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Posted by swenzel

Please plan for your child to attend Grandparents Day Celebrations.  We will view the Grammar 4 and 5 Plays at 8:45 and then lunch begins at 11:00.  In the afternoon, we will sing will Grammar 1-3 classes and recite our “Two Seeds” poem at 1:35.  Please let me know if your child will be at school on Friday.

“In all things of nature there is

 something of the marvelous.” -Aristotle

Encore Spanish—Feb. 16—–Ann Bradley Encore and Kindergarten Spanish        This week, we will briefly review “La Bandera” unit by review the Juro and our vocabulary.  “La Comida” is our coming study which involves an extensive vocabulary.  This is a result of a inclusion of old food words and the addition of the new.  Because the list is long, I will not translate each one on the blog, but simply list them as follows:  La comida, chocolate, queso, pan, frijoles, dulces, calabasa, mantequilla, huevos, uvas, jugo, ensalada, pollo, papa, torta, carne, leche, naranja, salchichas, tomate, manzana.    Gracias,  Ann Bradley, Spanish

Music with Mrs. Still

Posted by cstill

MARCH IN GRAMMAR OF MUSIC CLASSES

Here are some highlights of our planned studies for the month of March:

  • Our composers in focus this month are Frederic Chopin of Poland and Claude Debussy of France. We are focusing on some of their beautiful piano pieces.  We will hear Chopin’s “Minute Waltz”, his “Raindrop Prelude”, and several of his preludes, mazurkas, and nocturnes.   We will enjoy Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”, “Girl with the Flaxen Hair”, and “Arabesque 1″.
  • Our folk songs this month will have a nautical theme – “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean”, “Cockles and Muscles”, “Blow the Man Down”, and other songs of the sea.  How fitting after our recent “Pirates” musical!
  • News by Grade Level:  All students in K through 6 will share music and recitations at designated moments throughout the Grandparents Day on Friday, March 19.  K-garten will listen to “Carnival of the Animals” over the weeks ahead.  Grammar 1 will be learning “Eerie Canal” to tie in with their history studies and will be listening to “Peter and the Wolf”.  Grammar 2 will take time in the weeks ahead to learn about Verdi’s opera set in Egypt, “Aida”.  G3 will continue to learn about medieval and renaissance music and will continue recorder studies.  G4 and G5 will resume recorder studies and will work on music for their Texas and frontier themed plays for Grandparents Day.

If you have questions, please contact me at cstill@liveoakclassical.com.