tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40249949519602036642024-03-14T08:06:23.649-07:00Hilltop Rockin' Related Arts BlogMrs. LeMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174843166979242186noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024994951960203664.post-34534185262303376392018-11-21T08:27:00.001-08:002018-11-21T08:27:34.603-08:00December 2018<br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students in grades K-4 have been reading, writing, sharing and celebrating poetry @ the Hilltop Library. In addition to hand written poetry and digitally publishing poetry, we have modified the publication process by publishing, sharing and collaborating using </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PADLET</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Padlet is a virtual wall that allows learners to share and express themselves on a common topic easily</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Check out our growing Padlet by clicking </span><a href="https://padlet.com/lemay1/eoieor9j2thd" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We are exploring </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">figurative language</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> through poetry and music! Students used figurative language and tagged (identified) it appropriately with #simile, #metaphor, #alliteration, #rhyme, and #onomatopoeia! A writeable space is available for budding poets to think, create, and share while they are in the library. Lastly, we kicked off our 2nd annual </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DIGITAL POETRY PARTY</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on Flipgrid!. Details and instructions were sent via email at the beginning of April. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have been reading and researching amazing women @ the Hilltop Library! Students in 1st-4th grade conducted mini-research using various print and digital sources. In grades K-4 we have been exploring nonfiction, biography, and of course referring to </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.loc.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for some wonderful primary sources!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a program made possible by The Global Space Education Foundation. Students heard astronaut Kate Rubins read </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rosie Revere, Engineer</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> while she was in space! We discussed STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, as well as the power of perseverance and resilience. Check out more stories from space with your children at </span><a href="http://storytimefromspace.com/library/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://storytimefromspace.com/library/</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For additional titles in Andrea Beaty’s wonderful STEM related series, check out these books from the Hilltop Library! </span></div>
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participated in the International Bookmark Exchange. Our school was paired with
schools in Italy, Hungary and Portugal. We spent time on Google Earth and
located our partner schools. We took some time looking at their school websites,
and were impressed to find out that Google can automatically translate a
foreign website for us! Hilltop students
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"> S</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">econd graders recently completed their <b>state research</b> and have moved on to creating their <b>digital presentations</b>. This unit helps
students understand how connected and equally important <b>print and digital resources</b> really are. We read <i>Scrambled
States of America</i>, then students used print and online resources to locate
their <b>state</b> and <b>capital cities, state symbols</b> and more. Students used </span><a href="http://www.census.gov/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">www.census.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.factmonster.com/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">www.factmonster.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">
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that an online source will be much more accurate and current than a print
source published 10 years ago. Stay on the lookout for their completed state
presentations. In library class we have </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">been exploring author Margie Palitini’s books. We read <i>Sweet Tooth</i>, then learned about <b>personification</b> and how we can use this
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">B.E.E.F. ( ask your child what that stands for ) while aiming at a 10ft hoop.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #38761d; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1st and 2nd graders will end the unit dribbling with their right and left hand and feel good about how they</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> are doing. This will be done using music. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Enjoy your Holiday. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">When we get back it will be VOLLEYBALL TIME</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> All 3</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 5.3999999999999995pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre;">rd</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> and 4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 5.3999999999999995pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre;">th</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> graders have access to Mrs. LeMay’s Hour of Code Hyperdoc through their Google Classroom. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This document has all of the links to videos and programming platforms we used throughout this unit. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Click </span><a href="https://padlet.com/lemay1/lqrjye4imbz7" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> to check out our PADLET and read what some Hilltop students had to say about CODING. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Global Read Aloud 2017</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><b> …. </b>1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> Graders participated in the </span><span style="font-family: "berlin sans fb demi" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">2017 Global Read Aloud</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. We explored books by Mem Fox and connected with Redwood Elementary School in West Orange,
NJ and WR Odell Primary School in Concord, North Carolina. We used Google Earth to explore the geographic location of these two schools in relationship to Hilltop School. 2<sup>nd</sup> graders
read <i>Koala Lou</i> by Mem Fox, and identified and shared the main character’s internal character traits. 1<sup>st </sup>graders read <i>Whoever You Are?</i> by Mem Fox, and identified and shared ways in
which all humans are alike, as well as some of their favorite things. All
communication and collaboration took place on Mrs. LeMay’s</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Flipgrid</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">video pages where students from both schools recorded and shared their introductions, thoughts, reflections and ideas. For
more information about The Global Read Aloud go to </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://theglobalreadaloud.com/">https://theglobalreadaloud.com/</a></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;">3<sup>rd</sup> & 4<sup>th</sup> Graders
