Quarter 3, Week 3 (1/17/25-1/31/25)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kinder: Students will be introduced to Paul Cezanne and practice creating forms that appear 3D
• 1st grade: Students will continue practicing different textures by repeating lines. 
• 2nd grade: Students will review the concept of positive and negative space and create a Notan. 
• 3rd grade: Students will sketch their replicas of Matisses' Goldfish. 

Welch: Art 3-6

• 3rd Grade: Students will complete their Starry Night Unit.
• 4th Grade: Students will begin their "basic shapes project".
• 5th Grade: Students will begin their Georgia O' Keefe copper flower project.
• 6th Grade: Students continue to practice various colored pencil techniques.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

• Scholars will be quizzed over the parts of a stage and stage direction and begin learning to decode Shakespearean English

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

KINDER

• Students will name articles of clothing and colors, and they will describe the colors and clothing items they like.

FIRST GRADE

• Students will identify and describe articles of clothing using adjectives for color.

SECOND GRADE

• Students will name clothes and colors, and they will describe what they do when shopping for clothes.

Lee : Latin 3-6

• 3rd and 4th grade students are receiving their Q3 practice logs, making flashcards for the new vocabulary list, and reading Cambridge Latin Course chapter 1.
• 5th and 6th grade students are translating the remainder of Lingua Latina chapter 3, focusing on concepts such as:
• Accusative case forms and meaning
• 3rd person singular verb forms (and what "3rd person" means)
• Relative pronouns and subordinate clauses
• Active and passive voice verbs in English and Latin

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

• Kindergarten: The students will learn to aurally analyze sounds on a beat.  
• The students practice high/low melody and writing. 
• First Grade: The students will learn to analyze repertoire written in duple meter. 
• The students will practice writing melodies that include the solfege syllable la. 
• Second Grade: The students will review the presentation and notation of the do pentatonic scale.  

Balmer: Music 3-6

• 3rd grade: Students will continue discussing the life and music of Robert Schumann and working on concert selections using solfege to perfect melodies.
• 4th grade: Students will continue discussing the life and music of Antonín Dvořák and learning concert literature on solfege. 
• 5th grade: Students will discuss the life and music of Clara Schumann and work on concert literature utilizing solfege.
• 6th grade: Students will continue discussing the life and music of Antonín Dvořák and begin working on their first concert selection. They will also review the note names of the treble and bass clef and connections to the keyboard.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

• Kinder, First, and Second Grade- Scholars will be working on striking skills. 
• Third Grade- Scholars will continue working on their Fitness Gram tests.  

Woods: PE 3-6

Sharks and Minnows (Soccer)

3rd-4th

• At the coach’s cue, the minnows dribble the ball inside the grid and attempt to go past the sharks to cross to the other side. 
• The sharks attempt to steal the ball from the minnows. 
• Minnows who lose possession of the ball join the sharks. Minnows who successfully get to the opposite side attempt another round across the sea. 
• As you can imagine, the game becomes progressively harder as more sharks join the defined area. 
• The game ends after the predetermined time, for instance, 10 minutes or when only 1-2 minnows are left standing. 

5th-6th grade

• Start with 5 players and 4 starts with a ball and 1 player in the middle.   Players are 2-5 yards apart.  The player in the middle is receiving the ball and passing it back to the player. 
• This drill emphasizes quick decision-making with single touch passes.  Players form a circle and pass the soccer ball rapidly; thus, it helps players develop reaction times and game pace. 

Quarter 3, Week 2 (1/22/25-1/24-25)

The Specials team is still getting our bearings after losing a day to weather, but here are some updates for the current week.

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kindergarten students will review the concept of forms or 3D shapes. They will create a collage of fruits by making them appear to have sides, organizing them in a way that the items look closer/ farther away. 
• 1st grade artists will be creating texture of trees with colored pencils layered on paints. 
• 2nd grade artists will be introduced to works by Vincent van Gogh and review the element of arts color and texture. 
• 3rd graders will review Matisse’s work and begin sketching their Goldfish. 

Languages

Lee : Latin 3-6

• 3rd and 4th grade students are learning how to conjugate verbs in the present tense
• 3rd grade parents, ask your students to teach you the "O means I" chant
• 5th and 6th grade students are receiving their chapter 3 vocabulary lists and continuing to read Lingua Latina chapter 3
• Flashcards are due 1/27 (A & C) or 1/28 (B & D)
• Practice logs are due 2/26 (B & D) or 2/27 (A & C)

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

• 3rd grade students will explore the music of Robert Schumann, perform dotted rhythms, and begin learning their 1st Spring Concert piece.
• 4th grade students will explore the music of Antonin Dvorak, perform dotted rhythms, and begin learning their 1st Spring Concert piece.
• 5th grade students will explore the music of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, perform dotted rhythms, and begin learning their 1st Spring Concert piece.
• 6th grade students will explore the music of Antonin Dvorak, learn to identify and label solfege in musical scores, review the notes of the Treble and Bass clefs, and begin learning their 1st Spring Concert piece.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

• Kinder and First Grade- Scholars will be working on volleying skills. They will practice forearm passing, setting, and underhand serving. 
• Second grade- Scholars will be working on underhand and overhand throwing. 
• Third Grade- Scholars will begin their Fitness Gram tests. 

Woods: PE 3-6 

Fitness Gram is a health-related fitness assessment developed by The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research and is a research-based criterion-referenced test. The purpose for the use of Fitness Gram is to determine any correlation between physical fitness and academic performance.

• Push-up
• Sit-up
• Trunk Lift
• Arm Reach

Quarter 3, Week 1

We're finally back from a long break! All specials classes are working on re-establishing routines and expectations, and on setting goals for Q3 and semester 2. More details coming soon ...