Quarter 2, Week 9 (12/16/24 - 12/20/24)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kinder: All students will receive work back from the first semester (in take home folders) on Monday/ Tuesday. Add background to the landscape. 
• 1st: All students will receive work back from the first semester (in take home folders) on Monday/ Tuesday. Students will complete their self portraits. 
• 2nd: All students will receive work back from the first semester (in take home folders) on Monday/ Tuesday. Complete Matisse flower vases 
• 3rd: All students will receive work back from the first semester (in take home folders) on Monday/ Tuesday. Complete the leaves on the Audubon birds.

Welch: Art 3-6

• 3rd Grade: Students will begin their unit on Van Gogh's, Starry Night.
• 4th Grade: Students will continue their colored pencil project (coloring a vintage apple illustration).
• 5th Grade: Students will practice using oil pastels with different color combinations.
• 6th Grade: Students will work on their color assessment project (drawing and coloring a hobbit house).

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

As You Like It dress rehearsals and production

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

• Kinder, First and Second Grade
• Students will learn the names of winter clothes by listening to the story “Froggy se viste,” and they will also learn how frogs survive winter by observing, visualizing and making connections while they are looking at pictures in the story. 

Lee : Latin 3-6

• All grades will:
• play "Euge" (Latin Bingo)
• learn about Saturnalia (the Roman winter festival)

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

• Kindergarten
• The students will learn to create a representation of high and low in a melody. The students will practice fast and slow and improvisation.  
• First Grade
• The students will practice writing musical patterns that contain a rest.   
• The students will learn to improvise a four-beat rhythm including quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests.   
• Second Grade
• The students will learn to label four sounds on a beat with the rhythm syllables takadimi. 

Balmer: Music 3-6

• All grades will learn about George Gershwin.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

• Kinder thru Third Grade Scholars will learn:
• how to work together as a team and how to demonstrate good sportsmanship during some exciting cardio winter games!

Woods: PE 3-6 

Mari’s Wedding 

• Set-up
1. Ladies/follows on the outside circle 
2. Gentlemen/leads on the inside circle 
3. Hold hand of partner 
• Learn the steps 
1. 8 steps clockwise 
2. 4 skips forward 
3. Rotate 180 degrees 
4. 4 skips backward 
5. 8 steps counterclockwise 
6. 4 skips forward 
7. Rotate 180 degrees 
8. 4 skips backward 
9. Jump into the middle 
10. Jump to the outside 
11. Switch places 
12. Jump in  
13. Jump out 
14. Hand off (switch places) 
15. Lady/follow should end up back on the outside with a new partner and gentleman should be back on the inside.

Quarter 2, Week 8 (12/9/24 - 12/13/14)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kinder: Students will be introduced to oil pastels and practice blending colors.   
• 1st: Students will add color to their self-portraits.
• 2nd: Students will continue adding color to Matisse's Still Life of Peonies in a Vase with oil pastels. 
• 3rd: Students will continue to color their Audubon birds.   

Welch: Art 3-6

• 3rd: Students will complete their Matisse, "Goldfish", painting
• 4th: Students will begin colored theory unit and colored pencil project.
• 5th: Students will begin color theory unit.
• 6th: Students will begin color theory unit.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

• As You Like It rehearsals and final preparation 

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

Kinder, First Grade and Second Grade

• Students will continue learning about family members through participating during question time.

Lee : Latin 3-6 

• 3rd and 4th grades
• Greco-Roman myths
• 5th and 6th grades
• Euge (Latin Bingo) and Q2 test

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

• Kindergarten:
• The students will learn to internalize high and low pitches through kinesthetic activities. 
• The students will practice fast and slow and reading. 
• Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of Mozart. 
• First Grade:
• The students will learn the notation of the quarter rest.  
• The students will read rhythmic patterns that contain rests.   
• Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of Felix Mendelssohn.  
• Second Grade:
• The students will learn how to analyze repertoire that contains four sounds on a beat
• The students will learn how to create a visual representation of four sounds on a beat.  
• Students will identify the musical era, musical themes, and biography of Fanny Mendelssohn.

Balmer: Music 3-6

• All grades will learn about George Gershwin.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

• Kinder through Third Grade Scholars will learn:
• how to properly execute football catches and throws.  
• to identify the roles and responsibilities of the quarterback and the wide receiver 

Woods: PE 3-6

Tic-Tac-Toe Relay-

• Set up three tic-tac-toes on the other end of the basketball court.
• Split students up into six squads and assign them to a tall cone at the starting line.
• Squads next to each other will compete head-to-head on the same game board.
• On “Go” one student in each line races to the cones and places a marker (bag) on top, then returns to their line. Only one marker can be placed on each cone, so use rock, paper, scissors if there’s a tie.
• The next person may go once the person in front of them returns to the line and tag their hand
• Each team is attempting to place the marker on three consecutive cones to three in a row (tic-tac-toe).
• If all three markers have been used, the next student(s) to go are allowed to run down and move ONE of THEIR bags to an open cone.
• When a student (squad) wins, they must raise their hands overhead and declare “Tic-Tac-Toe, Three-In-A-Row!”
• Rotate the lines every so often so that squads can compete against different teams

Quarter 2, Week 7 (12/2/24 - 12/6/24)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kinder: Students will study landscapes and draw with charcoal.   
• 1st: Students will complete their self-portraits.
• 2nd: Students will continue adding color to Matisse's Still Life of Peonies in a Vase with tempera paints. 
• 3rd: Students will continue to color their Audubon birds.   