explore Digital Citizenship @ the Hilltop Library</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;">! We have been discussing ONLINE SAFETY,
RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY. Students completed a Digital Citizenship HYPERDOC in
their Google Classroom, and used online sources, technology tools, creativity
and Google Drawing to create a Digital
Citizen Superhero. Click </span><a href="https://www.mendhamboro.org/Page/2874"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Digital Citizenship</span></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;"> for students and click
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inputting data into cells and spreadsheets, highlighting columns and rows, and
creating digital graphs. Students surveyed their classmates’ eye color and
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learned all about Tall Tales and the 398.2 section of the library – ask them to
sing you our 398.2 song! We discussed
the use of exaggeration in various TALL TALES, including Paul Bunyan, Pecos
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seven weeks they have explored and learned how to use Microsoft Paint, Sticky
Notes, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, and Kidspiration. We have now
turned our focus on learning about the Internet, URLs, websites, browsers, and
of course the importance of always asking permission before using technology. Students understand the importance of only
navigating to sites and sources provided by a trusted grownup. On our next journey
we will be exploring online information sources starting with an online
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Music:</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All grade levels started preparing for the upcoming holiday concerts on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in Hilltop’s Gym. (Snow date is Thursday, December 21, 2017 - concert times are the same). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fourth graders</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are working on recorder songs with G A B and E in preparation for earning their next Recorder Karate belt, demonstrating understanding of 4/4 time signature, and learning how to play hand chimes, hand bells, and melody/resonator bells to accompany a song in the holiday concert.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Third graders</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #741b47; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #8e7cc3; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">created a melody on the xylophone from a rhythmic ostinato with half notes and have been honing their skills on reading and performing rhythm patterns with half notes, tied quarter notes, and half rests.</span></span></div>
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Initiative …. </span><span style="font-family: "Cooper Black", serif;">RECOMMEND A BOOK IN SIXTY SECONDS</span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">! </span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Throughout the school year 2<sup>nd</sup>-4<sup>th</sup>
graders are encouraged to share book a recommendation on Mrs. LeMay’s</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> FLIPGRID </span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">page. Using Flipgrid for this initiative will allow
students to engage in conversations about books, promote literacy, and amplify student
voice! 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>
grade students can access this password protected grid in their Google Drive by
going to Mrs. LeMay’s Google Classroom. 2<sup>nd</sup> graders will be given a
copy of the code in order to access the grid. Students can post these book
reviews during a specified time in library/technology class using the Video
Production station in the technology lab, or they can post from home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9pt;">Click </span><a href="https://www.mendhamboro.org/Domain/46"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9pt;"> for the link to the Hilltop School calendar reflecting the assigned
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<b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Online Resources are at your child’s fingertips!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9pt;"> Brain Pop,
Encyclopedia Brittanica, PebbleGO, and more, are available to you through the
Mendham Borough School subscriptions. These resources are funded through our
district, and are available to your children in school and at home! <u>For quick hyperlink access to all of our
online subscriptions, go to the Hilltop Library Media Center webpage and click
on the “Subscription Online Resources” link on the left side of your screen</u>.
<b><u>Username and password information was
distributed to all families at back to school night, and 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>
graders have access to a GOOGLE SITE within their Google Drive.</u> </b>Questions??
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<span style="color: #674ea7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We begin the year reviewing the rules of the gym, and then off we go! The Hilltoppers will be focusing on the basic skills of soccer, using their eyes and foot to get the ball where it needs to go.</span><span style="color: #674ea7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="64" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/gjrRx67bBrTNAMaS6R0siRjRPz73WG6x5JNAWqVvjiSCQ13z_ARYyCjs4uYOje7gi2UIUT1JDQQBWaugS2wH-gF4Y5vSsXmRjHJ0HlrMc2W8cAN0rfCwNtL8G67zq71qcdV-Ydr_" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="91" /></span><span style="color: #674ea7; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> They will see what shape their body is in by doing a Sit up test for 1 min, a shuttle run, a ¼ mile,½ mile and the 1 mile jog and using a sit and stretch machine that measures flexibility. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "comic sans ms"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope that the first grade moms have appreciated the mother’s portraits. Inspired by Modigliani and his simple yet elegant style, the first graders have reflected on their own mothers when they painted these paintings. Their thoughtful hearts and efforts have surely shined through their artworks!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "comic sans ms"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fourth grade have been finishing up the last part of Hilltop art with sculpture unit. They have learned that sculpture, as in any work of art, can communicate ideas and feelings. That is what they’ve been trying to do with their “foil man” and clay bottle people. </span></span></div>
