Our last book report for the year went home last week. Students should be choosing a book and letting me know their choice by tomorrow. The project is due Monday, June 1st. Below are the forms in case you have lost them… but the collage should be done on cardstock because the materials might be too heavy for paper.
Our very last History Project Overview went home last week. These are due Wednesday, June 3rd, not June 2nd. Sorry for the mistake! Please help your child choose a project early and start working on it at least a week in advance. Below are the forms to print out for the project:
We worked on some figure sculptures last Friday. Students learned how to shape pipe cleaners into a stick figure body and then give it shape and texture by adding tin foil. Their task was to create an action figure that showed movement. They chose to make figures that were surfers, skateboarders, cheerleaders, superheroes, football players, soccer players, basketball players, etc… This week we wrote about the sculptures in our journals and practiced drawing figures in motion on paper.
Q4 Science Projects are due Wednesday, May 28th. Below is a link to the form in case you have lost the one I sent home.
I have some extra foam balls if anyone needs some!
Two students were chosen for showing Kindness throughout the month of April. Those students are: Bryce McCole and Isobel Matthews.
Congratulations!!! They will eat lunch with Mrs. Jones on Thursday, May 7th.
These were absolutely ADORABLE!! I always love seeing the creativity that comes out of this project. Students really came through with some original ideas and characters. The books came to life in our classroom. Enjoy!
On Friday, we went to the Museum of Man to see their Egypt and Maya Exhibits. We had an awesome Guided Tour where students got to see real mummies, look at artifacts from both cultures and learn about the geography and clothing. Ask your child which animals were feared most in the Nile River… they both have big teeth and strong jaws!
After our tour, we were able to wander around the museum and check out the exhibits on Evolution, Technology and Monsters! We even got to have a bit of fun in the Egyptian Playroom.
Another amazing Grandparents Day last week. It is always so nice to see students proudly showing their guests around OTA campus. This year, grades K-2 performed for our special guests with some songs they have been practicing in Choir. It was a truly wonderful day! Thanks to everyone who helped make it possible! Check out the videos and pictures below…
Our First Grade Finalists looked fantastic. They got all dressed up for the Final Poetry Contest and did an outstanding job! Dash Weaver was able to earn 2nd Place Overall reading Shakespeare. Congrats to all the contestants!
Students are going out of their way to be Outstanding Ospreys at OTA! We have three more students who have earned 10 tickets for helping out around our school: Jake Vaught, Meron Siyoum and Zoe Hassin. Keep up the good work!!
Your children have already begun their 4th Quarter PE Skills. Check out more details here.
Surfing with Mrs. Jones is now available on the Online Auction for our School Gala next weekend. Students can experience learning to surf and play in the ocean with their teacher. Along with San Diego Surf School instructors, I will be taking students out at Law Street in Pacific Beach. This is where I began my surfing career 11 years ago. Can’t wait to share something I love with your kids! Hopefully they will fall in love with this hobby like I did…
https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=237153558
Below is what students are responsible for completing in Science for the last Quarter. We have already completed learning about the Galaxy and have begun the Solar System.
Below is what students are responsible for completing in History for the last Quarter. We have already completed learning about Mexico and next we will begin American History with Early Explorers and Settlers. Last we will work on From Colonies to Independence.
We have a new first grader who started with us on Monday. His name is Ethan Lenz and he is already part of our First Grade family. He fits in great with our class and shows so much zest about everything we are learning, especially Space and Robotics. Please make sure to welcome him when you have a chance and introduce yourselves to his family (his mom, Cassandra and dad, Micah).
We are coming up on our 4th Annual Poetry Recitation Competition. Today, I sent home a form explaining this. All students must memorize one poem and practice reciting it to an audience. To choose a poem with your child, please see the forms below. Students may use their practice as part of their reading log.
CLASSROOM Competition is Tuesday, APRIL 21st!!!!
Two students were chosen for showing Curiosity throughout the month of March. Those students are: Zorian Sesma and Maya Garb.
Congratulations!!! They will eat lunch with Mrs. Jones on Thursday, April 9th.
We have completed the 7 Character Strengths. If you want to find out more about these Character Strengths, check out OTA Character Ed
We will continue to learn other Character Traits outside of these 7. The Character Trait for April is Kindness. I will be picking other important Character Traits for the remainder of the year. I will also continue to pick students who are showing these traits for the month as a reward. Please encourage your children to show these traits each day at school and at home.
