May 2025
Music
Students will work on activities related to the season of Spring.
Media Center
- Kindergarten – Students will learn about community rules and routines.
- 1st Grade – Students will work on maps skills and learn about citizenship in the community.
- 2nd Grade – Students will learn about the “Superhero in You and Me” and design their own superhero, based upon community issues.
- 3rd grade – Students will start to learn about “Project Soapbox”: an initiative in which students learn how to write speeches about important topics facing our community.
- 4th Grade – Students will continue to learn about New Amsterdam and Colonial New York.
- 5th Grade – We will continue Unit 2 of the Passport to Social Studies Curriculum, learning about “The Age of Exploration” with a focus on the Vikings.
In addition, all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes will borrow books from the Media Center Library on a bi-weekly schedule.
Computer Science
- Grades K-1: Students will pair-program to code a story using the PlayLab on code.org.
- Grade 2: Students will code their own Flappy Bird style game using events.
- Grade 3: Students will create a collage-style interactive project on Scratch.
- Grade 4: Students will create a ‘choose your own adventure’-style project, using conditionals in Scratch.
- Grade 5: Students will learn about the Python programming language through Codesters.
Art
- Kindergarten students will learn about elephants, by drawing and painting a scene through a guided draw-along with the teacher.
- First grade students will learn about the artist Vincent van Gogh by creating flower scenes based on the artist’s famous still life paintings.
- Second grade students will learn about different types of optical illusions by creating op art hand designs.
- Third grade students will learn about warm and cool colors by drawing Aztec inspired sun designs.
- Fourth grade students will explore the collage process by creating a flower collage using magazine pictures.
- Fifth grade students will learn about Art Deco by creating interesting geometric designs, based on the famous art movement.
Additionally, on May 30, please visit the end of school year student ART SHOW, which will be on the day of the Spring Concert with Mr. Ciprut. It will feature artwork from every student, from Kindergarten to Grade 5. Hope to see you there!