Special Area Newsletter
October 2023
Music with Ms. Peters
This month our K students will continue their adventures to catch our Rest Villain by creating, performing, and responding to a variety of musical elements and exploring music from around the world. Adventures will take students to Mexico and the Caribbean Islands.
This month our 1st and 2nd grade students will continue their adventures to catch our Rest Villain by creating, performing, and responding to a variety of musical elements and exploring music from around the world and playing a variety of different instruments.
3rd-5th grade students :The month of October will bring new experiences by creating, performing and responding to a variety of musical elements on a variety of instruments.Students will explore and create with xylophones and ukuleles this month.
Library with Ms. Ault
This past month in library, students in grades 3-5 listened to a non-fiction book about a famous Tour De France winner in Italy in WWII. This book, Bartali's Bicycle, is one of the Battle of the Book books for the 2023-2024 school year. Fifth grade also learned how to access and use Sora which is a collection of ebooks, audio books, and magazines. Fourth grade students learned how to use Britannica, an online encyclopedia, to do research. Students in third grade learned about fractured fairy tales through the You Choose series. Second grade students used the app Novel Effect, which add sound effects and music to stories, while reading Those Darn Squirrels. First grade students began a unit on digital citizenship and we discussed ways to stay safe when using technology. Kindergarten classes explored aspects of fall when reading Tap the Magic Tree. Many students in grades K-5 enjoyed guest storytellers from the Lexington Public Library who will be visiting VPE once a month. We are are already looking forward to November, which bring the BOOK FAIR! Look for more information about this event coming soon.
Happy Reading!
P.E. with Mr. Penrod
Happy October everyone, this month we will be focusing on more team sport activities with the 3rd through 5th grade. K through 2nd will be working with jump ropes and continuing to improve and refine manipulative skills while using objects such as playground balls, jump ropes, scarves, and yarn balls.
STEM with Ms. Sproles
Kindergarten students finished up practicing teamwork and learning how centers work in the STEM lab. They are now starting their first science unit on plant and animal needs. First grade students are learning about patterns in our sky. Second graders are learning about habitats and biomes and the diverse plant and animal life that live there. In third grade, we finished learning about fossils and how they can tell us about the past. We are now beginning to learn about wild weather and natural disasters. Fourth graders just finished up a unit on forms of energy. Finally, fifth grade students just finished learning about food chains and webs as transfers of energy. We continue to use technology and engineering to learn our science concepts as well across the board.
Art with Ms. Masterson
Chinese with Ms. Li
In the month of October, Kindergarten students will study the unit of Animals, they will learn colors, numbers and sizes of animals. 1st graders will continue to study days of the week and then the unit My School. 2nd graders will continue to study the unit of food, and they will set up a “Chinese restaurant” to serve food. After 3rd graders finish studying the unit of family, they will make a mini book about their own families. 4th graders will study Sports, they will learn names of sports and games, and tell their opinion towards these sports. 5th graders will study the unit of Go Shopping, they will learn places people shop, things people buy, and gifts for special occasions.