Friday before break, we were able to take a visit to Shaper Studios to help make a surfboard for our school Gala. Students took turns learning the basics of surfing from Mrs. Gartland and then shaping from one of the expert shapers who works at the studio. They learned about how a board goes from a blank to a shaped board, with artwork, fiberglass and resin. Students were able to help using planing tools to shape the outer edge of the board. Then they got to watch the expert use the power sander to shape the top of the board. Last they lined up to get air hosed so they wouldn’t take home all the foam shavings:) Who wouldn’t want a board shaped by our First Grade Class?? Keep an eye out for it April 25th!
I know that Saxon Phonics is getting more complicated and many parents have mentioned that it is hard to help their child with the coding on their homework. I want to give you some help with this. We still have a few to learn, but maybe this will help:) Here are some definitions:
Digraph: 2 letters that come together to make one sound
Trigraph: 3 letters that come together to make one sound
Combination: 2 letters that come together to make an unexpected sound (bossy r)
Dipthong: 2 letters that come together to make an unexpected sound and make your mouth move into 2 positions
Final Stable Syllable: letters that the form the final syllable of a word, are stable and do not change.
Below is a picture of the posters that we use in class to help us with our Coding. I have also attached a link to a printable form to use at home.
Friday was Daniela Stout’s last day at OTA. Her father was stationed in Virginia for the Navy. We wish Daniela and her family luck with their big move! We helped show Daniela how much we will miss her with a small Farewell Party on Friday where we presented her with a book of letters and pictures from the class. Students said their goodbyes and Daniela promised to keep in touch. This is especially sad for me because I have known the Stout family for many years. Their oldest daughter, Isabel was in my First Grade class 6 years ago!
Two students were chosen for showing Social Intelligence throughout the month of February. Those students are: Sophia Bear and Ava Pedace.
Congratulations!!! They ate lunch with Mrs. Jones this past Thursday in the classroom.
The Character Trait for March is Curiousity. Please encourage your children to show this at home and school. I will be picking two more students at the end of this month, who have displayed Curiosity.
If you want to find out more about this Character Trait, check out:
Several of our First Graders have succeeded in earning 10 or more Outstanding Osprey Tickets. As a reward, they take home a certificate and get to pick from the Treasure Chest in our classroom. They earn these tickets for being an Outstanding OTA Citizen by picking up trash, cleaning our school, helping other students, holding doors and many other positive behaviors. They can receive these tickets from any OTA staff member. Please help us encourage your children to be Outstanding Ospreys too!
Student Book Reports are due Monday. Below is a link to the form needed to write the story elements. There is no link for the Cardstock Story Cube paper that you need to put together. You will need to talk to a classmate if you have lost this in order to create one yourself. Thank you for understanding! Good luck!
We also visited this website to learn about the Ancient Mayan Ball Game. The class requested the link so that they could explore it more. Did you know that the Mayans invented the Rubber Ball?? Ask your kids to explain the ball court and how they played… I bet they know quite a bit now!
http://www.ballgame.org/sub_section.asp?section=2&sub_section=3
The class really enjoyed this Muscles Video, so I thought I would share it, in case they would like to watch it again or in case anyone was absent… We read about muscles, watched this video, played Muscles Simon Says, and also made a muscle, haha (out of paper). The video made us laugh a lot about our Gluteus Maximus. Ask your child about their favorite muscle!
We have also begun our History Unit on the Early Civilizations: Maya, Aztec and Inca. Below is the form that went home today describing the Final Projects students may choose from. You must print out the form from the link below that goes with the project your child has chosen. Please let me know at least a week in advance if you need help printing one out.
The Tracker below shows what projects students must complete to earn an Outstanding Grade. All projects are in class except the Final Project.
We are about half way through our unit on the Human Body. Right now we are finishing up Muscles and will start the Nervous System next week. Students brought home the form below describing their final projects for Science.
If you click on the link above, you will find a link to all the project forms. Please print out the form you need for the project your child has chosen. If you need help printing, please let me know at least a week before the project is due. If you choose the Handwashing Experiment– I have some extra Petri Dishes. The first to email me, get them:) Otherwise, see purchase instructions on the link above.
Below is the Project Tracker, which shows all the projects your child is responsible for completing to receive an Outstanding Grade. All projects are in class, except for the Final Project.
