Special Area Newsletter
May 2024
Music with Ms. Peters
During the month of May our K-1 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 with different stories.
Our 2nd-5th grade students will be creating, performing, and responding to music exploring musical elements with fun “Music Olympic Games”..
5th grade will be rehearsing for our 5th grade promotion ceremony.
Thank you for a great year at VPE. We have incredible and talented musicians. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to teach these amazing kids!
Library with Ms. Ault
Summer is right around the corner and in library we are focusing on the importance of summer reading. In order to make sure all students have access to books, the VPE library will be open on Tuesdays from 9-11am. In addition, students can hone their reading skills using Beanstack. Be on the lookout for more information about this program coming home soon!
P.E. with Mr. Penrod
Hey VPE families, now that it's May, we will be reviewing some of the skills we've worked on throughout the school year and will be also introducing some new sports skills as well. Kindergarten, first, and second grade will be reviewing their locomotor and non-locomotor movements and their equipment manipulation skills (throwing a ball for velocity and kicking with the inside of their foot as examples). Third, fourth and fifth grades will also be reviewing some of the sports skills we have worked on, as well as introducing some baseball/ softballs skills and some disc golf skills. Hope everyone has a great May!
STEM with Ms. Sproles
Kindergarten students are finishing up the year learning about shade and shadows. First grade students will finish our unit on life cycles. In second grade, we are learning about weathering and erosion. Third graders are also learning about life cycles. Fourth grade students are finishing out the year with some different STEM themed projects. Fifth grade finished their planet book projects and will finish the year with STEM projects. We have had a great year! I look forward to seeing all our smiling faces back for the 24-25 school year.