PE - K-6th Grade

The week is finally here . . . . FIELD DAY!  Your children have worked hard to prepare for this day of good completion.  I hope you are as excited as they are.  Shirts will be coming home this week, so please be on the look out.  Dress code for field day is a follows, tennis shoes and gym shorts or capris.  We are still needing a few more food items for the snack we will be providing the children during field day.  Here is the link www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b45aaa92daafd0-2017.   As far as parents attending, we are only allowed to have those parents attend that have signed up for a volunteer position.  I wish we could accommodate everyone, but due to space issues we are only allowed to have those attend that signed up to volunteer.  If you have any specific questions please email Coach Jendrusch at naomi.jendrusch@greatheartsnorthernoaks.org.

Roar and Soar!

Art - Mrs. Northway - K-3rd Grade

Quarter 2, Week 4, 2017                                                                                                            Northway Art K-3

Kindergarten:  Element of Art – Value

Continuing our study of value, I read the books “Polar Bear Morning and Polar Bear Night” to students.  We did our best to draw an extremely cute baby polar bear in our sketchbooks.  There will be a continuation of this drawing project next week with black construction paper and white chalk.

First Grade:  Element of Art – Texture

We are finished cutting and gluing the chameleons to the textured, painted green paper.  Students are finalizing some details and coloring of the chameleons this week.  I hope to have these displayed in the hallways soon because they turned out beautifully. 

Second Grade:  Element of Art – Shape; Value

After practicing creating values with different media last week, students did their best to copy a drawing of a horse by Edgar Degas using a soft leaded ebony pencil. We only worked on these drawings for one class period. We drew the horse by starting with the simple shapes.  We also drew straight lines lightly on the paper to help with keeping the drawing in proportion.  Some students began on the interior values. Below, is the Degas drawing and an example of a student drawing.

          

Third Grade: Element of Art – Texture

Third graders continue to work on  their portion of a collaborative copy of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, in acrylic paint on canvas.

Latin - Ms. Manske - 4th - 6th

FOURTH GRADE LATIN NEWS —
We are having a QUIZ this week over the mythology we have learned so far!
FIFTH GRADE LATIN NEWS —
We are continuing translating in chapter 3. Students should be reviewing their vocabulary cards and declension songs.
SIXTH GRADE LATIN NEWS —
We are continuing translating in chapter 4. Students should be reviewing their vocabulary cards and declension songs. 

Art - Mr. Donoho - 4th & 5th Grade

This week, the students are all continuing their projects.  The 4th graders are working on their hatching and crosshatching project, which is an abstract drawing that breaks a piece of paper down into numerous triangles of different tones and shades.  The 5th Graders are continuing their pastel master copy of portraits painted by Vincent Van Gogh and Matisse.  The 6th Grade is going to begin shading their drawing of the 3 spheres by MC Escher. 

Music - Ms. Caranto - k-2nd Grade

This week in Music with Miss Caranto -

·      Kinder will be:

o   Learning and practicing how to read high and low and other known words

o   Practicing steady beat and identifying how many phrases in a known song and how many beats in a phrase

o   Practicing all concert songs and preparing concert etiquette expectations

·      1^st Grade will be:

o   Practicing known solfege syllables and their corresponding hand signs, and applying them to known songs

o   Learning rules of the musical staff and solfege steps

o   Practicing all concert songs and preparing concert etiquette expectations

·      2^nd Grade will be:

o   Practicing music theory concepts, i.e. solfege placement on the musical staff

o   Learning a new folk song and practicing known concepts (rhythm, solfege)

o   Practicing all concert songs and preparing concert etiquette expectations

usic - Mrs. Trujillo - 3rd & 4th

3^rd Grade Music

Week of  November 13

This week we will explore:

         *Winter Concert Pieces

        

Wish List:  14” Buffalo Drum

4^th Grade Music

Week of  November 13

This week we will explore:

         *Winter Concert Pieces

Wish List:  16” Buffalo Drum

Where words fail, music speaks.

                                              Hans Christian Andersen