Although we lost Mrs. Coon, we have gained Ms. Lauren! She is wonderful and has already become part of our First Grade Family. She has been here for the last couple weeks, getting acquainted and working with Mrs. Coon to learn all the ins and outs of this fun job:) She is also a credentialed teacher, so we are very lucky to have two certified teachers in the room. Please make sure to introduce yourself and help her feel welcome here at OTA.
Mrs. Coon’s last day was Thursday… We are sad to see her go- but wish her luck in her new adventures! The kids made her feel very special before she left with Flowers, Letters and a nice gift card to Target. She will surely be missed! Even the Second Graders had to say good bye….
Thank you to everyone who made it out for our Matter Rap Performance. The class did such a great job… they blew me away too! I hope those of you who weren’t able to come, enjoy this video of your hardworking kids. A big thank you to Dan Vaught and Peter Howson for being our Videographers. We have already begun our new unit on The Body. This week we will focus on the Muscles.
To top off our week, we celebrated Valentines Day on Thursday before the break. We made Heart Mobiles, Bouquets of Love, did Candy Heart Math and of course passed out Valentines. Our afternoon party was full of games, snacks and full hearts everywhere:) Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day this weekend!
Why not add another event to this busy week?? Especially when the class has worked all year to fill their Marble Jar. It was nice to have a relaxing afternoon amidst all the craziness behind us and more to come… I have never seen a group of kids get along this well and watch an entire movie without any interruptions. It was a very well earned afternoon. Now all we have to do is try to fill it up again!
Can you believe its been 100 days?? I can’t… Of course we celebrated in 100 style with a 100 number walk on the way in, sorting our 100 things and making 100 day glasses. Now on to more first grade adventures!
Sorry it took me so long to post! These projects were amazing. The kids were so proud of the their work and it was fun to watch them share their knowledge with each other on the Ancient Civilization of Egypt. We start our new unit tomorrow on the Ancient Mayans, Aztecs and Incas.
Two students were chosen for showing Optimism throughout the month of January. Those students are: Camila Bazaldua and Jake Vaught.
Congratulations!!! They will be eating lunch with Mrs. Jones on Thursday, Feb. 5th in the classroom.
The Character Trait for February is Social Intelligence. Please encourage your children to show this at home and school. I will be picking two more students at the end of this month, who have displayed Social Intelligence.
If you want to find out more about this Character Trait, check out:
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to my birthday bouquet! I cannot tell you how grateful I am for all of your generous gifts. It was more than I ever imagined. I cannot wait to use them all:) Thank you for making my return and birthday so special…
Mrs. Jones
Sorry to be out so long! After a surprise surgery to remove my appendix on Thursday… I have now come down with the flu in addition to recovering. The doctor has ordered me to rest until the end of this week. I will be back Monday, February 2nd. We are trying to keep things as normal as possible in the classroom until I return. Report Cards will be delayed until I’m able to collect everything and complete them. Thank you for understanding and being flexible this week. I’m missing my class a lot and its very difficult staying away from the job I love. The good news is we will be starting a Unit in Science on the Body Systems, so I will get to teach about germs and functions of the body- which I have learned some new things about! Miss you all, see you soon…
Mrs. Jones
We had a Dynamite Dinosaur Dig this past Friday, thanks to our amazing Parent Helpers who helped me organize, set up, take down and drive. Our student paleontologists were hard workers and were able to find all the bones for 4 different dinosaurs! We brought them back to the “Museum” or classroom and the students were able to reassemble the bones into their correct formations. Plus we got to celebrate with a Hot Cocoa Reading Party, visit with the lifeguards and celebrate Dash’s birthday… WHAT A DAY!
Two students were chosen for showing Zest throughout the month of December. Those students are: Daniela Stout and Dash Weaver.
Congratulations!!! They will be eating lunch with Mrs. Jones on Thursday, Jan. 8th in the classroom.
The Character Trait for January is Optimism. Please encourage your children to show this at home and school. I will be picking two more students at the end of this month, who have displayed Optimism.
Welcome back from winter break! I hope you all had a restful time with family and friends. As you know my husband and I spent the break hiking Machu Picchu and surfing the North Coast of Peru. I have had some requests for photos… so here you are:)
We have begun our unit on Matter and Electricity. This final project form also went home today. Projects are due Friday, January 23rd. Please use the link below to print out the form needed for your child’s project:
Q2Science Projects MatterElectricity (updated:))
We have begun our unit on Egypt and project descriptions went home today. Instead of printing out the 3 project forms for each student when they only need to pick one, I think it would help save paper if each of you print the form you need at home. If this is a problem, please let me know and I will make a copy of the one you need. Remember that I cannot give your child a grade unless they complete the form. Thanks for understanding! See links below for printing:
Quarter 2 History (Form sent home today)
Below is the Q2 Tracker so that you can see where we are:
We have been working hard to fill our classroom with reminders of winter (despite sunny San Diego:)) Students really enjoyed cutting Snowflakes from coffee filters… and making winter snow scenes using paint and torn paper. When we are done, the classroom will feel like a Winter Wonderland!
