Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Quarter 2, Week 3 (10/28/24 - 11/1/24)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder artists will learn about dark and light shades and contrast.  
  • 1st grade will explore texture and practice watercolor techniques. 
  • 2nd grade will study Henri Matisse's still life paintings. 
  • 3rd grade artists will complete their replica sketch of John James Audubon's Common Troupial and begin practicing color blending. 

Welch: Art 3-6

  • 3rd Grade: Students will begin their Matisse/color unit.
  • 4th Grade: Students will complete their Blue Horse paintings.
  • 5th Grade: Students will continue on Durer's Rhino.
  • 6th Grade: Students will be working on shading a picture of a vase.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

  • Blocking and rehearsal of As You Like It
  • Quiz over Acts 3-5 (6C: Thursday 10/31, 6D: Friday 11/1)

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

KINDER, FIRST AND SECOND GRADE

  • The students will identify the name of the holiday El Día De Los Muertos, understand that it is a time to remember deceased loved ones, and identify typical decorations, such as tissue paper flowers and sugar skulls. They will also understand the relationship between the practices, products, and the perspective of Mexican culture. 

Lee : Latin 3-6

  • 3rd and 4th grades will
    • learn and practice the "Cincinnatus" song
    • learn about modern and ancient geography in Latin
  • 5th and 6th grades will
    • read Lingua Latina chapter 2 through line 53
    • learn about the genitive case meaning and forms (1st and 2nd declensions)
    • learn about the many forms of quis/quae/quid (=who/what)

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

  • Kindergarten
    • The students will practice high and low voice in known classroom songs.
    • The students will practice lining up in concert order. The students will discuss concert expectations and rehearse all concert songs.
  • First Grade
    • The students will learn to internalize quarter rest through kinesthetic activities. Ss will practice reading “so-mi.”
    • The students will learn to analyze repertoire that contains a beat with no sound.
  • Second Grade
    • The students will learn to create a visual representation of re, a pitch between mi and do.
    • The students will practice writing rhythms containing quarter notes, eighth notes, and half notes using known songs.
    • The students will learn to label a pitch between me and do as re with solfege syllables and hand signs.

Balmer: Music 3-6

  • 3rd grade will
  • 4th grade will
  • 5th grade will
  • 6th grade will

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

  • Kinder through Third Grade Scholars will learn:
    • how to work together as a team and how to demonstrate good sportsmanship.
    • how to communicate and cheer on their classmates as they prepare for Field Day! 
    • Athletic Field Day (Grades 1st & 2nd) will be November 6th!
    • Athletic Field Day (Grades 3rd & 4th in the morning; Kinder in the afternoon) will be November 7th! 

Woods: PE 3-6

  • Football Toss- Field Day Prep
  • Objective: To throw all the footballs through the hoop as fast as possible - timed 
  • 4x100 relay practice - Field Day Prep
  • The 4x100 meter relay exchange is one of the most critical and methodical aspects of the relay event. The overarching goal is to exchange the baton from the incoming runner to the outgoing runner without changing speed or slowing down.

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Quarter 2, Week 2 (10/21/24 - 10/25/24)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder artists will create fall leaves and watercolor on top of crayons to see wax-resist. 
  • 1st grade will work on using simple lines and shapes to create buildings. 
  • 2nd grade will study work by Vincent van Gogh and recreate a sketch of Sunflowers. 
  • 3rd grade artists will complete their replica sketch of John James Audubon's Common Troupial.

Welch: Art 3-6

  • 3rd grade will continue to color their Audubon Troupial bird.
  • 4th grade will continue to color and paint their Blue Horse.
  • 5th grade will continue to work on the patterns and texture of their rhino.
  • 6th grade will be learning some shadowing techniques.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

  • Table read of As You Like It
  • Review of the parts of a stage

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

  • Kinder
    • 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 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 the activities they do during the day.  They will also write sentences using the verb IR. 

Lee : Latin 3-6

All grades will receive their Q2 practice logs this week. These are due 12/4 (A&C classes) and 12/5 (B&D classes).

  • Third Grade will:
    • review the "How Many" chant
    • learn new verbs of motion
  • Fourth Grade will:
    • review how to decline a noun
    • learn words for this thing (hoc), pen, book, and bag; etiam as "yes indeed"
    • learn world geography in Latin
    • learn sentences with "in"
  • Fifth and Sixth Grades will:
    • begin reading Lingua Latina chapter 2
    • learn vocabulary for different kinds of humans and family members
    • begin learning/reviewing the genitive case

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

  • Kindergarten will develop tuneful singing, beat skills, listening skills, and learn song repertoire.
  • 1st grade will practice performing fast and slow tempos and review high and low melody.
  • 2nd grade will review reading and writing rhythmic notation and practice using the hand sign for the solfege la.

