Hispanic Heritage Night

  This month we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage and the many amazing things that these special people bring to our school community and culture. Our Kindergartners partnered with our First Graders to perform an awesome musical number to "La Raspa," a traditional Hispanic song. Kindergarten played the music using homemade maracas and our First Graders performed a special dance. Check out the amazing videos and pictures that we have from this special night below: 

                                                      Kindergarten and First Grade Performance

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_FJQ9zlrRSKJBmSa7oN5EoHA3yAghM4V/view?usp=sharing

Kindergarten and First Grade Slideshow

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qlr2XqB3LY7qASYtsKsNp83XR3D7zgUr/view?usp=sharing

Sequencing and ST Math

  This week in Social Studies we focused on sequencing. We began our study by talking about what events occur during different times of our day. (Morning, Afternoon, and Night) Then, we learned about day and night and how they are a pattern or sequence that repeat each day. We made our own day and night pictures and created a pattern video to showcase what we had learned. Finally, we learned how to sequence events using picture cards. You can see our videos and pictures below. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_VDvui3HfEO5hGCewM9UbDThHm7Kd2-i/view?usp=sharing

We also enjoyed starting our ST Math program on our iPads. We loved meeting GiGi the penguin and helping her complete her adventures by solving puzzles. Check us out hard at work: 

Music Around the World--A Christmas Edition--Week 1--Australia

 Welcome to our Music Around the World STEAMSchool class--A Christmas Edition! I am so very excited that your child is joining me in this journey as we travel around the world exploring different countries and their unique music. I have two loves in life—music and children— so I could not be more thrilled to share this experience together with your child. We are going to learn to play instruments and sing songs from different countries. Then, we will share our music with you all at our Music Around the World Celebration Night at the end of our study. It is sure to be a night that you will not want to miss! Thank you again for allowing me the privilege to work with your child. I can not wait to share this experience together!

We began our musical tour around the world today by talking about the universal language of music and how it can touch all hearts and help all people. Then, we enjoyed singing "Mele Kalikimaka" together before flying around the world to Australia. 

The land down under had a lot to offer us! We learned about everything from koala bears to kangaroos and explored the top ten places to visit in Australia on a kids travel website. We were also introduced to two of Australia's favorite instruments--bilmas and digeridoos. After listening to one of Australia's traditional songs featuring these instruments, we made our very own bilmas and digeridoos. Boy were they cool too! Finally, we began learning the Australian Christmas song that we are going to perform, Roo Roo the Kangaroo. It is a silly song that will make you giggle and laugh, while allowing you to soak up the unique sounds of the digeridoos and the bilmas. Here is a show of our first day together. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think about our first week in Music Around the World!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyZs3NqRJgm41oE2d-G0jZbBmJ772kmY/view?usp=sharing