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  • Kindergarten-2nd graders are learning about observational drawings and what it means to draw “plein air” (the act of creating art outdoors). All students are observing the plants and sculptures in our reading garden and selecting something to observe and draw.

    3rd-5th graders are learning about creating collaborative drawings. Each student is contributing one idea to every drawing in their class. In the end every student will go home with a piece of artwork everyone made together.

    6th graders are learning about the Pop Art movement and Andy Warhol. After studying his work of Campbell’s soup cans and CocaCola bottles they are selecting their favorite candy wrapper to draw. They are using proportion and scale to zoom in on the design and bright colors to make it “POP.”

     

     

  • 6th grade: designing a digital classroom utilizing prepositional phrases, classroom items and classroom furniture.

    5th grade: Asking and answering “What time is it in Spanish. Using both a traditional method (“menos”) and modern ( “y”- pronounced ee).

    4th grade: Expressing location through a variety of activities, both written and verbal, culminating in a paper airplane project.

    2nd grade: Reproducing the contents of a sandwich given a verbal selection of meats and vegetables.  Asking and answering, ¿Te gusta?( Do you like it?)  Me gusta (I like it). 

    1st grade: Reviewing household pets, animals on the farm, feelings, and body parts. 

    Kindergarten: Reviewing colors, greetings, alphabet, and numbers.

  • The garden is coming to life and we are almost ready to harvest our first snap peas! The students have been working hard weeding and planting to make our garden look beautiful.  Keep on the lookout for Summer Earth Rangers permission slips going out soon. 8/3-8/13 9am-12pm for incoming grades 3-6! Thank you to the PTA for another great year. Happy Summer!

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    Kindergarten

    Kindergarten is wrapping up the year by reviewing building techniques they’ve learned in their favorite STEAM centers. 

    First Grade

    First Grade is wrapping up the year by reviewing building techniques they’ve learned in their favorite STEAM centers. 

    Second Grade

    Second Grade is wrapping up the year by reviewing building techniques they’ve learned in their favorite STEAM centers. 

    Third Grade

    Third Grade is finishing their Mini Golf Holes and will play using Sphero.

    Fourth Grade

    Fourth Grade is wrapping up their stop-motion animations and will watch them in class.

    Fifth Grade

    Fifth Grade is wrapping up their 3D Printing unit and will move on to 1-day STEAM challenges, including the Mini Art Show Challenge and Minute to Win It Challenges.

    Sixth Grade

    Sixth grade is wrapping up their 3D Printing unit and will move on to 1-day STEAM challenges, including the Mini Art Show Challenge and Minute to Win It Challenges.

     

  • All of our Field Days were a success! The beautiful weather provided the perfect backdrop, and the students had a fantastic time participating in all the activities.A special thank you to our PTA for the watermelon, inflatables, and kindergarten Field Day t-shirts. Your generosity helped make the day extra memorable for our students!

    A shout-out as well to our PE leaders, whose hard work helped our Kindergarten and 1st–3rd Grade Field Days run so smoothly.

    We wish everyone a happy, healthy, and relaxing summer break!

     

     

  • Students are finishing up the school year in the library by reading about flag day, stories that revisit our Wildcat traits from this school year and exploring old favorites with fresh eyes using skills we have practiced this year. Grades K-2 are rounding out the school year by practicing making text to self connections and making inferences for each story based on the information available to us. Grades 3-6 are learning about history, making connections and expanding their knowledge of the world through stories and reflecting on the information gathered through our reading and learning tasks.

     

  • It has been a busy and exciting spring in the music room! Junior and Senior Chorus wrapped up their concerts this past May, and both groups gave wonderful performances. Third grade students have also done an excellent job learning and performing on the recorder this year.

    Our marching band also did a fantastic job performing at the Ducks game this past week. We are proud of the students for representing our school so well and showcasing their hard work and musicianship.

    As we head into the final weeks of school, students in grades 3 and 4 are finishing the year strong by choosing between marimba, drumming, or songs and games for their last music classes. Kindergarten students are enthusiastically preparing songs for their graduation ceremony, and students throughout the school are looking forward to performing for Flag Day this Thursday.

    Congratulations to all of our EQ musicians on a fantastic year of music!