Spanish:
6th grade: Constructing questions and formulating answers on the topic of likes and dislikes in regard to common activities. (ex. I like to play sports)
5th grade: Listening to Entertainment Tonight segments in Spanish and answering questions regarding the homes of famous Latinos.
4th grade: Listing, matching, recognizing numbers 10-20.
Asking and answering, ¿Cuál es tu número favorito? (What is your favorite number?)
Asking and answering ¿Cuántos años tienes tú? (How old are you?)
3rd grade: Identifying the four seasons of the year and connecting those seasons to months of the year.
2nd grade: Naming, matching, recalling a variety of fruits vocabulary. Asking and answering, ¿Te gusta?( Do you like it?) Me gusta (I like it).
1st grade: Dancing to a variety of songs( “Cabeza, Hombros Piernas, Pies” y“Cuando un Amigo Baila”)while identifying parts of the body.
Kindergarten: Identifying the letters of the Spanish alphabet and recognizing beginning sounds of words in Spanish.
Art:
Kindergarten and first graders are learning about the element of art “form” and creating small 3D paper sculptures.
Second Graders are continuing learning about architecture and are designing and painting their own castles
Third graders are learning about medieval times and symbolism while designing their own coat of arms.
Fourth graders are experimenting with drawing two dimensional shapes and using light and shadow to make their drawings look three dimensional.
Fifth graders are doing a cut paper project called a “Notan.” They are focusing on balance between light and dark spaces in their art.
Sixth graders are using stoneware clay to create small sarcophaguses in alignment with their Ancient Egypt unit in social studies. They are hand building and using slabs and coils to create their sarcophaguses.
Garden:
The gardeners in all grades have finished prepping the garden for the winter, while also observing the effects of the first frost on our garden.This week, we begin our annual Night Tree project and make edible ornaments for our East Quogue wildlife and to decorate the evergreen tree in the Reading Garden.All grades will participate by using cheerios, dried and fresh fruit and popcorn to make ornaments.Students will also be learning about migration and hibernation as it relates to feeding our winter wildlife.