2017-062-E Arts - New Hope Elementary School - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:25B97CDA-7A0C-4ED5-BCD8-9873F30CBE31 ri111141:41 Alvut Classroom Newsletter Black History Month This week our class completed a three week project on for Black History Month in the media center. We began by reading biographies of famous African Americans. Students were divided into groups and each group studied a different person. Student took notes on their person to answer 5 essential questions. From their notes, each student wrote a page about their person and a specific time period of their life. Students complied their work on a poster and shared with the class. The other first grade classes also participated and we made a museum in our hallway to celebration what we learned. I was so impressed with my class as they rose to this challenge, it was great to see how much they have grown this year! Balance and Motion We just started our new science unit on balance and motion. Students have been exploring how things balance, and how things move. The first grade team received a grant this year from the Orange County Arts Commission to have a residency with a dance teacher to incorporate movement into our study. We are very excited to experience this with our students and they have been very motivated by our study. Punctuation In writing we are currently studying punctuation and how writers use punctuation. Students are beginning to use periods, question marks, exclamation marks, ellipses, and commas. I am seeing a lot of growth in everyone's writing during this unit. We will begin our buddy study spelling program in the next week or two, more information will be coming. Box Tops! Thanks for all your support sending in box tops and soup labels. Our class took 2nd place in the school-wide contest and received 3o minutes of extra recess as our reward. We are saving this for a nice day when it gets a little warmer. You may still send in box tops at anytime to support our school. Thanks again!