November 2025
Music
Students will work on activities related to the season of Fall.
Media Center
- Kindergarten – Students will learn about roles and responsibilities of people in the school community.
- 1st grade – students will learn family and communities are important. We will focus on how families influence who we are?
- 2nd grade – students will learn about our community’s geography by discovering the 5 boroughs of NYC through maps, internet tools, and research. We will also learn about New York’s unique cultural places.
- 3rd grade will continue working on their Cultural Slideshows, highlighting important features of their culture.
- 4th grade will be introduced to Project Soapbox, a program that will enable students to write and deliver speeches on community topics they care about.
- 5th grade will be introduced to Project Soapbox, a program that will enable students to write and deliver speeches on community topics they care about.
Computer Science
- Kindergarten: Students will work on a Fall Paint project, then start lessons on staying safe online as they navigate kid-safe websites.
- First Grade: Students will complete their All About Me document in Word.
- Second Grade: Students will complete their PowerPoint presentation.
- Third Grade: Students will complete their slideshow about Scratch.
- Fourth Grade: Students will complete their table and chart project in Excel.
- Fifth Grade: Students will create a “wishlist” table in Google Sheets, use a formula to calculate the sum of their items, and include images in their spreadsheet.
- All grades will begin units on Online Safety and Cyberbullying following the completion of their projects.
Art
- Kindergarten students will learn about textures by drawing a house, and coloring it with the use of texture plates.
- First grade students will learn how to create a night skyline of city buildings, using construction paper and white paint.
- Second grade students will learn about perspective by creating a street scene showing depth (big to small), along with the discovery of using texture plates.
- Third grade students will learn about landscapes by painting flower landscapes inspired by the artist Robin Mead.
- Fourth grade students will learn about the artist Gustav Klimt, by painting “Tree of Life” sunset silhouettes, inspired by the artist.
Fifth grade students will learn about silhouettes and color values by painting monochromatic scenes featuring birds and trees.
Drama/Theater
- Pre-K & Kindergarten: Our youngest learners are continuing to focus on emotions and feelings. They are learning how to show them through movement, facial expressions, and voice.
- Grade 1: First graders are becoming confident performers as they practice teamwork, make and use stick puppets, and speak simple lines aloud. Next, they’ll continue exploring new stories and character emotions through play and performance.
- Grade 2: Second graders did a wonderful job acting out Jack and the Beanstalk. In November, they’ll begin working on other familiar fairy tales, building on their skills in voice, expression, and storytelling.
- Grade 3: Third graders are continuing to explore point of view. They will also continue practicing fluency, character work, and ensemble collaboration as they bring new stories to life through Reader’s’ Theater.
- Grade 4: Fourth graders will continue exploring character and expression through the classic stories brought to life through Reader’s Theater.
- Grade 5: Fifth graders will continue to focus on improvisation and pantomime. These activities encourage students to think creatively, communicate without words, and strengthen their confidence performing in front of others.