Dixie's Special Area News
February 2023
NTI Choice Board and Zoom Links
Special Area Choice Board
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Kindergarten through 3rd grade students were inspired by blue and white, porcelain vases from China. My student teacher, Mrs. Valentine, created the bulletin board with their beautiful artwork for all to see. Each project is designed to showcase for our Multicultural night in March
The 4th and 5th graders created their own masks that were inspired by Beijing Opera masks. Students selected the character traits, colors, and emotions that they wanted their mask to possess. This project was a collaboration between Mrs. Wang (Chinese Teacher), Mrs. Valentine (Student teacher), and Mrs. Jarvis (Parent and substitute teacher, and it took us all to make it successful for the students.
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Happy Lunar New Year!
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Dixie Chinese Dance Club was invited to perform at the Downtown Lexington Public Library on January 22. They represented Dixie very well.
The FCPS STARTALK pre-camp activities began on January 9th. The theme is Explore Chinese through STEAM. It hosts two activities monthly. There are a total of 43 participants including students in kindergarten to 5th grade. The participants made and tasted dumplings and noodles in January. They had a lot of fun with the hand-on activities.
Students in K-3rd grade experienced Chinese New Year celebrations as well. They did paper cutting and origami, made lanterns and practiced lion dance. They also can retell the zodiac animal story, name and identify animals.
4th grade students are learning about their favorite sports/games. 5th graders are learning about cities around the world. All 4th-5th graders learned about Beijing opera in the Chinese class and made Beijing opera masks in the art class.
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In the month of January, 3rd-5th grade students have been creating stop animation films using our new Hue HD cameras. They have used a variety of materials to produce short films by taking multiple frames (pictures) and string them together to make a reel (video). Their creativity has really shined during this project! The kids absolutely love working with stop animation.
K-2 have been learning about digital citizenship and how to be safe when using devices online.
Click on the Videos Below to Watch Student Created Stop Animation!
How to Make a Cake by Kennedy Kerr, Aubree Edwards Sara Cool
How to Drawby Nora Tower and Alex Remmele
5 Little Pumpkinsby Aliyah Nutter and Julian Soto Martinez
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This month in music K-5 students learned about the Ukulele! We learned where they came from/how they are made. Students learned how to Identify the parts of the ukulele, as well as play 3 different chords. We also took time in class to review our house chants/cheers. Next month we will be learning about music from various cultures around the world.
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K - 2: We are learning how to transfer weight from one foot to the other, demonstrate squat recovery to balance and recover the skate. We are also learning to practice 4 steps to standing up.
3 - 5: We are learning to transfer weight from one foot to the other, demonstrate 4 steps to getting up properly and we are practicing different skating techniques to advance to the big floor.
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Skating Unit
January 3rd - January 31st
Please send tall socks and work on tying shoes!
The STARTALK Chinese After School Club will start on Monday, January 9th with the cooking class. Detailed information will be sent home soon.
Robotics Club will start Monday, January 9th.
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Rachel Losch
Art Teacher
Sustainability Coordinator
FCPS Elementary Art Representative
Yan Wang
Chinese Teacher
Chinese Dance Club Sponsor
Chinese Speech Club Sponsor
STARTALK Chinese Club Sponsor
AllieShae Serres
Library Media Specialist
Battle of the Books Sponsor
Robotics Sponsor
STLP Teacher
School Technology Coordinator
Taylor Ayotte
Music Teacher
