Specialist Newsletter
Endeavour Elementary - Week 3
Time Flies?
PE Update - Mrs. Skogstad and Mrs. Marsh
Happy April & Week 3 of Fitness at home from your friendly PE teachers. You can find all links/resources to keep staying active on our connect websites. Mrs. Marsh’s PE connect site/Mrs. Skogstad’s PE connect site
Don’t forget if you have finished your MARCH fitness calendar please (Grades K-2) email Mrs. Marsh & (Grades 3-5) email Mrs. Skogstad a picture of your finished calendar. We love seeing what students share!
Start APRIL out with doing 2-3 activities a day with April Fitness Calendar
Grades K-2: APRIL Monthly Fitness Calendar
Grades 3-5: APRIL Monthly Fitness Calendar
Grades K-5: Skill of the Week: SOCCER: Check out soccer skills with Mrs. Marsh. & Mrs. Skogstad
Grades 3-5: ISD curriculum: Focused Fitness-
1. Muscular Endurance Squat Video challenge (3:30)
2. Challenge yourself to Do the PACER & Push-up test at home with this actual cadence.
*Also try another week of: Goal Check-in Challenge: A quick way to work on fitness at home. Remember these are great ways to work on the goals you made in PE a few months back. Print out the challenge & challenge yourself to work on your personal fitness goals (if you do not remember your goals, make new ones). If you did this last week, challenge yourself to beat or maintain your scores/time.
Music Update - Mrs. Murphy and Ms. Caulton
Week 3 Music with Mrs. Murphy
One week left until Spring Break! This week we will be exploring the traditional music of Japan through fun enrichment activities. Japanese music focuses on the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds to convey emotional ideas, often reflecting nature through words or soundscapes.
We will also see and explore some traditional Japanese instruments. Traditional Japanese musical instruments include musical instruments used in the folk music of Japan. They include a range of string, wind, and percussion instruments.
To find this week’s materials, click on Mrs. Murphy’s Website, find your grade level, and scroll down!
Don’t forget, if you finish this week’s activities and want to keep exploring music, you can find many more enrichment activities for all grades on my website. This week I have updated my website with “unplugged” activities that can be done without the use of technology! You can also login to Quaver through Clever to access the Student Portal and explore countless music related games, compositions, and activities!
Week 3 Music with Ms. Caulton
Greetings Endeavour 2nd and 4th grade musicians: You are missed!
Theme for the week of April 6th:
DURATION, or, how long is that note going to last?
HIGHLIGHTS:
· A greeting from two very sleepy puppies (mine!)
· Quaver videos – wacky of course
· Can you act out durations faster than a speeding train? Probably not! But you just might be able to beat Quaver’s barbershop quartet. Send me a video!
· Dance to a Latin groove and compose your own dance music
- Choose from rock, country, hip-hop, blues & jazz tracks in QGroovesLite
· A video interface for you to communicate with ME
- Show off your singing, performing, acting or drawing skills. Or just say hi!
PLUS
· 2nd: Favorite songs: “Blast off” and “Disco sensation”
· 4th: New animated recorder songs and some you know (pizza in the car, anyone?)
- Recorder Karate is ongoing – send videos! Belts when we return
WHERE?
Go to Quavermusic via Clever. Click on Assignments from the dashboard.
Launch:
a. 2nd graders: 2nd_week3
b. 4th graders: 4th_week3
Confused? Instructions on my website: https://ginacaulton.wixsite.com/elementary-music
Check out last week’s activities if you missed them – learn to do the Samba, (4th), compose a pentatonic melody, (2nd), and much more.
QUESTIONS/REQUESTS? https://ginacaulton.wixsite.com/elementary-music/contact
Library Update - Mrs. Skosky
Week 3 Focus - Illustrations!
Kindergarten and 1st Grade - Mo Willems!
2nd Grade - Dav Pilkey at Home
3rd Grade - Scott Magoon Studo Storytime
4th Grade and 5th Grade
The second video series is one I just heard about so wanted to pass along. The "I Survived" series is a popular one in the library so I wanted to let you know that "I Survived" author Lauren Tarshis is reading aloud one of her books, "I Survived: The Sinking of the Titanic".
Enjoy!