Art
The art students are busy making valentines for our senior citizens. The beautiful valentines will be delivered to various senior citizen homes in our area.
We are also learning about color. The 4th and 5th graders are reviewing complementary colors and learning about contrast. Third graders are using color to pinpoint focal points. The kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd graders are learning about warm and cool colors and how to use the colors to create contrast. Early childhood students are having fun creating colorful animals.
Have a great February. Spring is just around the corner!
Library
February is here! And 3rd grade is ready to learn Robot Turtles using the skills they learned from code and go!
4th grade will be working on a class lego build to hopefully be completed in March, they will begin choosing a famous building or structure to build. I cannot wait to see their end designs.
1st-2nd graders are adding marble runs to their stations in the library. They are excited for the opportunity to see how marble runs work during the construction of one!
Kindergarteners are still having an opportunity to use a lot of our stem items. They will continue to test out different types as well as get to read more Monarch stories as a class.
5th graders are exploring the many board games the library has to offer. Currently they are helping each other learn how to play chess. We will be learning how to play 5 minute mystery next!
PE
We are rolling into our Basketball Unit this December. We will be learning about the rules and strategies of basketball. All grades will be learning the skills of dribbling, passing and shooting!
To finish off the year, we will be playing a bunch of different holiday games!
Happy Holidays! :)
Music
We are very busy in music class this winter. The third, fourth and fifth grade have started instrument performance units on the recorder and the ukulele. We are learning beginning playing techniques and reviewing staff notation reading.
The first and second grade students are studying the orchestra and instrument families. Ask your student about some of the interesting facts we have learned about why instruments are grouped in families and can they name instruments from those families.
The kindergarten is busy preparing for their music concert on February 1! They are so excited to be on Hooper’s stage for the first time! Their show entitled “Happy, Healthy Me!” is full of fun songs about eating right and exercising. We can’t wait to share it with you!
