Specialist Newsletter
Kokanee Elementary - 2nd Quarter
Physical Education Department
PE News from Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Fisher and Ms. Hanley
Featured units for February, March… Bowling, Volleyball and Gymnastics/Tumbling!!!
Bowling is a favorite for all ages as students learn proper form for ball delivery. Older students learn to keep score. After mid-winter break we start volleyball with intermediate grades learning game rules with net play and primary grades focusing on individual skills using lighter balls. In gymnastics/tumbling, students work on forward and backward rolls, log rolls, balancing, flexibility and locomotor movements. All students have been learning and applying the components of fitness (cardio-respiratory endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, and body composition) by doing exercises related to each component.
Please have your child wear athletic shoes on their PE days to allow for 100% participation. We’re seeing more boots with the colder weather. Some students leave their PE shoes at school and change into them before class.
Our after school Circus Arts program starts after mid-winter break. This program for 3, 4, 5, 6 grades involves jump rope, gymnastics, stilts, juggling, rope climb, unicycles and a whole lot of fun! The kids get to perform in front of their peers on Friday, April 7! Forms are available in the main office and online on the Kokanee website.
Track and Field starts after spring break!
Music Department
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
MLS Primary Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Some 6th grades are continuing their learning and playing of the ukulele while other 6th grades have ended a unit on recorders and begun studying the music of the Beatles. This unit will explore this famous bands impact on society, it's impact on the music scene and why it is still relevant today.
Library Department
Library News
3rd and 4th Grade students have been reading Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail and creating their own book talks using Google Slides. They will present these reports to their classmates during library time.
5th and 6th Grade has been focusing on the Sasquatch book award and lessons on Digital Citizenship. 5th Graders will start a state assessment on Civics and 6th grade is starting a digital book talk assignment.