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<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4th Graders earned green belts in Recorder Karate for reading and performing songs in treble clef notation with low and high D, G A B, and C. Sign-ups for the 4th Grade Talent Show are due Monday, April 24, 2017. For more talent show information, visit this link: </span><a href="http://nj01000391.schoolwires.net/Page/2549" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4th Grade Talent Show Information 2017</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the month of February some classes participated in a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virtual Valentine Project</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> during their library and technology classes. Students created digital valentines for a 5th grade class in Andover, Kansas and a Kindergarten class in Durham, CT.. We shared our creations and then participated in a virtual meeting with our partners. Students introduced themselves, read poems, shared digital valentines, and then listened to our new friends share. This project was made possible by the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Global Virtual Valentines Project</span><img alt="Open ..." height="20" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/O11NiySCgUG2EB-raPmm2b-5tlVnExaKfCqkh2JaEuqHjZCg9-yZG1perhtHzsq-ZLNNuOCtFAZcLcoArARLwcQ9GL1P1Ymz4UGNmm8MBkHV9Xr7Eg90J42rs9EZ3GTnlzp8wswn" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(5.95rad); border: none; transform: rotate(5.95rad);" width="23" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">February is Heart Month </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="33" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Dp4EvI4MaRyKPZpNs4oqsOdydC_oKC3TxjSISYHJdarMvjhOoCUBOOI3pDzSMuDgk0vyBWmF4oJtGeSZiKtvYDfE7MJlJUeMVeX-DwMEpeZc-9F11UCSz1yXL3USsJw3gQXlFLEq" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="42" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The Third Graders will be jumping on February 14th. It will be done in school at the end of the day. Lets Get ready to work our bodies out. Our Hilltopers will be using their own bodies to build strength by doing Animal walks in the gym. I will be focusing on Body Awareness: </span></span></div>
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exploration of how technology works, our 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>
grade technology classes experienced an HOUR OF CODE with Mrs. LeMay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;">We spent time discussing <b>algorithms</b>, the importance of <b>attending to details, debugging</b>, using <b>models</b> and <b>simlulation</b> to explore <b>complex
systems</b>, <b>perseverance</b>, and <b>collaboration</b>. All of these elements are not only critical
copmonents of computer programming, but are applicable to all areas of
learning. Students started out by working together to devlop the lines of code
necessary to get Mrs. LeMay to her shoe! Students then went on to read and
write code on paper (paper programming), and finallly students wrote code using
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based on information from Brian Aspinall. Stay on the lookout for our own 3<sup>rd</sup>
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;">For more information about the
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;">2<sup>nd</sup>,
3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> graders are involved in research projects
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citing their sources</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;"> and grades
3-4 have heard Mrs. LeMay’s <i>Lovely
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wonderful tools, resources, and space we have at the Hilltop Library -- where
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;">In an effort to engage ALL Hilltop learners, I have created the
Hilltop Library Mannequin Challenge Scavenger Hunt. All students are welcome to
complete one scavenger hunt form and return it to the Hilltop Library at any
time this year to receive a prize. The </span><a href="http://www.mendhamboro.org/cms/lib02/NJ01000391/Centricity/Domain/50/MannequinScavengerHunt.pdf"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Mannequin Challenge Scavenger
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Students can watch all 3 mannequin videos, but only need to complete one
scavenger hunt form. The videos can be found on the password protected portion
of our website. Questions?? email </span><a href="mailto:lemay@mendhamboroschools.org"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;">lemay@mendhamboroschools.org</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Graders Researchers are blossoming</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9.0pt;">…Students have been learning about
the <b>Internet</b>, the <b>Chrome browser</b> and how to navigate to
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discussed the importance of keeping our school login information private, and
all students have had extensive practice logging in to the database. The
Mendham Borough School District subscribes to this database, and students can
access it from school or home. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 9pt;">This
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geared towards younger, emerging readers, giving them access to relevant,
current information about research topics in a multimodal literacy environment
that supports them at every level. Students <b>searched, located, and accessed</b> various <b>informational texts</b> and topics. They then went on to gather and
record information, and will soon be locating the <b>citation</b> for a given informational article! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Students in grades K-4 learned about voting, elections, ballots,
absentee ballots, and more! We then read
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">What kind of DIGITAL FOOTPRINT are you creating? In
an effort to continue our exploration and </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">understanding of <span style="color: red;">DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, students in 3<sup>rd</sup>
and 4<sup>th</sup> grade</span> learned about and reflected upon their own growing
digital footprint. Students learned that the information they put online leaves
a digital footprint or trail. We
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check out the link on the Hilltop Library Media Center website for COMMON SENSE
MEDIA Digital Citiizenship Family Activity Sheets</span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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respect. Students constructed tables in
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backgrounds. Students worked heavily
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The result…GREAT Graphic Design Work and Great Messages! Check out the
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and watched book trailers via the links on the HT Library Media Center
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page to access Mrs. LeMay’s summer reading activities packet, or just </span><a href="http://www.mendhamboro.org/cms/lib02/NJ01000391/Centricity/Domain/50/2016%20Summer%20Reading%20Challenge.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">CLICK
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hot Cross Buns -</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iconic/Picture notation below</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hot Cross Buns -</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rhythmic Notation below</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each picture represents a sound to be performed. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Picture = quarter note rhythm</span></div>