Students have already played a review game during class today. They should have brought their books home to read through tonight. Below are some helpful links that we have already viewed in class but may help students remember what we learned. The vocabulary words that students are responsible for are in the picture below.
Some of you have been experiencing difficulty using ST Math at home. We have just received this information from the ST Math company that explains some of the trouble you may have been having. Thanks for your patience!
2ND ANNUAL OTA HOLIDAY SOCK DRIVEFOR STANDUP FOR KIDSPlease bring in new socks for the homeless and street kids here in San Diego.Eighth graders are organizing this project and have provided boxes for the socks you bring.There are boxes upstairs and downstairs.Please be generous in your sock donations. It really makes a difference in the lives of these kids living on the street when we can help them.We will be collecting until Friday, December 20th.THANK YOU
Two students were chosen for showing Gratitude throughout the month of November. Those students are: Zoe Hassin and Sydney Tobias
Congratulations!!! They will be eating lunch with Mrs. Jones on Thursday, Dec. 4th in the classroom.
The Character Trait for December is Zest. Please encourage your children to show this at home and school. I will be picking two more students at the end of this month, who have displayed Zest.
PS- Happy Birthday Sydney!!
Below is the Q2 Tracker for History. We are learning about Three World Religions right now. Students should be able to tell you about the symbols and traditions of Judaism. After this week, they will know the symbols and traditions for Christianity and then Islam next week.
Tomorrow they will be taking home an explanation of the projects for this unit. Please go over this with them and make sure they do not lose it! No late projects will be accepted this quarter… so please make sure they turn everything in on time. I have attached a copy here if you would like to look over it early:)
We had a great field trip to the Safari Park last Monday. Students got to experience the Savannah/Grasslands in person and see several animals from that habitat. Thank you to our Parent Chaperones who drove that day! We are grateful for your help!
What a great event! Thank you to everyone who helped raise money for OTA. This is what keeps our school going. Congrats to our First Grade students who earned awards for raising money, medals for running laps and to our class for earning a Free Dress Day!
Students did an amazing job with their first projects of the year! They showed how much they learned about each habitat. We had a great time learning from each other during presentations.
The 4th annual Old Town Academy Jog-A-Thon took place, Friday, October 24th. OTA students ran thousands of laps to raise money to support OTA’s dedicated staff and its cutting edge academic programs— their energy and enthusiasm was inspiring….
Now it’s time to collect the money from your sponsors! (or call or visit friends and neighbors for new pledges from those you didn’t reach before the Jog-a-Thon). Sponsors are welcome to pledge any amount they choose, or they can make a flat donation.
Please turn in pledge checks, tomorrow: made out to the “OTA Foundation,” to classroom teachers or the OTA office.
This Halloween was a hoot:) Costumes were very creative and entertaining! Our parade and party were a success. Thank you to our Parent Helpers who helped in the afternoon and also provided supplies for our party. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Two students were chosen for showing Grit throughout the month of October. Those students are: Madalin Parente and Chase Bleakley
Congratulations!!! They will be eating lunch with Ms. Pitcher on Thursday, Nov. 6th in the classroom.
The Character Trait for November is Gratitude. Please encourage your children to show this at home and school. I will be picking two more students at the end of this month, who have displayed Gratitude.
Through our Saxon Phonics Program, we are learning that Sight Words are words that CANNOT be sounded out. Many words are listed as sight words in other programs, but can be sounded out (example: and= /a/ /n/ /d/). Please refer to the list below to help your child master the Saxon Sight Words. These are all the words students will need to know for the year. Please make sure your child is practicing these at home if they do not know them already.
Some suggestions for practicing: flashcards, wipe boards, find them in books, magazines, etc…
Our Due date for our first take home project is getting closer. Below are the forms needed to complete this project. Please make sure your child picks only ONE PROJECT and fills out the corresponding form for that project. They must have the form to present next Wednesday, November 5th.
Quarter 1 Science <— Use this to print out a copy of the page you need. Below are pictures of each page (do not print from the pictures- they come out too small).