Welch: Art 3-6

• 3rd Grade: Students will continue to work on Matisse's Goldfish painting.
• 4th Grade: Students will continue to work on color theory and colored pencil techniques.
• 5th Grade: Students will be completing Durer's Rhino and beginning color theory.
• 6th Grade: Students will continue to work on shading art project.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

As You Like It rehearsals.

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

Kinder

• Students will learn the names of the family members and introduce them by observing, visualizing, and interpreting pages 20-21 in the textbook.  

First Grade

• The students will learn the name of the family members (miembros de la FAMILIA) by visualizing and interpreting pages 28 and 29 in textbook through participation during question time. 

Second Grade

• Students will learn the names of the family members and introduce them by observing, visualizing, and interpreting pages 20-23 in the textbook.   

Lee : Latin 3-6

Practice logs for 5th and 6th grades are due 12/4 (A and C sections) and 12/5 (B and D sections). I am extending the deadline for 3rd and 4th grades to 12/9 (B and D) and 12/10 (A and C).

3rd and 4th grade students will:

• learn the Tim's Parents song about the functions of the noun cases;
• learn how to conjugate verbs in the present tense;
• practice conjugating verbs.

5th and 6th grade students will:

• write a paragraph in Latin about their families.

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

All grades will review the concert.

Balmer: Music 3-6

All grades will review the concert.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

*Kinder through Third Grade Scholars will learn:

• To properly execute the rules of an organized activity
• To work strategically with others on a team
• To demonstrate how to apply the proper underhand, overhand, and catching techniques for some exciting throwing games

Woods: PE 3-6

Fitness Gram: Testing

The pacer test helps determine if a student is within the healthy fitness zone of if they require further support to reach their fitness goal 

• Monday- Height/Weight and Trunk Lift- Blue Day
• Tuesday - Height/Weight and Trunk Lift - Red Day
• Wednesday - Pacer Test - Blue Day - Blue Day
• Thursday - Pacer Test Red Day
• Friday - Fun Friday

Quarter 2, Week 6 (11/18/24 - 11/22/24)

Summary

***The most significant event this week is the Winter Concert on Friday. You should have received communication about this. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Balmer or Ms. Abrego.***

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kinder: Students will learn about values and study how to draw trees.   
• 1st: Students will learn about facial features and how to draw them onto a face with accurate proportion.
• 2nd: Students will begin adding color to Matisse's Still Life of Peonies in a Vase with tempera paints. 
• 3rd: Students will rehearse for their Winter Concert- no 3rd A/B art.  

Welch: Art 3-6

• 3rd Grade: Students will begin a new project on Matisse's Goldfish painting.
• 4th Grade: Students will learn some colored pencil techniques.
• 5th Grade: In honor of the book, The Secret Garden, students who have completed Durer's Rhino will be learning how to draw a shade a rose.
• 6th Grade: Students will continue working on their shading the masters project.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

• As You Like It rehearsal and costumes

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

• Kinder
• Students will learn the names of the family members and introduce them by observing, visualizing, and interpreting pages 20-21 in the textbook.  
• First Grade
• Students will identify syllables and words with l (ele), m (eme), and p (pe). They will continue learning how to form syllables by observing, visualizing, and interpreting examples written on the whiteboard. 
• Second Grade
• Students will finish writing their weekly calendar and they will present it to the class. They will be able to practice their speaking and reading skills in Spanish.

Lee : Latin 3-6

• 3rd and 4th
• Students will continue practicing and learning Roman numbers up through 100.
• 5th and 6th
• Students will practice writing Latin and using the genitive case.

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

• All grade rehearsals all week.
• The Winter Concert is this Friday!
• Check email for further communication.

Balmer: Music 3-6

• All grade rehearsals all week.
• The Winter Concert is this Friday!
• Check email for further communication.

Physical Education

Walsh: PE K-3

• Kindergarten through Second Grade will learn: 
• how to work together as a team and how to demonstrate good sportsmanship as they practice various sports skills and work on lead up soccer games. 
• Third Grade will be busy at music rehearsals for the Winter Concert 

Woods: PE 3-6

• Tic-Tac-Toe Relay- 
• Set up three tic-tac-toes on the other end of the basketball court.
• Split students up into six squads and assign them to a tall cone at the starting line.
• Squads next to each other will compete head-to-head on the same game board.
• On “Go” one student in each line races to the cones and places a marker (bag) on top, then returns to their line. Only one marker can be placed on each cone, so use rock, paper, scissors if there’s a tie.
• The next person may go once the person in front of them returns to the line and tag their hand
•  Each team is attempting to place the marker on three consecutive cones to three in a row (tic-tac-toe).
•  If all three markers have been used, the next student(s) to go are allowed to run down and move ONE of THEIR bags to an open cone.
•  When a student (squad) wins, they must raise their hands overhead and declare “Tic-Tac-Toe, Three-In-A-Row!”
• Rotate the lines every so often so that squads can compete against different teams.