Balmer: Music 3-6

  • 3rd grade will
    • understand the function of the tie and the slur
    • review all note and rest values up to 16th notes
    • explore the life and times of G. F. Handel
    • continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
    • Winter Concert Rehearsal Tracks for students
    • Winter Concert Letter for parents
  • 4th grade will
  • 5th grade will
  • 6th grade will
    • discover and perform interval patterns of the major and minor scales
    • explore the life and times of Frederic Chopin
    • develop aural skills through melodic dictation
    • continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
    • Winter Concert Rehearsal Tracks for students
    • Winter Concert Letter for parents

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

  • Kinder through Third Grade Scholars will learn:
    • how to work together as a team and how to demonstrate good sportsmanship.
    • how to communicate and cheer on their classmates as they prepare for Field Day! 
  • Athletic Field Day (Grades 1st & 2nd) will be November 6th!
  • Athletic Field Day (3-4 in the morning) and Kinder (in the afternoon) will be November 7th! 

Woods: PE 3-6

  • Arkenstone Carry- Field Day Prep
    • Objective: Fastest time for entire class to move all balls to the other side of the playing field. 
  • Baggin In - Sack Race - Field Day Prep
    • Objective: Players should put both feet in their sack and, when the race starts, hop toward the finish line as quickly as possible. The contest is won by the first group to reach the finish
  • Path Through Moria- Field Day Prep
    • Objective: Class will attempt to get every person across the platforms within falling into the “darkness” (grass) and safely building a “shelter” (hoop hut). 

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Quarter 2, Week 1 (10/7/24-10/10/24)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

  • Kinder will practice painting skills and fill a paper with two primary colors. Trace then cut out painted papers to create organic shapes.  
  • 1st grade will be introduced to Pablo Picasso's artworks and recreate the Dove of Peace.
  • 2nd grade will practice drawing using basic shapes and lines, studying flowers. 
  • 3rd grade will be drawing birds by using basic shapes to sketch. Read about the artist John James Audubon. Practice tracing a bird.

Welch: Art 3-6

  • 3rd Grade will continue coloring their James Audubon pieces with colored pencils.
  • 4th Grade will begin using watercolor pencils for their Blue Horse paintings.
  • 5th Grade will add textures and patterns to their chameleon drawings.
  • 6th Grade will begin their unit on shading.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

Review and quiz over the first half of As You Like It

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

  • Kinder
    • 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 workbook to visualize and visually identify the context in which they are said. 
  • Second Grade
    •  Students will continue learning about the days of the week and the activities they do, and they will also learn how to write sentences using the vocabulary learned by writing on their desks and visualizing and interpreting pages 102-103 in the textbook through participation

Lee: Latin 3-6

  • 3rd grade
    • Will learn the names of the noun cases (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative)
  • 4th grade
    • Will learn how to decline 1st declension nouns
  • 5th and 6th grades
    • Will review how to decline 1st and 2nd declension nouns and will play Declension Wars!

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

  • Kindergarten 
    • The students will label the beat, introduce the beat icon, and present the word “beat.”
    • Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Frideric Handel.  
    • Learn concert song 3
  • First 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.  
    • Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of George Frideric Handel
    • learn concert song 3
  • Second Grade
    • The students will be able to create a visual representation of a sound that lasts two beats.   
    • The students will learn the history of composer Muzio Clementi. 
    • Learn concert song 3

Balmer: Music 3-6

  • 3rd grade will
  • 4th grade will
    • perform rhythm patterns using syncopation
    • review names of treble and bass clef ledger lines
    • explore the life and times of Franz Schubert
    • continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
    • Winter Concert Letter for parents
  • 5th grade will
  • 6th grade will
    • explore the life and times of Frederic Chopin
    • develop aural skills through melodic dictation
    • continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
    • Winter Concert Letter for parents

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

*Kinder through Third Grade Scholars will learn:

  • how to work together as a team and how to demonstrate good sportsmanship.
  • how to communicate and cheer on their classmates as they prepare for Field Day! 
  • Athletic Field Day (Grades 1st & 2nd) will be November 6th!
  • Athletic Field Day (3-4 in the morning) and Kinder (in the afternoon) will be November 7th! 

Woods: PE 3-6

  • Reepicheep’s Lair- Field Day Prep
    • Objective: Class will attempt to move all the way across the field; they must do this by stepping inside the hula hoop given to them and once inside, passing the hoop up and over their head and placing it in front of them before stepping into the hoop again.
  • Discus Throw - Field Day Prep
    • Objective: To throw the discus using proper form as far as you can while remaining behind the throwing line. 
  • Hula Hoop Relay - Field Day Prep
    • Objective: move the hula hoop around the circle of people (entire house/city-state) holding hands without breaking handholds 


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