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I have lots in store for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">all of your children this month. We are focusing on Setting a fitness goal in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #c21e8f; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the gym. Can you Jog without walking for 3 minutes in your first 4 gym</span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> classes this year? We will see </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="20" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ZHorGNPuUQXM6054YOX2Q1ZgGoV8bjIplYpnzlxPaMHx5MQeKo3gPDUBh7fpwh7BzhSg6VcvNu6HQ4SgchxWJi33pKLphOcAd6Jla0GGIsZ8u80oHjjtD_ERB6PGiLErK7ds650Y" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="26" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We will begin our fitness stations. Sit </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #c21e8f; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ups, Jump roping, Shuttling, zoom ball, and even balance boards. 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They are working on describing music in writing and using appropriate musical terms: pitch, melody, rhythm, beat, timbre, and dynamics. They will listen to and describe excerepts from “Spring” and “Summer” from Vivaldi’s</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Four Seasons</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> before the school year ends. For a great site on classical music for children, visit: </span><a href="http://www.classicsforkids.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.classicsforkids.com/</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the radio show about Vivaldi’s life that third graders listened to, visit this site: </span><a href="http://www.classicsforkids.com/pastshows.asp?id=39" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Audio of Vivaldi Biography</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Third graders have now turned their attention to learning how to group known rhythmic values into groups of 4 (Meter in 4 or 4/4 time) by adding bar lines and double bar lines to make measures. In the next few weeks, they will add the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whole note</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and dotted half note to their vocabulary of rhythmic values in 4/4 time. Lastly, third graders received a form letter to give to their parents/guardians about our upcoming recorder unit. This form is due on Friday, January 22, 2016. 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<br />Mrs. LeMayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174843166979242186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024994951960203664.post-9809469430018868932015-12-22T09:22:00.000-08:002016-02-16T12:29:29.224-08:00December 2015<br />
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white-space: pre-wrap;"> we have been exploring literature and songs about gratitude. Students shared and wrote about the many things </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they are grateful for. These young readers have also been </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">listening</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">identifying</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">problem, soltion, setting, and genre.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> They are becoming reading detective experts as they </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">explain</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> problems and solutions using text evidence. Our </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">first graders</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> extended their writing into the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">technology lab</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and created </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TERRIFIC THANKFUL SENTENCES.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Students have become quite efficient at using </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Microsoft Word</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, changing letter color, font and size, as well as inserting and resizing images. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Second graders</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> remain quite busy with our </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">graphing </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">unit. They have </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">collected</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> bat and candy </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">data</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and have constructed both </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bar graphs</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pie charts</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We will be embarking on our </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STATE RESEARCH UNIT</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at the end of the month, and will certainly incorporate some </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">POPULATION </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">graphing into our projects! In <b>Fourth Grade</b> we completed our review of the <b>Dewey Decimal system</b>, identifying genres, and locating books to meet our literary interests. Students used <b>web 2.0 applications</b> to create "Dewey Word Clouds" reflecting the subject matter that they found in their assigned Dewey section.</span></span><br />
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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in Italian terms: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">adagio, moderato, allegro</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dynamics</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(volume of music) in Italian terms: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">piano</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> mezzoforte</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">forte</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> They should understand the difference between </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pitch</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (highness/lowness of a tone) and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; 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They will continue to explore and understand pitch vocally and on pitched percussion instruments (xylophones). First graders have also </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">played plenty of non-pitched percussion instruments</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: triangles, sandblocks, drums, tambourines, maracas, woodblocks, cymbals, clatterpillars, whistle tubes, and thundertubes. They are developing the ability to hold various mallets correctly in order to play xylophones and glockenspiels. We’ve used our instruments to highlight text in songs/poems and to learn how to follow the conductor’s cues. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #4a86e8; vertical-align: baseline;">Students in grades K-1 are having fun learning and talking about “</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Colores</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; vertical-align: baseline;">!” or Colors. First graders even completed a fun survey with their classmates to find out if they liked certain colors or not. Can your child tell you some colors they like (</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Me gusta!</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; vertical-align: baseline;">) or don’t like (</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">No me gusta!</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; vertical-align: baseline;">)? Second graders have also been surveying their “amigos” to find out their Spanish name, age and birthday month! Can your child do the monthly macarena for you or tell you how old they are? Third and fourth graders are learning adjectives to describe themselves… and fourth graders are learning how to describe their friends as well! We are doing a lot of acting out and moving around to learn the new vocabulary. Can your child tell you about themselves using adjectives </span><span style="color: #4a86e8; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">(Yo soy…/No soy...</span><span style="color: #4a86e8; vertical-align: baseline;">)? Please be sure to check the Spanish website for ways you can practice together at home! Gracias :) </span></span></div>
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