Quarter 3, Week 3 (1/22-1/26)

Summary

This is an oddly normal week, with relatively few interruptions and class on all five days. I hope I didn't just jinx us ...

Table of Contents

Mrs. Balmer

Miss Hibler

Mr. Lucero

Dr. Lee

Sra. Puopolo

Miss Schosek

Coach Walsh

Mrs. Welch

Coach Woods

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Mrs. Balmer (Music: 3-5)

All classes are loving their new songs for the Spring Concert on May 3rd. If there is any reason your student is unable to attend the concert, please let me know as soon as possible. 5th grade is beginning to look toward 6th grade music expectations and is exploring sight singing and ear training. 4th grade is solidifying our counting skills to prepare for starting hand chimes at the first of February. 3rd grade is continuing to work on steady beat, pitch matching, and adding 16th note patterns to our rhythmic vocabulary.  It’s been a wonderful start to the semester in music!

Viva la Musica!

Vocal Technique Warmups

Composer Playlists

3rd Grade (Composer of the Month: Robert Schumann)

4th Grade (Composer of the Month: Antonín Dvořák)

5th Grade (Composer of the Month: Camille Saint-Saëns)

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

K: Kindergartners will be introduced to still life art with Paul Cezanne’s work highlighted. 

1: Artists will finish their still life collages and begin a sketch. 

2: Second graders will begin practicing forms and shading/ blending techniques with colored pencils. 

3: Students will be drawing their choice of bird (Warbler/ Cardinal) as a replica of John James Audubon’s work.

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Mr. Lucero (Drama: 6A & 6B)

Mr. Lucero is excited to be taking over Drama for the second semester. 6A and 6B are taking Drama this semester, culminating in performances of a Shakespeare play.

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Dr. Lee (Latin: 3-6)

3rd, 4th

This week we are learning Greco-Roman myths: the birth and early life of Apollo and Artemis for the 3rd graders, the 12 labors of Hercules for the 4th graders. We have a practice log due 1/31 for B and D sections, 2/1 for A and C sections.

Q3 Practice Log no 1

Vocab lists

3rd - Minimus chapter 5; Quizlet set

4th - Minimus chapter 5; Quizlet set

5th

We're playing present tense conjugation wars on Monday/Tuesday and learning the imperfect tense on Wednesday/Thursday. We have a practice log due 1/31 for B and D sections, 2/1 for A and C sections.

Q3 Practice Log no 1

CLC chapter 4 vocab; Quizlet set

6th

We're reading through chapter 5 of Lingua Latina this week. We have a practice log due 1/31 for B and D sections, 2/1 for A and C sections.

Q3 Practice Log no 1

LL Chapter 5 vocabulary

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Sra. Puopolo (Spanish: K-2)

Kinder: Students will be able to: Name clothes and colors, describe what they do when shopping for clothes, Identify vowels at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of the words.  

First: Students will be able to: Identify clothing for daily wear and special events in other cultures and their own, identify articles of clothing and describe articles of clothing using adjectives for color. 

Second: The students will be able to describe people’s personality using SER (to be) and describe people, places, and things.

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Miss Schosek (Music: K-2, 6C & 6D)

Kindergarten:

-Learn to aurally analyze sounds on a beat.
-Practice high/low melody and writing.
-Learn facts and musical compositions about Franz Joseph Hadyn.

1st Grade:

-Analyze repertoire written in duple meter.
-Practice writing melodies that include the solfege syllable la.
-Learn facts and musical compositions of Frederic Francois Chopin. 

2nd Grade:

-Review presentation and notation of the do pentatonic scale.
-Practice writing the do pentatonic scale.
-Learn facts and musical compositions of Clara Weick Schumann. 

6th Grade:

-Review classroom policies and procedures.
-Be assessed on names of lines and spaces on the grand staff.
-Perform rhythms containing quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth note pairs, and whole notes in 4/4 time signature.
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Coach Walsh (P.E.: K-2, 3C&D)

K-3 scholars will be working on teamwork and strategizing skills together. They will be applying their overhand and underhand throwing techniques to engage in a team throwing game. 

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

3^rd: The students will draw a landscape.
4th: The students will learn how to shade an apple.
5th: The students will continue to draw and paint drawing Georgia O’Keefe’s Red Poppy Painting.
6^th:  The students will continue to draw and shade major project of drawing and shading chosen master sketch. 

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

This week all scholars will be doing the fitness gram assessment- Pacer Test