Quarter 2, Week 5 (11/11/24 - 11/15/24)

Art

Hibler: Art K-3

• Kinder: Students will learn about values and study Peter Brugel's work.  
• 1st: Students will learn about facial features and how to draw them onto a face with accurate proportion.
• 2nd: Students will finish sketching Matisse Still Life of Peonies in a Vase. 
• 3rd: Students will practice shading skill by layering values. 

Welch: Art 3-6

• 3rd Grade will be working on Matisse watercolors.
• 4th Grade will be using oil pastels for their Cezanne pears.
• 5th Grade will continue working on Durer's Rhino.
• 6th Grade will be shading their grid drawing from various master artists.

Drama

Lucero: Drama 6

• Rehearsals for As You Like It.

Languages

Puopolo: Spanish K-2

• Kinder
• Students will describe what they do in the classroom in Spanish by observing, visualizing, and interpreting pages 104, 105, and 106 in the textbook. Then they will complete page 42 of the workbook. 
• First Grade
• Students will identify syllables and words with l, m, and p. They also will learn how to form syllables by observing, visualizing, and interpreting pages 92 and 93. 
• Second Grade
• Students will write sentences on a piece of paper using the vocabulary learned in previous lessons. 

Lee : Latin 3-6

• 3rd and 4th grades will:
• learn to count to 100 in Latin
• 5th and 6th grades will:
• master genitive case forms (1st and 2nd declension) by filling in blanks with the correct noun/adjective ending or word

Music

Abrego: Music K-2

• Kindergarten
• The students will learn to internalize fast/slow through kinesthetic activities.  
• The students will learn to chant high and low through reading.  
• The students will continue preparing for the concert. 
• First Grade
• The students will practice lining up in concert order. The students will discuss concert expectations and rehearse all concert songs. 
• The students will learn to write music with “so” and “mi” .
• Second Grade
• The students will practice lining up in concert order. The students will discuss concert expectations and rehearse all concert 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
• understand the function of the tie and the slur
• continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
• Winter Concert Letter for parents
• 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
• explore the life and times of Clara Schumann
• continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
• Winter Concert Letter for parents
• 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

This week we will begin our soccer unit. Kindergarten through Third grade will learn: 

• how to execute different touches to manipulate the movements of a soccer ball. Students will properly execute a controlled pass.  

Woods: PE 3-6

3rd-6th graders 

• Tic-Tac-Toe Relay- Monday and Tuesday
• Set up three tic-tac-toe on the other end of the basketball court.
• Split students up into six squads and assign them to a tall cone at the starting line.
• Squads next to each other will compete head-to-head on the same game board.
• On “Go” one student in each line races to the cones and places a marker (bag) on top, then returns to their line. Only one marker can be placed on each cone, so use rock, paper, scissors if there’s a tie.
• The next person may go once the person in front of them returns to the line and tag their hand
•  Each team is attempting to place the marker on three consecutive cones to three in a row (tic-tac-toe).
• If all three markers have been used, the next student(s) to go are allowed to run down and move ONE of THEIR bags to an open cone.
• When a student (squad) wins, they must raise their hands overhead and declare “Tic-Tac-Toe, Three-In-A-Row!”
• Rotate the lines every so often so that squads can compete against different teams.
• Fitness Gram- Pacer Test

Quarter 2, Week 4 (11/4/24-11/8/24)

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 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 and 4th grades will
• learn Latin numbers 1-20 and how they relate to English and Spanish numbers
• 5th and 6th grades will
• continue reading chapter 2 of Lingua Latina
• learn to recognize and translate the Genitive case (1st and 2nd declensions)

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
• understand the function of the tie and the slur
• continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
• Winter Concert Letter for parents
• 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
• explore the life and times of Clara Schumann
• continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
• Winter Concert Letter for parents
• 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 

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
• 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
• aurally and visually identify and perform the la pentatonic scale
• explore the life and times of Franz Schubert
• continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
• Winter Concert Rehearsal Tracks for students
• Winter Concert Letter for parents
• 5th grade will
• perform and construct major and minor scales using interval patterns
• explore the life and times of Clara Schumann
• continue preparations for the Winter Concert on November 22, 2024
• Winter Concert Rehearsal Tracks for students
• Winter Concert Letter for parents
• 6th grade will
• discover and perform interval patterns of the major and minor scales
• explore the life and times of Antonin Dvorak
• 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 (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.