Author Archives: Old Town Academy

Kindergarten/1st Grade Interest List for OTA Indoor Soccer Team

Posted on by

We now have enough players to field a team in each age group. To Sign Your Child Up for Indoor Soccer please email Karleen here or call 858-581-9116 to register your child or team. Karleen has granted us an an extension of the Sat. Deadline — until Monday

Mention you are with Old Town Academy and she will put your child on the appropriate team. We will post students who expressed interest in playing on classroom blogs so your children can see if their friends are playing==>

The following students signed up on Mr Zach Jones’s interest list to play on the 5-6 Year Olds OTA indoor soccer team with Soccer Kids America. We are also looking for coaches -see below

5-6 Year-Olds Age Group

  • AJ Gallego
  • Yama Mahmud
  • Spencer Smith
  • Hunter Calvin
  • Noah Rosenbaum 
  • Matilda Weaver
  • Ezekiel Collins
  • Haley Shaffer
  • Samanatha Richardson
  • Abraham Siyoum
  • Colin Joseph
  • Ahlaysha Grady
  • Arden Villano
  • Alexander Parada
  • Emma Hess

Game Dates and Location:​

Continue reading →

Third Quarter (Q3) IXL Math Trackers: Four Projects Trees

Posted on by

Below are home copies of the first grade IXL Math Trackers. Print out the trees and post them on bulletin boards and refrigerators to track your child’s growing math power!

You can learn more about how to use the highlighters to complete the Visual Trackers (“Easy 80” etc): Here
 

Click to Print: Q3_1st-Project Tree 1   Click to Print: Q3_1st-Project Tree 2

 
Click to Print: Q3_1st-Project Tree 3             Click to Print: Q3_1st-Project Tree 4

First Grade – Music CD Set

Posted on by
“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.”
*
Note: The First Grade Music Curriculum also includes American Songs.

*

First Grade Music

A. MUSICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS

• Composers: Know that a composer is someone who writes music. Become familiar with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a composer who wrote what is known as classical music, and listen to the Allegro (first movement) from  A Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik).

• Orchestra: Become familiar with the families of instruments in the orchestra: strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion. Know that the leader of the orchestra is called the conductor. Listen to Sergei Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf.

B. MUSIC CAN TELL A STORY

• Opera: Understand that opera combines music, singing, and acting. Listen to selections from Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel: “Brother, Come Dance with Me,” “I Am the Little Sandman,” “Children’s Prayer.”

• Instrumental Music: Listen to Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

• Ballet: Understand that ballet combines music and movement, often to tell a story. Listen to Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.

Continue reading →