Pre-School: This week in preschool we continued learning about community helpers with a specific focus on dentists. Projects included giant toothbrushes and βbrushingβ a tooth with white paint. Students also played a tooth math game and sorted pictures of food into healthy and unhealthy groups. We learned about the letter R and the sound it makes.
Kindergarten: In kindergarten, we started the week back with a review of rules, expectations and routines. We learned proper formation and initial/final sound for 2 letters this week- Rr, Ff. Our HFW were - he, with. For our comprehension skill we revisited topic/detail in informational texts. In print concepts we reviewed parts of a book and matching speech to print. We continued with phoneme segmentation and revisited identifying rhymes. In writing we stretched sounds to make words and sequencing events. Our math lesson focused on number sense to 100.
Grade 1: This week in first grade we learned about magic e with vowels e, o, and u. For comprehension we reviewed non fiction texts and how we gain information from these texts. In writing we are working on responding to a text using RACE (responding and answering a question). In math we learned about adding 2 digit numbers. For science we are finishing up the plant unit.
Grade 2: This week, second graders continued to develop their understanding of place value by reading and writing 3 digit numbers. In phonics, students learned to read and spell words with silent letters (gn, kn, mb, wr, sc). In reading, students continued to learn about text features and also started to compare and contrast stories. In writing, students continued to revise and edit their personal narratives. In science, students continued to classify and determine properties of matter.
Grade 3: This week in third grade, we worked on telling time to the nearest minute as well as elapsed time. In reading, students explored a new essential question: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat? Students read a variety of stories to explore this question and focused on the skill of comparing and contrasting. In science we continued to experiment with magnets.
Art: Third graders completed their Picasso inspired self portraits. Grade 2 painted beautiful cherry blossom designs on a paper vase shape, inspired by Japanese porcelain. First graders learned about Pop Art and started a fun 3 scoop ice cream cone while learning about values of color. Kindergartens finished their Alexander Calder inspired primary colors painting.
Music: This week, students K-3 have started the 6th and final week of their unit on listening. Grade 1 and Kindergarten will listen to music for dynamics, tempo and directions as well as music from Haydn. 2nd grade will listen to music of Beethoven and respond to vocal and instrumental musical elements. 3rd grade will listen to music to evaluate their own performance on the recorder.
Library: This week in the library, we celebrated the fantastic work of the 3rd grade students who put together video-based retellings of several folktale and fairytale stories. FES students watched the 3rd grade video presentations and filled out a response sheet on Google Forms.
Physical Education: This week 2nd and 3rd grade students practiced their dribbling, passing and shooting basketball skills. First grade and kindergarten students reviewed dribbling and practiced their shooting skills.
