Welcome to a new and exciting year in the art room! We will kick off the art year by exploring our identity as artists in age-appropriate ways. We are all artists at FDES, and we express ourselves in unique ways.

Throughout the year, we will have the opportunity to work in a variety of media: painting, sculpture, pottery, drawing, collage, and more. Each student's work is unique, reflecting their personal experiences and creativity. I look forward to seeing the amazing art that will be created and the unique ways everyone will express themselves.

Let's make this year an art-filled adventure!

We learn a lot about music in the FDES Music room- especially singing, listening, analyzing, cultural contributions, and literacy! We use the solfeggio system for pitch learning and the Ta-Ka-Di-Mi rhythmic reading system. We use pianos, bells, boomwhackers, tablets, and our voices to explore music literacy!

In the music room, we focus on the Elements of Music which include melody, harmony, pitch, beat, rhythm, timbre, form, and texture. We create, perform, respond, and connect to music. From the rhythmic heartbeat that drives our favorite songs to the harmonies that make our hearts soar, we'll be exploring rhythm, melody, dynamics, and more!

My classroom goal is to have my students experience the joy and power of music. In addition, my goal would to encourage my students to become informed, lifelong appreciators of music!

View the WPS Elementary Music Curriculum for grades PreK through 4th:

https://pub.lucidpress.com/WPSElementaryMusicCurriculum/

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns: connect through TalkingPoints!

Meet Ms. Wygal:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r_hDTMdQIORL5uuSlbmbrqtOO9yhMRB5GbGlpZ9Pmts/edit?usp=sharing

I am happy to welcome all of our Pandas back for a new year! In the first month of physical education, we will be working on our fundamental movement skills and practicing to move efficiently using all critical elements. As we progress through the year in different sports, we must learn all the skill movements to be successful in game play. We will have social and emotional learning scenarios to make better humans in and out of school. This year, I am going to give the students more writing practice with writing a reflection in a journal and studying a new bone in the body each week. I am looking forward to another year promoting a healthy and active lifestyle that leads to a brighter future.

Vocabulary - Traveling: Walk, Jog, Run, Skip, Hop, Leap, Gallop, Slide, Jump

Lessons: General Space - Self Space - Differentiation between walk and run - Speed - Effort - Force

Click the link below to access the newsletter from Mrs. Cusick:

I am so excited to join this amazing Specials team as a Panda this year! This school year we are going to be diving into books exploring themes, elements of stories, and different types of books. In upper grades we will also be learning how to navigate the library space, distinguish genre, and how to become more independent explorers, or even writers, of stories.

One of my primary goals this year in classes is to help students learn how to love stories. The love of literature begins early, and I aim to help students on that journey.