Students will participate in a monthly classroom lesson with Mrs. Risley that range in content from friendship to personal and internet safety. There will also be some small groups offered for students who may need assistance in different areas.

Students in Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade classes are scheduled for two 30-minute periods of physical education instruction per week. Students need tennis shoes/sneakers to participate in physical education class. Check the CA schedule for which days your child has PE.

Students in Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade classes are scheduled for one period of Media instruction per week. Students develop computer & research skills as well as learning about and reading new books.

Instrumental music instruction is offered as an optional course to students entering the third through fifth grade. Classes are for thirty minutes twice a week during the regular school day. Students learn to properly care for their instrument, read music, and demonstrate strong performance and leadership skills. While music instruction is offered at no cost to you, you must provide your child with his/her own instrument and book. More information about instruments is available on the Instrumental website. We are planning on concerts and a possible field trip that will include evening performances as long as safety metrics allow. Participation is expected in these events so we can show off all of our hard work.

Students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade learn the basics of music theory, composers, and six major platforms of learning set forth by the Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Topics such as rhythm, form, melody, tone color/timbre, and harmony/texture are explored in depth. But this is not your average music class! Lake Shore Elementary School promotes the integration of music classes with other academic and artistic areas of study. We believe this will help each student make cross-curricular connections that will serve them in and out of the classroom. Music classes meet for 30 minutes, twice each week.

Students entering the fourth and fifth grade are invited to participate in the school chorus. Singers learn techniques such as breathing, posture, confidence, music theory, the importance of teamwork, and the art of performance. Choral members learn to appreciate music from around the world; while building a repertoire of “hidden treasures.” The Lake Shore Chorus has performed for local events such as Lake Shore Plaza Holiday Event., feeder events, and sporting events. Chorus classes will meet in-person for 30 minutes once a week during the school day.

This is a Cultural Arts class that embeds project based learning as its main structure of content roll-out in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th Grade. It is a physically interactive class using PBL, arts integration, and 21st Century Learning criteria of collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. Projects range from Patterns in Kindergarten to Stage Design in 5th Grade. These classes will meet once a week for 60 minutes.

When our pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students come to the art classroom, they explore a variety of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional arts forms. All grades study art history through the works of master artists like Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, and Henri Matisse. We use a variety of media throughout the grade levels, allowing the children to work with tempera and watercolor paints, oil pastels, paper mache, and clay. In class we study the element and principals of design and incorporate them into our projects. We also focus on an appreciation of art and an understanding of how different pieces are created. Art classes meet once a week.