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لترجمة هذه الرسالة من المدرسة ، اضغط عليها ثم استخدم الرابط الموجود على اليمين.

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Artists have been learning about line and shape and color, exploring these elements of art through a variety of different materials and experiences.

• Kindergarten created an abstract collage using the primary colors, inspired by the work of artist Piet Mondrian, and is making abstract paintings using lines and shapes and painting with the primary colors.
• 1st Grade made paper weavings emphasizing their patterns with cut shapes, and is learning about primary and secondary colors, mixing their primary colors to create secondary colors on their color wheel and are turning those into snowflakes.
• 2nd Grade painted fall leaves inspired watercolor paintings, utilizing resist, wet-on-wet and salt techniques. Now we are looking at and discussing the artwork of Mexican American artist Carmen Lomas Garza and drawing a sketch of a tradition or experience they have had with their family, to turn into a mixed media collage.
• 3rd Grade created a mixed media collage, using a variety of different materials to represent ingredients in a creative, "silly" sandwich. Now we are mixing primary colors to create secondary and tertiary colors in a 12 section color wheel.
• 4th Grade is looking at and discussing the artwork of African American artist Romare Bearden and creating their own mixed media cityscape collage, inspired by his work "The Block."
• 5th Grade is looking at and discussing the artwork of British artist Shantell Martin and creating a black and white drawing, inspired by her work, that includes symbols and words representing who they are and what they like to do.

K-2nd GRADES:

• I am learning to work collaboratively (in small teams of 3-5 classmates) and design and create a solution to navigating through a maze using a Beebot.
• I can explain how directions in the right sequence are important to code a Beebot.
• I can troubleshoot and persevere through challenges.

THIRD GRADE:

• I can individually and collaboratively, use tools to design and create online content (e.g. Brush Ninja for GIF Creation, and Coding Apps from Hour of Code @code.org).
• I can code solutions that use repetition.
• I can recognize that boundaries need to be taken into account for an algorithm to produce correct results.
• I can write multiple lines of code or use blocks to build a program using an app.
• I can troubleshoot and persevere through challenges.

FOURTH/FIFTH GRADES:

• I can individually and collaboratively, use advanced tools to design and create online content (e.g., Brush Ninja for GIF Creation, and Coding Apps from Hour of Code @code.org).
• I can design solutions that use repetition and conditionals.
• I can recognize that boundaries need to be taken into account for an algorithm to produce correct results.
• I can write multiple lines of code or use blocks to build a program.
• I can troubleshoot and persevere through challenges.

• Kindergarten I can dance! I can sing challenging Call-and-Response songs.

• Essential Questions: How do I move my body to music? How do music and dance bring people together?

• 1st Grade I can decode and write rhythms with ta and ti-ti patterns. I can create a storyscape using xylophones and metallophones, and keep a steady beat.

• 2nd Grade I can decode rhythms with half notes and whole notes. I can decode and sing pitches do, re, and mi with pitch accuracy and using dynamics.

• 3rd Grade I can speak rhythms in triple meter with dotted half notes. I can play notes B and A on the recorder.

• 4th Grade I can read and sing sixteenth note patterns. I can play a two-chord songs on the ukulele.

• 5th Grade I can speak and sing syncopated rhythmic patterns. I can play a three-chord songs on the ukulele.

Congratulations to all involved in the Winter Concert! Band, choir, and orchestra students put on a great wintry performance!

Thank you to all the families who have dropped their kids off to school early for rehearsal all year, for renting instruments and supporting their first sounds, and for the staff who have been so supportive of these students' musical endeavors. We love working with your musicians!

Choir rehearsals will start up again the week of January 6th! See you then!

Students in all grade levels have now moved on to their next skill based units!

In grades 3-5, students are working on their throwing and catching skills in activities like speed ball and handball. There was also some review of dribbling with your feet, which is an essential skill in speedball along with the throwing and catching. We finished out the month with a little turkey throwing activity.

In grades K-2, we have finished up with our locomotor skills by introducing and reviewing skipping and leaping! We did some fun cooperative activities to reinforce these skills. Then the students reviewed the skill of rolling. We have practiced rolling to partners and being able to roll and hit a stationary target! We sprinkled in a little turkey activity to help practice this skill!

Below is a quick synopsis of what skills we have been working on in class!

K-2

• Leaping

• Skipping

• Rolling

3-5

• Throwing

• Catching

• Dribbling with feet

¡Feliz diciembre! We hope you enjoyed last week's break as we begin to get ready for the winter season. ❄️🧤

Hosmer Spanish teachers:

• Jelena Bogdanovic (Señora Bogdanovic) jelena.bogdanovic@watertown.k12.ma.us
• Robyn Long-Navas (Señora Navas) robyn.longnavas@watertown.k12.ma.us

• Heather Olafsson (Señorita O) heather.olafsson@watertown.k12.ma.us

Kindergarten: Our youngest learners continue to explore the world through colors! We are reading books such as "Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?" 📖🐻 by Bill Martin, Jr. and “The Magical Skies of Sumpango" by Kimberly Matthis Pitts (Los Cielos Mágicos de Sumpango) in Spanish to talk about colors. Students have been learning about a kite festival in Guatemala and describing their colors in Spanish. We are also playing games and singing lots of songs to practice the colors.

First grade: In addition to describing school materials by color and size, students are also beginning to describe what we use school materials for, like coloring (colorear) and reading 📚 (leer). We have been acting out these actions in games like charades, and singing the song Vengan Ya and are getting ready to learn about the different parts of our school, such as the art room and music room.

Second grade: Students are learning to describe their schedules at school. Ask your child: What classes do you have in the morning? /¿Qué clases tienes por la mañana? And What classes do you have in the afternoon? /¿Qué clases tienes por la tarde?

Third grade: Now that we have finished learning about Ritchie Valens, in third grade we are starting to share similar information about ourselves. Students are learning about the months of the year and numbers to start talking about our birthdays and what they like to do.

Fourth grade: Students are learning to describe their personalities in Spanish and appreciating how unique and diverse we are! Students are learning how to use technology to record themselves in Spanish in preparation for our end of unit project.

Fifth grade: Fifth graders are continuing to practice describing themselves and others. The past couple of weeks we focused on birthdays: When is your birthday? /¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? And How old are you? ¿Cuántos años tienes? We have also discussed different birthday traditions around the world!