Specials Team
Art, Music, and Physical Education
Art
Thank you families for sending your students in with supplies again this year. We really appreciate all the materials your K-5th grade students brought in, and sketchbooks and materials your 3-5th graders brought in. It helps so much!
We’re very excited to be doing our annual Fall fundraiser again this year; Square 1 Art. Your student is creating a beautiful artwork that you will have the opportunity to get printed on all kinds of things like; coffee mugs, tote bags, phone cases and much more! You will see some information coming home about this in November when your scholar will recieved their order packets and free sticker sheet.
We are trying something new this year. We will be having our annual Art Show/ Night of the Arts, this Spring instead of December as we have done previously. We hope that this change will really help to showcase the amazing skills your children will acquire in their art class this year.
Here are some of the general art vocabulary and concepts we will be studying in Art for the 1st semester:
K: line, shape, color, pattern texture. Also a focus on drawing, cutting, and gluing skills.
1st: line, geometric shapes, pattern, primary and secondary colors.
2nd: art tools, neutral colors, organic shapes, and textures.
3rd: directional lines, art media, and rhythm.
4th: parallel line, positive and negative space, the tertiary color family, and variety in artwork.
5th: different subject matters in art as well as the art principles: symmetry, repetition/pattern, proportion, and unity.
Thank you so much for supporting the Art Department and encouraging your students be creative!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Olds, (formerly Johnson)
Mrs. Dudek
Mrs. Clague
Music
Welcome Back to another great year of music making at CES!
Mrs. Barber is joining our team until November when Mrs. Albanetti returns from maternity leave.
In Music students are learning about:
K: steady beat, classroom instruments, four voices & music room expectations
1: steady beat, rhythm, four voices, and instrument technique
2: rhythm, melody (so-mi-la), and instrument technique
3: rhythm, improvisation, and music reading skills
4: rhythm, improvisation, instrument technique, reviewing recorder
5: rhythm, improvisation, instrument technique, and starting ukulele
*All 3rd & 4th grade students need a soprano recorder for music class. We will begin recorder for fourth grade students in October, recorder will begin for third grade students in November. Many students have already brought in their recorders. Please double check with your student.
The Music Department is in need of:
Tissues
Hand Sanitizer
Clorox wipes
Thank you!
Mrs. Carter
Mrs. Lohr
Mrs. Barber
Physical Education
Welcome back! To ensure safety in our gym at all-time please make sure that your student wears their sneakers on the days that they have PE.
What to expect in October:
Kindergarten and 1st grade students will focus on safety while moving, general and personal space, locomotor skills of: running, jogging, hopping, jumping, skipping, and galloping. Students will also work on the skills of an underhand throw and catch, chasing and fleeing skills, and understanding the importance of nutrition.
Grades 2,3,4 and 5 students will participate in activities that involve the skills of striking with the foot, overhand throw and catch, understanding the importance of nutrition, chasing and fleeing, and offensive and defensive skills.
We would like to congratulate all of our 4th, and 5th grade students who participated in this years Pappy Lorenzen Cross Country meet! Go Stars!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Byers
Mr. Black
Mr. Pritt