Join us as we explore 1st/2nd grade grammar and sentence writing while creating an interactive language arts notebook. Interactive notebooks are a place for students to record what we learn in class in a fun and engaging way. Each student will bring home their notebook at the end of the term with over 60 pages they can use to reflect, practice, and demonstrate their learning.
Topics we will cover in this class will include vowel teams, beginning and ending digraphs, rhyming words, syllables, prepositions, synonyms, elements of a story, sequencing, and much more.
We will also read short stories aloud, answer comprehension questions as a class, and edit “fix-it” sentences.
Requirements:
Students should be reading at a Kinder/1st grade level or higher, able to sound out CVC words, and able to write a few sentences with help and encouragement. Students should also be able to use scissors and glue independently.
Please make attendance and punctuality a priority for this class. Students who are excessively absent or tardy will miss out on valuable class content.
Colors are all around us! Each week we will explore a new color. Class begins with circle time which includes a read-aloud, songs/movement, and activities related to our weekly color. Students then move to stations. Stations generally include an art project, math/science activity, and sensory bin. To end class, we come back to circle and students “share” with the class what they made or did that day!
Avast ye hearties! Come aboard and learn all about pirates, both real and fictional. Students will learn about life at sea, searching for treasure, pirate flags, pirate ships, how to read a map, and how to speak like a pirate. We will cover a different aspect of pirates each week through books, crafts, games, activities, and songs. Students will create a lap book that they will take home at the end of the term.
Thursday - Dance Studio B - 118: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
In this class we will be reading 4 stories and making them come to life with a combination of crafting some of our own props, setting up the “stage”, rehearsing, and putting on 4 mini performances throughout the semester. Children will use their imagination and creativity to make their character their own and have fun doing so. Every four weeks we will unveil a different performance.
Tuesday - Dance Studio B - 118: 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, enchanting costumes, colorful props, and the magic of make-believe!
Each week, a new story will come to life though ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique as a character in our weekly story!
Dancers will walk gracefully through a castle, use balance while leaping over a river, and practice coordination while skipping through the forest.
In this enchanting class, your child will experience such beloved stories as
Angelina Ballerina
Cinderella
Fancy Nancy
Frozen
Princess and the Pea
Rapunzel
Snow White
Wizard of Oz
And so much more!
Each semester presents all new stories!
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! Each week a new story will come to life though ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique as a character in our weekly story!
Dancers will walk gracefully through a castle, use balance while leaping over a river, and practice coordination while skipping through the forest. In the fall semester of this class your child will experience such beloved stories as Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Jasmine/Aladdin, Laura Ingalls, Olivia Saves the Circus, Little Mermaid, Fall Fairies, Cinderella, Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims, the Biblical account of Jesus and the Manger, Beauty and the Beast, The Nutcracker, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Snow White, Minnie Mouse and end the semester with a very “Frozen” Tea Party.
Students need to wear ballet attire to class: a leotard that the costume can fit over, tights, and ballet shoes. Hair should be secured off the face and neck in either a bun or a ponytail.
Wednesday - Dance Studio B - 118: 10:00 am - 10:50 am
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, enchanting costumes, colorful props, and the magic of make-believe! Ballet Attire: Leotard, tights, and ballet shoes. Hair should be secured off the face and neck in either a bun or a ponytail Hair must be secured off the face and neck either in a bun or ponytail. Each week, a new story will come to life though ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique as a character in our weekly story! Dancers will walk gracefully through a castle, use balance while leaping over a river, and practice coordination while skipping through the forest. In the spring semester of this enchanting class your child will experience such beloved stories as Sleeping Beauty, the Princess and the Pea, Madeline, Fancy Nancy, Moana, Thumbelina, Angelina Ballerina, The Sound of Music, Raggedy Ann, Mary Poppins, Tinker Bell, Minnie Mouse and so much more!
Monday - Dance Studio A - 116: 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! We have several new stories this semester and each week a new story will come to life through ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique in a dance as a character in our weekly story that they will perform for the parents at the end of each class. **Students will be performing in two performances for our Spring Dance Show “Moses and The God Who Delivers” (May 15th-18th). This Class will be in Show A. PLEASE READ our syllabus containing more details about the shows and pertinent dance class information is located here on our website. Click on Programs and then on Dance. Mandatory Parent meeting 7pm 2/24. Each semester’s Admin fee includes the show costume rental fee. **Parents may choose to have their student opt out of performing, but will need to communicate that with the teacher by 3/31. This semester’s stories will be: 1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Little Red Riding Hood
3. Jasmine/Aladdin
4. Little House on the Prairie
5. Olivia Saves the Circus
6. The Sound of Music
7. Fancy Nancy
8. Cinderella
9. Every Cowgirl Needs Dancing Boots
10. Mary Poppins
11. Thumbelina
12. Tangled
13. Minnie Mouse
14. Snow White
15. Me and My Dolly
16. Spring Garden Fairy tea party
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! Each week a new story will come to life though ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique as a character in our weekly story!
Dancers will walk gracefully through a castle, use balance while leaping over a river, and practice coordination while skipping through the forest. In the fall semester of this class your child will experience such beloved stories as Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Jasmine/Aladdin, Laura Ingalls, Olivia Saves the Circus, Little Mermaid, Fall Fairies, Cinderella, Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims, the Biblical account of Jesus and the Manger, Beauty and the Beast, The Nutcracker, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Snow White, Minnie Mouse and end the semester with a very “Frozen” Tea Party.
Students need to wear ballet attire to class: a leotard that the costume can fit over, tights, and ballet shoes. Hair should be secured off the face and neck in either a bun or a ponytail.
Monday - Dance Studio A - 116: 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! We have several new stories this semester and each week a new story will come to life through ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique in a dance as a character in our weekly story that they will perform for the parents at the end of each class. **Students will be performing in two performances for our Nutcracker presentation (December 5th-8th) as well as the Spring Dance Show “Moses and The God Who Delivers” (May 15th-18th). This Class will be in Show A. PLEASE READ our syllabus containing more details about the shows and pertinent dance class information is located here on our website. Click on Programs - Dance - Dance Department. Each semester’s Admin fee includes the show costume rental fee. **Parents may choose to have their student opt out of performing, but will need to communicate that with the teacher by October 1st.
This semester’s stories will be:
Swan Lake
Goldilocks and The Three little Bears
Three little Pigs
The Princess and the Frog
Miss Lina’s Ballerinas
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Heidi
The Princess and the Pauper
The Nutcracker (two weeks)
The Nativity
Pocahontas
Thanksgiving Pilgrims
Fall Fairies
A Very Frozen Tea Party on our last day of class.