Music
K&1 will be learning notes & rhythms
2&3 will be learning meter
4&5 will be learning notes, rests, staff recognition, and recorders
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PE
We're excited to tell you how we're improving your child's physical education by adding games that focus on throwing, catching, and attacking. Your child's coordination, teamwork, and intelligent thinking will improve greatly if he or she learns these essential skills. We are helping them improve their hand-eye coordination, sense of space, and speaking skills through fun activities and games.
Activities like throwing and catching help kids grow their bodies and also help them get along with others and work together. Your child will learn how to throw and catch, skills that are important not just for sports but also for regular life. We are also starting to play invasion games, which help your child learn to work as part of a team, make quick choices, and adapt to different situations. These games teach essential life skills like working as a team, being resilient, and fixing problems.
By doing these things, your child will not only have fun but he or she will also build a solid foundation for a lifetime of healthy competition and physical exercise. These events will help them grow and be more beneficial as a whole. Thank you for continuing to help us make sure that our physical education program is well-rounded and interesting.
Thanks!
Coach Dietrich
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STEM
K – Motion.
1st – Plants.
2nd – Patterns in Day and Night.
3rd – Rocks.
4th – Weather.
5th – Changes over time.
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Art
K-5 will focus the Principals of Art using the fundamentals they have learned from August and September to make more complex and detailed artworks related to Fall season.
Gifted:
1st-3rd: We will finish our Hess fire unit and start an Origami unit, if we have time. If we run out of time then we will do the Origami unit later in the year.
4th-5th: We are still working on building our mini-golf holes. It is taking a bit longer than we thought, but we will finish (soon hopefully) :).
The end of October begins the first gifted testing window of the year. During the gifted testing window, already eligible gifted students will not have class so that I can complete testing for new students.
Media Center
Scholastic Book Fair during Conference Week
Stop by the Book Fair to shop the week of October 13-17! You may come before or after your student's conference. The fair will remain open most days until 4:30pm. (Subject to change) Friday, 10/17 the fair will close at 2pm. You may also send your students with money to shop or put money into their E-wallet - look for more information coming home Thursday, October 9th!
Add money to your students E Wallet so you do not have to send them with cash!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/parkstreetelementaryschool