We had a blast celebrating our reading success. Students enjoyed reading together in small groups with flashlights, headlamps and some very creative light sources:) Our next goal is reading for 20 minutes straight as a class!
We had an amazing first Field Trip to the Tijuana Estuary despite the heat. Students got to learn how to bird watch, play Estuary Bingo and eat like a bird. Ask your child what kind of beak they got to use (clothespin, tweezers, chopsticks?) and what type of food they could catch with their beak (worms, slugs, bugs, clams?). Afterwards, we were able to eat lunch and kenjoy the park nearby. Thank you to the parent drivers who helped us get there and back safely!!
Your child is getting their first “At Home” project assignment tomorrow. Final projects for Quarter 1 Science are due Wednesday, November 5th. Below are the PDFs for the forms necessary to complete this project. Students must complete a form to go along with their project to get a Passing Grade. I have also attached the Q1 Science Tracker to show how your child will earn their grade for the Quarter.
Please ask your child how they are doing with their Habitat Book in class. Some students will need to bring home their Yellow Folder (Habitat Book) to try and catch up before the Quarter ends. I will mark what they need to work on with a colored tab. We are working on The Arctic this week. Next week we will be doing Desert and and the following week, Savannah/Grasslands. Students need to have all Habitat Chapters complete by Nov. 5th.
Two students were chosen for showing Self Control throughout the month of September. Those students are: Ivy Stullich and Alex Akopov
Congratulations!!! They will be eating lunch with Ms. Pitcher on Thursday, Oct. 9th in the classroom.
The Character Trait for October is Grit. Please encourage your children to show this at home and school. I will be picking two more students at the end of this month, who have displayed Grit.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest member of First Grade, Sabine Howson. She just started this week and has already made some new friends and proved herself to be a great fit in our classroom! Please make sure to say hello and help her family feel welcome on campus when you see them!
Students have been learning about Apples for the last 2 weeks. Ask your child about what is happening with our Apple Experiment in class.
We also competed 2 apple art projects on Friday. Check out how much fun (and mess) we had:)
Students have almost completed their first journal for the year. These are some examples of complete pictures and writing. The whole page is completely colored and the picture matches the writing.
We only complete 3 journals a week, so students should have sufficient time to complete them during class time. If they do bring them home, they should only work on the pages that have been started in class. Please do not allow them to go ahead and finish journals that we have not gone over yet in class. Students will know which pages they are responsible for. Thanks for your help with this and I apologize if there was any confusion! By the end of the week, all of their September Journal should be complete and we will start sending them home to stay.
Below are the skills students should be able to master by the end of Quarter 1:
We are learning about GEOGRAPHY right now in Social Studies. Students should now have completed their Geography Book and be able to name their Continent, Country, State and City. We will have a test next week.
This week we will begin learning about Landforms. Students will get to make their own Clay landform in class on Friday. They may bring it home to add details for Flying Colors (their choice).
Students will be getting these throughout the year. You may have seen them already and wondered how to help them write their explanation. Here are some suggestions:
–Ask them to explain the problem (You can reread the problem for them)
– Have them take you step by step through their thought process
-Help them write it down ( you can write it, if they tell you what to write)
Example of an answer for above problem: I knew that Brady’s backpack was yellow and that Caleb’s backpack was Green, so Doug’s had to be purple.
**If they got the answer wrong, by explaining their answer- they may help themselves see their mistake. Please have them record this as well.
We are just trying to help students talk about how they solve problems because it opens up higher level critical thinking skills and will help them in later grades with Think Aloud Problem Solving.
To access ST Math at home students need a computer with internet access.
Tip: If there is no Homework assigned, access previously played content by clicking on the green cones.
This week we began writing in our Monthly Journals. Students should be completing 3 journals per week. We work on them together during Writer’s Workshop first thing in the morning, then students are given time during Centers to complete them. On Friday, if they need more time, they work on them in small groups with a teacher.
If they are not completed by Friday, they will go home for Homework. A note will be attached explaining what needs to be done. Please assist your child with this if it does go home and encourage them to complete it using their best work.
Here are some ways to help with writing at home: (we will also be learning these at school)
Our class is working towards a goal: 10 Minutes of Sustained Reading (no interruptions)
We started with 3 minutes and each time we are successful we gain a minute. When we reach 10 minutes, the class earns a Flashlight Reading Party.
Here are some ways you can help with this at home.
