Specials

Physical Education
Art
  Music
PE - Trimester 1
Art - Trimester 1
Music -Trimester 1
PE - Trimester 2
Art - Trimester 2
Music - Trimester 2
PE - Trimester 3
Art - Trimester 3
Music - Trimester 3
Field Day

Physical Education

First Trimester

  Team Activities  Movement Awareness
Grades K-2 Soccer
Football 
Clear Out
Colors ( team tag)
Touchdown
Safety Bases
Cup Stucking
Car Lot
Rescue Tag
Pac-Man Tag
Stuck in the Mud
Pound Puppies
Midnight
Dogs and Squirrels
Tiger Games
Gold Rush
Cone Tip
Over the River
Grades 3-5
 Soccer 
Football 
Capture the Flag 
Dungeons and Dragons
Pin Knockout
Snowball
Blast Away
Run the Gauntlet
Cup Stucking		 Stuck in the Mud
Clothespin Tag
Battle Ball
Elimination Tag
Ultimate Rescue Tag
Alley Ball
Sneak Attack
Steal the Treasure
Crocodile Hunter

Second Trimester

  Team  Activities Fitness Activities Movement Awareness
Grades K-2 Pin Knockout
Handball
Floor Hockey		 Heart Challenge Course
Hounds and Rabbits
Scooter Tag		 Ultimate Rescue Tag
Steal the Treasure
Dungeons and  Dragons
Grades 3-5 Floor Hockey
Basketball
Volleyball
Dynamite Knockout
Jailhouse Rescue
Star Wars
Mass Chaos		 1/2 Mile Run
Mile Run (4th & 5th)
Heart Challenge Course
Endurance Warm-up Runs
Ultimate Rescue Tag
Gladiator Tag
Lost Treasure
Gold Rush
Scatter Ball

Third Trimester

  Team Activities Movement Awareness
Grades K-2 Zombie Island Tag
Dogs and Squirrels
Poison Tag
Bees and  Wasps
Fly Trap		 Lost Treasure
Dungeons and Dragons (2nd)
Temple of Doom
Pirate's Escape
California Kickball
Popcorn Soccer
Scooter Hockey
Grades 3-5 Temple of Doom
Kickball
Ragball (softball)
California Kickball
Stack Up
4 Way Capture		 1/2 Mile (3rd)
Mile (4th & 5th)
Team Rescue Tag

Field Day Activities


Whole School :
 

Different Activities
for each Grade Level

 Tug of War
Soccer Relay
Battle Ball
Field Relay
Tennis Ball Throw
Team Rescue Tag
Scooter Soccer
Sack Races
Long Jump
50 Yard Relay
Obstacle Course		 Basketball Shootout
Cup Stacking
Water Balloon Toss
Pin Knockout
Free Throw Shooting
Scooter Relays
Softball Throw
Bozo Buckets
Water Station
Water Balloon Toss
 

 
  
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Art

First Trimester

Kindergarten
classes are 
sixty minutes per month 
(2 thirty minutes classes).
  • Introduction to the Art Room 
  • Art concepts taught: line, shape, color, texture
    		•
    First Grade 
    classes are 
    fifty minutes per week.
    • Art concepts taught: line, shape, color, texture, space 
    • Concentrated review of lessons
    • Mixed primary pictures (leaves)
    • Paper Bag Puppets
    Second Grade
    classes are 
    fifty minutes per week
    • Water Color 
    • Resists 
    • Line Designs 
    • Texture Picture 
    • Dry Brush Techniques, flowers
    • 3-D paper Houses
    Third Grade
    classes are 
    one hour per week

     
    • Spectrum Water Color with Silhouette Pictures 
    • Weaving and Making the Looms 
    • One Point Exterior Perspective 
    • Paint Symmetrical Masks
    Fourth Grade
    classes are 
    one hour per week     		  
    • View Finder Bicycles
    • Two Friends Craypa's (contrasting colors)
    • Art Assessment
    Fifth Grade 
    classes are 
    one hour per week 
    • Paris Craft Masks 
    • Pen and Ink/Water Color Painting

    Second Trimester

    Kindergarten
  • Review Concepts
    		•
    First Grade 
  • Contour Drawing 
  • Clay Pinch Pots
    		•
    Second Grade
  • Contour Drawing of Children and Objects 
  • Clay Animals 
    		•
    Third Grade
  • Mummy Cases with a Partner
    		•
    Fourth Grade
  • Self Portraits on a Cover of a Magazine 
  • Scratch Art 
  • One Point Interior Dream Room
  • One Point Exterior Drawing
    		•
    Fifth Grade 
  • Contour Drawing of Students in Sports Gear Attire
  • Half Face Pencil Drawing (Shading and Value) 
  • Tool From Home Pencil Drawing (Shading and Value)
  • Two Point Perspective
    		•

    Third Trimester

    Kindergarten
  • Continue Concepts 
  • Clay Medallions with Textures
    		•
    First Grade 
  • Kinetic Pictures and Outer Space Animals
  • Outdoor Works (as weather permits) 
    		•
    Second Grade
    • Study of Flowers in Dry Brush techniques and Posters
    • City Scapes
    Third Grade
    • Hopi Culture and Clay Kachina Dolls 
    • Charcoal Shading of a Sphere Shape 
    • 18th Century Primitive Portraits  - Assessments
    • Flying Styrofoam Aircraft 
    Fourth Grade
  • Clay Brain Bowls or Coil Bowls 
  • Two Friends Craypa's (contrasting colors) 
  • Crime Stopper Calendar Posters 
  • Silly Collages 
  • Colored Salts Design in a Jar 
    		•
    Fifth Grade 
    • Slab Method Hand Built Clay Work (Castle tower, statue in resting position, or realistic food item)
    • Outdoor Drawing (as weather permits)

     

    Music

    First Trimester

    Kindergarten: "Getting to Know Music" unit
    First Grade: Learning good breathing and vocal habits.  "Getting to Know You" and "Introducing Music Concepts" units.
    Second Grade: Learning good breathing and vocal habits.  "Music is Mine to Share" and "Game to Play" unit.
    Third Grade: Learning good breathing and vocal habits. "Games we Share" and "Going Places" units.
    Fourth Grade: Learning good breathing and vocal habits. "Music in the World" and "Traveling in Music" units.
    Fifth Grade: Learning good breathing and vocal habits. "United by Music" and "Power in Rhythm" units.

      
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    Second Trimester

    Kindergarten: Prepare for Winter Program - Friday, December 14
    First Grade: Prepare for Winter Program -Wednesday, December 12
     Second Grade: Prepare for Winter Program - Tuesday, December 11
    Third Grade: Prepare for Winter Program - Thursday, Dec. 13
    Fourth Grade: Prepare for Winter Program - Tuesday, December 18
    Fifth Grade: Prepare for Winter Program - Wednesday, Dec. 19
    Early Childhood Winter Program - Monday, December 17

      
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    Third Trimester


    Kindergarten: Continue unit on "Rhythm and Beat."  Finish with "Music and Movement" unit.
    First Grade: Do unit on "Matching Pitch."  Finish with unit on "Basic Elements of Music."
    Second Grade: Do unit on "Instrumental Music."  Finish with unit on "The Sky's the Limit in Music."
    Third Grade: Review "Form in Music", "Sounds of Instruments," and  take Third Grade Music Assessment.  Finish with unit on "Everyday Music."
    Fourth Grade: Work  on "Music and Imagination" unit.  Finish with "Song-Writing" unit.
    Fifth Grade: Work on "Music Across the United States" unit.  Finish with "American Folk Music" unit.


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