopolo

Miss Schosek

Coach Walsh

Mrs. Welch

Coach Woods

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Mrs. Balmer (Music: 3-5)

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Welcome to October! Winter Concert preparations are in full swing, and the students are enjoying learning their pieces. Below you will find a link to the practice tracks for each grade level. If students could spend 5-10 minutes daily reviewing their parts, it would make everyone feel much more confident at the performance and set us up for refining the pieces during our limited class time. This is especially important for 5th grade students since they are preparing a hand chime piece as well.

It’s a new month, so that means new composers to explore! This month, 3rd grade will be studying Franz Joseph Haydn, 4th grade will be introduced to Guillame de Machaut in conjunction with their grade level Medieval unit, and 5th grade will learn about the music of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. However, we will begin the month exploring some of the wonderful classical pieces that influenced our Winter Concert selections.

As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Viva la Musica!

Winter Concert Rehearsal Tracks

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

Composer Playlists

3rd Grade (Composer of the Month: Franz Joseph Haydn)

4th Grade (Composer of the Month: Guillaume de Machaut)

5th Grade (Composer of the Month: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel)

Warm Up Exercises

Feet Are Firmly Planted (Posture)
Drop Your Jaw
Resist Caving In

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Miss Hibler (Art: K-2, 3A&B)

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Kindergarten

Practice drawing organic shapes by completing a fishbowl drawing. Observe Matisse’s fishbowl.

First

Begin practicing line direction by drawing a study of a house and a garden.

Second

Complete their beetle drawings, practicing symmetry and begin practicing shading techniques and reviewing values.

Third

Begin studying Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night and class collaboration project of the finished piece. 

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Mrs. Keller (Drama: 6)

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Week 8 - Auditions will take place October 3 (6D) and October 4 (6C) for our production of the play. The performances will take place December 13 (6D) and December 14 (6C), both at 5:30 pm. Mark this date on your calendar! If you already know that your scholar will not be able to perform that evening, you must let me know as soon as possible.

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Dr. Lee (Latin: 3-6)

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I'm still receiving late practice logs for quarter 1. We will not have another Latin Practice Log until after Fall Break. Check out the Latin Resources page for replacement copies, vocabulary lists, and links to Quizlet sets.

3rd and 4th

We are learning/re-learning the "How Many?" chant and "The Sum Song" (i.e., conjugating the verb sum in the present tense).

Song of the week: The Three Genders Song.

5th

We are learning/re-learning the entirety of the first declension and practicing declining nouns. Wednesday and Thursday we will be compete in "Conjugation Wars"!

Song of the week: The Pontifex Song.

6th

We are reviewing what we have learned in chapters 1 and 2 of Lingua Latina with some worksheets (condensed version of exercises from the workbook).

Songs of the week: The Genitive Song and the Three Genders Song.

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Sra. Puopolo (Spanish: K-2)

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Kinder and First Grade

The students will be able to name, introduce and count family members.

Second

The students will be able to describe people’s personality using ser (to be).

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Miss Schosek (Music: K-2 & 6)

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Listed below is a summary of what your K-2, 6th grade scholars will learn for week eight:

Kindergarten:

• Label, identify, and present “beat.”   
• Learn facts and musical compositions about George Fredric Handel.
• Concert Songs #1, #2, and #3.

1st Grade:

• Practice analyzing repertoire that contains so-mi.
• Practice writing musical patterns that contain quarter and eighth notes.
• Learn facts and musical compositions of Franz Schubert. 
• Concert Songs #1, #2, and #3.

2nd Grade:

• Create a visual representation of a sound that lasts two beats.
• Improvise melodic motives exercising the concept of do based on the classroom song, “Bow Wow Wow.”  
• Learn facts and musical compositions of Muzio Clementi.
• Concert Songs #1, #2, and #3.

6th Grade:

• Create major scales using knowledge of whole and half steps.  
• Develop reading and performing dotted quarter and eighth notes.
• Practice singing two-part melodies and the major scale on solfege.
• Concert Songs #1, #2, #3, and #4.

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Coach Walsh (P.E.: K-2, 3C&D)

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Hello K-3 Griffins!

Field Day is coming soon! Here are the scheduled dates:

• November 1st - 1st &2nd grade
• November 2nd - 3rd&4th (in the morning) and Kinder (in the afternoon)
• November 3rd - 5th&6th

This week in P.E. we will start try outs for the running relay.

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Mrs. Welch (Art: 3C&D, 4-6)

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3rd grade

The students will complete a Joan Miro contour line art study.

4th grade

The students will continue to work on the Blue Horse art project.

5th grade

The students will learn and practice how to draw the texture and markings of a turtle.

6th grade

The students will continue their textured/patterend landscape art projects.

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Coach Woods (P.E.: 3A&B, 4-6)

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The scholars will be learning about soccer this week.