My apologies for not getting you this information sooner! Please read below and if you haven’t started, please try to work on it this weekend.
Our Parent Helper Schedule is almost full! Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time! We do still need help with Portfolios on Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays if anyone is available. If not, we will make it work:) See you all soon!
We can begin having helpers this Wednesday. Please come up early to see me before you begin your first helping shift so that we can go over guidelines quickly:)
OTA uses a KIPP Character Traits Report Card. We will be teaching all students about the following Character Traits throughout he year:
This month we will be focusing on SELF CONTROL in the First Grade Classroom. We wrote about it today and will continue to read books and role play what it means to have Self Control. At the end of September, I will choose 2-3 students who have shown this character trait for the entire month. They will be rewarded with a Certificate, No Homework Pass and Lunch with Ms. Pitcher:) Since this is a difficult skill to learn in First Grade, please help encourage it at home.
For more information, please check out the KIPP Website:
KIPP Character Traits
Some of you were asking about the Reward Coupons and whether it was really true that your child could bring in a stuffed animal or wear their slippers… The answer is YES! Students earn Good Choice Sticks and may trade them in for classroom Coupons that can be redeemed at the appropriate time. They get to keep the coupons in their pencil case until they redeem them. Below are the coupons that they can earn:
If you are wondering how students earn and lose the sticks:
Here’s to a great first day of school! Hope your kids are not anxious… otherwise, I thought this poem was fitting:)
Ms. Pitcher
I would like to thank our Parent Helper, Rachel Flores for her awesome photography work during Phonics and Centers. The pictures she captured below will hopefully give you a glimpse of how our Phonics program works…. We already have some First Grade Phonics Experts. Ask them about Suffix -s, or the two sounds of s (s: sun, z: rose).
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E.D. Hirsch Jr. is the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He is the author of several acclaimed books on education issues.
By E. D. Hirsch, Jr., and Lisa Hansel
“First Graders and Mesopotamia? New York’s model lesson plan asks too much, critics say.” And so by implication says the article with that title that ran in this paper last week.
That Mesopotamia lesson is part of a program called Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA). Right now, it’s being put up on EngageNY.org for schools (and parents) to download for free. To find out if it asks too much, you could trust critics who’ve never used it, you could give it a try with your own kids, or you could listen to the kids in the program. Last year, PBS’s John Merrow wondered if CKLA was too much, so he visited a school in Queens that was piloting it (you can see his report, which aired on PBS’s NewsHour, here.). Noting that “nobody told these first-graders” that the content was too hard for them, Merrow asked what their favorite books were. First graders called out: “the solar system,” “the skeleton,” and “an archaeologist book.” The result of the pilot test? The 10 CLKA pilot schools significantly outperformed the 10 control schools.
Click to read entire article. Watch an interview with ED Hirsch click here.
Here is what your First Graders will learn about this year:
Listening and Speaking
Reading-print awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding/encoding, oral reading and fluency, comprehension, story elements, poetry
Writing-narrative, informative/explanatory and persuasive writing, handwriting, spelling, parts of speech, sentence structure, capitalization and punctuation
History: World Geography (spatial sense, geographical features), Early World Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, History of World Religions), Modern Civilization and Culture (Mexico), American History: Early Explorers and Settlers, Colonization, American Revolution, Exploration West, American Symbols and Figures
Visual Art: Art from Long Ago, Elements (color, line, shape and texture), Portraits
Music: Elements of Music, Musical Terms and Concepts, Jazz, Ballet, Traditional American plus OTA Music Perfomance Labs: Learning to Read Music and Play Piano in the Kiwanis Music Lab; Orchestra; Choir.
Math: Patterns and Classification, Number Sense, Money, Computation, Solving Problems and Equations, Measurement, Geometry plus OTA Math & Science Olympics! Robotics: Programming, Applied Mathematics, Problem-Solving… and more.
Science: Living Things and their Environment, Habitats, Oceans and Undersea Life, Environmental Change, Animal Classifications, Human Body, Germs, Diseases and Preventing Illness, Matter, Introduction to Electricity, Astronomy, The Earth, Science Biographies.
“Enlightened educators understand that a well-rounded instructional program introduces students to the masterpieces of art and music that are part of our shared cultural inheritance. Core Knowledge makes available carefully selected musical masterworks on CD. The world’s greatest music, including quintessentially American masterworks of blues, jazz, and musical theater, are here offered in convenient sets for use by teachers, students, and parents.”
Special Board Meeting Notice and Agenda
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