GRAND AVENUE SPECIALS

Art - Krista Geier and Molly Froelich

Music - Amy Hiel and Rebekah Knitt

Physical Education - Jacob Breunig and Seth Kostroski

Email: contact@saukprairieschools.org
Website: www.saukprairieschools.org
Phone: (608) 643-1900

This newsletter is to help you stay connected to what is happening in the Grand Avenue Specials. The Specials are composed of Music, Art and Physical Education, each student has each specials class twice a week. We hope that you find the information useful and please feel free to contact your student's Specials teacher with questions or concerns.

Please mark your calendar for YOUTH ART MONTH ART SHOW

Thursday, February 26 from 3:30-6 pm at the River Arts Center

ART Spirit Week!

It’s that time of year again! Break out those colorful clothes for Art Spirit Week and
save the date for the opening of the K-12 Art Show at the River Arts Center!

Monday, February 23--Primary Colors

Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. Try to incorporate all three of these colors in your outfit.

Tuesday, February 24--Secondary Colors

Orange, green and purple are the secondary colors. Try to incorporate all three of these colors in your outfit.

Wednesday, February 25--Rainbow or ALL the COLORS!

Sport all the colors of the rainbow! Can you wear them in rainbow order?

Thursday, February 26--Monochromatic Day

Choose one color and use it in your entire outfit. Make it your favorite!

Friday, February 27--PATTERNS!

Go crazy and see how many patterns you can wear! (i.e. plaid, camo, floral, etc.)

We have a lot of fun activities planned for Youth Art Month so check out our social media pages, newsletters and look for notes coming home for more announcements!

Fifth Grade: During January, fifth grade artists learned about the art of printmaking and famous Pop Artist Andy Warhol. Student artists drew a food item, transferred their drawing to a printing block, carved the block and then printed their image multiple times. When the prints were dry, artists collaged them together to make a multicolor printed piece of art!

Fourth Grade: In January, fourth grade artists have been learning about Wisconsin born painter, Georgia O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe is best known for her paintings of enlarged blossoms and New Mexico inspired landscapes and skulls. Artists designed their own artwork inspired by O’Keeffe style. They traced their line drawings with glue and colored them with chalk pastel, using an analogous color scheme.

Third Grade: Artists in Mrs. Lenerz, Mrs. Nachriner, and Mrs. Smith's classes are working on a drawing project based on art by Keith Hering's break dances. Each artist will draw and paint three dancing figures on complementary colors. The paintings will be assembled to create a fun series of dancing figures.

Artists in Mrs. Cichanowicz, Mrs. Swanson and Ms. Udulutch's classes are working on loom weaving. Due to the number of looms that are available we cannot have all the students weaving at the sametime, so we weave with a few classes at a time. The children have warped their looms and have begun the basic weaving known as tabby and some have tried raya knots. This is a longer unit; however, the children really enjoy having the opportunity to create their own weaving. Several different weaving techniques are demonstrated and the children are asked to include at least three different styles in their weaving. They are given the opportunity to choose their own colors as long as they use at least two, but no more than five. This allows them to create patterns with color that show unity, or look like they belong together.

As always, if you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Mrs. Geier: krista.geier@saukprairieschools.org

Mrs. Yarnell: marie.yarnell@saukprairieschools.org

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Thursday, March 5th @ 6:00 p.m.-5th Grade Concert at Grand Avenue

Tuesday May 12th @ 6:00- 3rd Grade Concert at Grand Avenue

Thursday, May 21st- 4th Grade Field Trip to Overture Center for the Link Up Concert

Thursday, May 21st @ 7:00 p.m- 5th Grade Chorus to perform at Middle School Choral Concert

Thursday, May 28th- 5th Grade Chorus Field Trip to sing at Bridges Elementary

In January, 3rd Grade musicians finished up our ukulele unit, working on the C, A minor, and F chords. We also worked on reading and writing rhythms with sixteenth note patterns.

In February, we will be focusing on learning how to play the recorder and reading the notes B, A, and G on the music staff!

The 4th Grade classes have been working on the recorder and beginning to explore songs that they will perform in May when the attend the Link Up Concert at the Overture Center. We focused on the notes B, A, G, and E this month.

The 5th Grade classes are working hard to prepare for their upcoming concert on March 5th. We are excited to share with you! Check out some of what Grand Avenue Orff Ensemble has been preparing.

We are finishing up our Gymnastics unit at Grand. We are so fortunate to have all the equipment we do from the High School team. The kids having the chance to work on a spring floor, vaults, balance beams, and bars is not something many kids get the opportunity to do in Elementary School.

February is Healthy Heart Month. We are celebrating our 23rd year of the Kids Heart Challenge, formally known as Jump Rope for Heart. This year we will run our Jump Rope for Heart event the week of March 2-March 6 in PE classes. Your child (ren) has an opportunity to raise money for the American Heart Association. Last year our school raised over $5000. This year if you would like your child to participate they can sign up using the link below. There will be a letter coming home to you soon with more information regarding this event. We encourage all students to sign up for the event but in no way require or ask that you raise money. That is a family choice. All money should be collected by March 6th.

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