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.
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! 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 5 minutes before the end of each class. We will end our semester with a princess in training class, including a tea party. This class is one semester long. Our stories for this semester are:
1. Swan Lake
2. Goldilocks and The Three little Bears
3. Miss Lina’s Ballerinas
4. The Elves and the Shoemakers
5. Little House on the Prairie
6. Spring Fairies
7. Esther the Queen
8. The Frog Prince
9. Heidi
10. Easter Celebration
11. The Princess and the Pauper
12. Pocahontas
13. Three little Pigs
14. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
15. Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
16. Princess in Training and Tea party
Requirements:
None. This class will not be performing in the Spring Dance Show this year.
Wednesday - Dance Studio A - 116: 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
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! 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 5 minutes before the end of each class. We will end our semester with a princess in training class, including a tea party. This class is one semester long. Our stories for this semester are:
1. Swan Lake
2. Goldilocks and The Three little Bears
3. Miss Lina’s Ballerinas
4. The Elves and the Shoemakers
5. Little House on the Prairie
6. Spring Fairies
7. Esther the Queen
8. The Frog Prince
9. Heidi
10. Easter Celebration
11. The Princess and the Pauper
12. Pocahontas
13. Three little Pigs
14. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
15. Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
16. Princess in Training and Tea party
Requirements:
None. This class will not be performing in the Spring Show this year.
Thursday - Dance Studio A - 116: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
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! 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 5 minutes before the end of each class. We will end our semester with a princess in training class, including a tea party. This class is one semester long. Our stories for this semester are:
1. Swan Lake
2. Goldilocks and The Three little Bears
3. Miss Lina’s Ballerinas
4. The Elves and the Shoemakers
5. Little House on the Prairie
6. Spring Fairies
7. Esther the Queen
8. The Frog Prince
9. Heidi
10. Easter Celebration
11. The Princess and the Pauper
12. Pocahontas
13. Three little Pigs
14. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
15. Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
16. Princess in Training and Tea party
Requirements:
None - This class will not be performing in the Spring Show next semester.
Thursday - Dance Studio A - 116: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
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! 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 5 minutes before the end of each class. We will end our semester with a princess in training class, including a tea party. This class is one semester long. Our stories for this semester are:
1. Swan Lake
2. Goldilocks and The Three little Bears
3. Miss Lina’s Ballerinas
4. The Elves and the Shoemakers
5. Little House on the Prairie
6. Spring Fairies
7. Esther the Queen
8. The Frog Prince
9. Heidi
10. Easter Celebration
11. The Princess and the Pauper
12. Pocahontas
13. Three little Pigs
14. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
15. Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
16. Princess in Training and Tea party
Requirements:
None - This class will not be performing in the Spring Show next semester.
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!
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! 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. We will end our semester with a fantasy under the sea tea party during our final class. This class is one semester long. Our stories for this semester are:
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Raggedy Ann
3. Princess and the Pea
4. Madeline
5. Moana
6. Angelina Ballerina
7. Strawberry Shortcake
8. Barbie and The Twelve Dancing Princesses
9. Fall Fairies
10. Thanksgiving Pilgrim Story
11. Nutcracker
12. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
13. Jesus and the Manger
14. Peter and the Wolf
15. Frozen 2
16. Little Mermaid Under the Sea Tea Party
Requirements:
None. This class will not be performing in the Spring Dance Show this year.