Summary

Having solidified most of our procedures and routines, we are now beginning to see new content in each of our subjects ...

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

Kinder Art will review basic shapes, read The Shape of Things, and begin their first replicas from the book.
1st grade will be introduced to Mosaic tiles and design their own using basic shapes.
2nd grade will learn about symmetry and find symmetrical things in the world around them.
3rd grade will delve into the work of Vincent van Gogh and begin practicing linework.

Welch: Art 3-6

All students will be receiving lessons on the importance of drawing and sketching. Each class will take time to practice drawing a particular animal.

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh." John Singer Sargent

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

Scholars will continue to practice acting basics and general theater vocabulary and begin learning to read and decode Shakespearean English.

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

KINDER

The students will practice saying goodbye through gestures. They will waive their hand and say adios.

FIRST GRADE

The students will learn different ways to introduce themselves by using the textbook to visualize and visually identify the context in which they are said.

SECOND GRADE

The students will learn different ways to introduce themselves by using the textbook to visualize and visually identify the context in which they are said.

Lee: Latin 3-6

All students

Receive their Latin names (5th grade adds the House name as a "nomen"; 6th grades chooses a personal "cognomen")
Receive Q1 Latin Practice logs (due 9/25 for B and D sections, 9/26 for A and C sections)
Receive vocabulary lists and/or make first set of flashcards
Learn the Latin Alphabet song

Additionally ...

3rd and 4th grades

Learn "ut vales" (how are your doing?) and typical replies
Learn to comprehend and respond to basic physical commands (stand, sit, walk, stop, jump, run, etc.)

5th and 6th grades

Begin reading Lingua Latina chapter 1 (lines 1-21)

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

Kindergarten

The students will learn to develop tuneful singing, beat skills, listening skills, and learn song repertoire.

1st grade

The students will learn the visual and aural presentation of rhythm such as quarter notes and eighth notes.

2nd grade

The students will learn the visual awareness and aural presentation of 2/4 meter

Balmer: Music 3-6

Third Grade

will review meter, measures, barlines, and simple time signatures
will perform the Pentatonic scale with hand signs
will begin 1st Fall Concert piece

Fourth Grade

will review Treble Clef from Middle C to G above the staff
will perform Pentatonic and Major scales with hand signs
will review structure of the note tree from whole note to 16th note
will begin 1st Fall Concert piece

Fifth Grade

will review, identify, and name notes on the ledger lines of the treble and bass clefs
will name and define the function of the Grand Staff
will perform Major and Minor scales with hand signs
will begin 1st Fall Concert piece

Sixth Grade

will define ledger lines and identify notes of the Grand Staff
will perform I-IV-V-I pattern with hand signs
will identify and label notes on the keyboard
will begin 1st Fall Concert piece

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

Kindergarten and First Grade

demonstrate space awareness, effort, and locomotor movements through movements with their hula hoops.

Second-Third Grade

will demonstrate locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills in personal and general space
will participate in team building activities to strategize and communicate with classmates.

Woods: PE 3-6

Students will learn the basic skills and concepts necessary to play volleyball.
The ability to move with fast feet during a volleyball match.
Students will be able to move from side to side effectively and quickly to be successful.
Resting position.
Hands on knees, lean forward on toes, shoulders in front of toes.
Ready position.
Hands off thighs.
45-degree angle shoulder width apart.

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