ENCORE News
Carroll Elementary School
WELCOME!
Happy Fall!!
Check back each month to see what your students are up to in all of the ENCORE classes!
CLUBS
ATTENTION 3RD & 4TH GRADE STUDENTS: After school clubs will begin in a couple of weeks! We have a fall semester session and a spring semester session to choose from. Clubs will meet on Thursdays from 3:00-3:30pm & all students will be required to have a signed permission slip (will be sent home with your child) to participate.
Club Options:
- Run Club with Coach Engel
- SciArt Club with Mrs. Eads & Mrs. Peipert
Session 1 will be the weeks of October 15th-November 19th.
Session 2 will be the weeks of January 21st-February 25th.
If your child is interested in either of these club options, please see the details & sign ups below!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Students will come to ENCORE on a five day rotation. Your child will come to Art, Music, Gym, etc. on the same day each week.
Make sure your child wears tennis shoes on gym days!
This month in the Art Room is about ALL the FALL things!
Kindergarten will begin the month finishing their bear projects. Then, they will read Gustavo the Shy Ghost & make bright, happy ghosts that glow under a black light! They will finish the month learning about secondary colors & creating a pumpkin project using green, orange & purple!
1st Graders will finish up their polka dot pumpkins & then begin on a black cat & pumpkin project that reviews secondary colors. At the end of the month, they will make a fall landscape!
2nd Graders will be creating 3D pumpkins to start off the month. Then, they will work on some patterned spiders! They will get to use chalk to create a fall landscape and finish October by starting on a weaving project.
3rd Graders will be learning about Vincent van Gogh and creating a sunflower project based on his series of paintings. This will take a few rotations, and then they will get to make some skeleton cats!
4th Graders will practice using color (value) to create implied form this month as they create pumpkin drawings using crayon & charcoal pencil and also a spooky forest cottage landscape painting.
It’s going to be a great month in the Art Room!
🎨 Mrs. Peipert
This month in the music room:
Kindergarten will begin their unit on rhythm.
1st and 2nd graders will be learning about rhythm.
3rd graders will continue with musical practice for their November 11th performance.
4th graders will continue their recorder unit this month!
I truly enjoy working with all of our amazing CES Dragon musicians!
🎵 Mrs. Stowe
Thank you for making sure your child's library books are being returned each week!
Please have your child keep their library books in their backpack when they aren’t reading it, so they don’t get misplaced.
📗 Mrs. Baxter
The Science Lab this month will continue investigating properties of matter and changes in matter. We will also begin our investigations of force, motion, and energy. Help your scientist notice how matter can change states through processes, like heating and cooling.
We will explore the important role of engineers in our world. If you are an engineer, feel free to discuss your job with your student and how you are able to help our society.
There may even be some particularly interesting engineering challenges and experiments in this festive fall season. Remember to always stay curious!
🔍 Mrs. Eads
Skills, Spooks and Team Spirit
Over the next few weeks, students will be developing their throwing and catching skills through a variety of fun games, challenges, and activities. We’ll be learning how to control the ball, aim with accuracy, catch with confidence, and work together as a team!
As we wrap up October we will shift into some festive cooperative Halloween-themed games that focus on teamwork and movement in a fun and playful setting. Plus- students will build rhythm, coordination, and self-expression by learning the moves to the iconic “Thriller” dance.
👟Coach Engel
8:00-8:55 Conference
9:00-9:55 2nd Grade
10:00-10:55 Kindergarten
12:00-12:55 1st Grade
1:00-1:55 3rd Grade
2:00-2:55 4th Grade
*Students will come to the library at a different scheduled time each week.
THE ENCORE TEAM
CONTACT INFORMATION
Music: Jill Stowe jill.stowe@southlakecarroll.edu
Art: Lisa Peipert lisa.peipert@southlakecarroll.edu
Library: Laurie Baxter laurie.baxter@southlakecarroll.edu
Science Lab: Natalie Eads natalie.eads@southlakecarroll.edu
Gym: Ruth Engel ruth.engel@southlakecarroll.edu
Gym: Andrew Blount andrew.blount@southlakecarroll.edu