PHYSICAL EDUCATION February PE Newsletter During the month of January the PE classes have been working on their Scooter Relay and Scooter Hockey Skills. Teaching these sport skills are important in physical education because it gives the students an outlet to be active and develop their gross motor skills and upper-lower body coordination. During the month of February we will spend time working with Cup Stacking to help students develop left brain right brain cognitive abilities and practice eye hand coordination. Our Health topic will be Nutrition. Mr. Brooks and Ms. Bible PE Teachers Library Media MUSIC February News Letter Music has been successful! We had a very good concert and drama performance within the last month and both events were so successful! There is a growing interest to audition for choir and drama club has a strong enthusiasm! K-1- Kindergarten and First grade are building on skills to learn new musical strengths and accepting new challenges. These students are learning about how to differentiate between instrument families, examine and learn echo and ABC songs, and know the contrast between loud and soft music. STEM Fair time is here! Projects are due Monday, March 12 and the fair is on Thursday, March 22. Students in third, fourth, and fifth grade should be full STEAM ahead, working on the beginning stages of their project with their science teacher. Display boards are on sale now through March 12. White boards are on sale for $5. A variety of brightly colored boards are on sale for $6. All money should be given to your student’s homeroom teacher. Colored boards are going quickly, so order yours today! A parent STEM Fair information night will be held on Thursday, February 15 in conjunction with a math information night and a PTA meeting. More information will be sent home soon. Intermediate students have been learning how to choose a testable question and identify variables. We will continue to work through the scientific method as we begin to investigate a question and conduct an experiment to find the answer, as we move in to February. Primary students have been learning about what scientists do and the tools
2nd through 3rd Grade – These groups are working on their assessment projects. This means they are learning to sign musical syllables and gain musical literacy. Third graders will begin recorder. This will give them a chance to apply the solfege syllables and signs to an instrument that gives them a fundamental and comprehensive understanding. This can be applied to band in the future. 4th through 5th Grade – We are growing in rhythm adding eighth note and sixteenth note combinations to our learning. Students apply these rhythms to songs and identify these combinations inside the songs. We are applying the essential qualities of music such as dynamic levels to our performing, which is on several instruments. Here is a copy of the Recorder Information Form: that they use to do their job. As we move in to February, they will also be using the scientific method to investigate a question and conduct an experiment to find the answer. ART February in art, Grades K-2- Students will be creating landscape paintings in the style of the Impressionists. Grade 3- Students will be creating sculptures using clay. Grade 4- Students will be using drawing and painting skills to create Grade 5- Students will be creating clay sculptures. Northview is now on . This site will allow for each student to create a digital portfolio of their artwork. Permission slips will be sent home soon. If parents Happy February!! We are halfway through the school year. During the month of February, my focus with students will be about “Teaching Tolerance and Celebrating Differences.” Our monthly Character Trait word will also be a part of teaching tolerance and celebrating differences with students. The Character Trait word for February is “Courage.” Parents can teach tolerance by setting a good example in addition to many other things. An article in KidsHealth, Teaching Your Child Tolerance states that, “Talking together about tolerance and respect helps kids learn more about the values you want them to have. Giving them the opportunities to play and work well with others is important as well.” These opportunities allow children to see that everyone has something