Please Note: Lower School Liturgy calendars and information has been moved to the General Information section. 

ASK ME:

Reading

• What is a character trait of Stella Diaz? (Shy, creative, resilient, observant, etc.)

• What is the message or big life lesson from your independent reading book? (Answers will vary)

Writing

• Explain what a cinquain poem is. (Cinquains are five-lined poems that describe topics using different parts of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)

• Give an example of alliteration. (Sally sells seashells by the seashore)

Math

• What are the important parts of a bar graph? (Axis, title, label)

• Have your daughter create a tally chart and line plot at home. What were her findings? (She could tally favorite dinners, holidays, etc.)

Social Studies

• What is the capital of Uganda? (Kampala)

• Give a few examples of a renewable resource. (e.g., Solar energy from the sun; wind energy from wind)

PE

Gym

• Tell me two skills you learned in volleyball. (Bump, set, or serve)

• Like in basketball, where does the power come from? (Your legs)

• Do my forearms or my knuckles contact the ball in a bump? (My forearms)

• For our fitness challenge, how can I improve my scores? (Go for a jog with a parent, guardian, sibling, or friend outside of school, practice my sit-ups and push-ups at home, etc.)

Dance

• Tell me about your poetry video project in dance class. (Students used Language of Dance symbols in small groups to create choreography to a stanza from the poem “We Are All Human." We filmed each section and edited it into one whole grade dance.)

• What language of dance symbols did your group use? (Ex: Travel, rotation, spring, flexion, extension, stillness)

• How were you able to overcome challenges to collaborate on your dance? (Students may have found ways to compromise using their Language of Dance Symbols by dividing the work into smaller groups and/or simple games of Rock-Paper-Scissors to make a final choice)

Swim

• What is your favorite way to enter the pool? (e.g., feet first in deep end, slide in, jump into pool off block when area is clear of people)

• What strokes are done where your legs move at the same time? (Breaststroke and butterfly)

Technology

• What are the two types of dough you used to light up the LED on your squishy circuit? (Conductive dough and insulating dough)

• If a light switch is “on,” is the circuit open or closed? (Closed)
  
  

Service Learning

• How do urban trees in New York City help the humans who live here? (Shade us in the summer, beautify our neighborhoods, help reduce noise, support important urban wildlife)

• What are some ways we can protect our urban trees and tree beds? (Watering, weeding, and protecting them from disturbances)

• What did we do to beautify the tree beds on 5th Avenue? (Plant flowers)