Art

Hey everyone! Hope everyone had an amazing break! All the grades will be working on nature in Arkansas artworks for a collaborative art show with K-6 schools here in Bentonville. Details will come later about it but I’m excited to see what they come up with!  

Kindergarten: We are starting a unit on instrument families: woodwind, brass, percussion, and strings. Try to identify different instruments you may hear on the radio or on tv.

First Grade: We will be learning about sounds, rests, notes, and rhythms. 

Second Grade: We will begin learning about note duration, accent marks, and how to write notes and rests. A great connection is cooking! Whole cup, half cup, and quarter cup measurements. How many halves in a whole? Quarters?

Third Grade: Recorders!!! We will dig into form, introductions, and refrains. We can analyze our favorite songs and determine their forms. 

Fourth Grade: Recorders!!! We will be taking a deeper look into instrument families and orchestral instruments. Consider having a conversation about what instrument your child might want to learn in middle school.

Fourth grade has been buzzing with learning! In literacy, students are diving into geology-themed texts, sharpening their reading and comprehension skills while exploring fascinating earth science topics. Math lessons have focused on mastering division and interpreting bar graphs, with students using real-world data to practice these essential skills. In science, we are wrapping up our unit on the processes that shape the Earth, exploring how forces like erosion, weathering, and plate tectonics have transformed our planet over time. These connections help students see how subjects build on one another. We’re so proud of their curiosity and hard work! 

In Literacy, 3rd grade is studying Unit 5 - Light and Sound. Through literature and science experiments, students have learned about different light sources, shadows, mirrors, reflection, refraction, lenses and color. They have also learned about the characteristics of sound, as well as the human voice. This unit also includes learning about two famous inventors who worked with light and sound: Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. 

First graders are working hard to practice identifying and encoding vowel digraphs. 

Our kindergarteners have been diligently learning their letter sounds! Last week, Mrs. Perella's class added some fun to their review by using shaving cream. The students enjoyed this hands-on activity while practicing their writing skills. Great job, kindergarteners—keep up the fantastic work!