Parents,
I hope everyone had a Wonderful Christmas Break!
There is an error on the Unified Arts Middle School Calendar. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 21 and the calendar shows it as an "A" day. We are not in school that day, so we will simply pick up the schedule as normal on Tuesday, January 22 and that will be a "B" day.
We will be working on questioning during the beginning part of classes in preparation of I-STEP. The questioning will involve ideas related to our topics in PE class along with Math and Language Arts.
Middle school has started a teamwork unit. Some of the main ideas we are working on: making proper choices of words in regard to others (effective communication), getting out of our comfort zone of who we interact with during class, and making a meaningful contribution to the group (team). We will be working on these ideas during various movement activities that help promote proper teamwork.
Third, fourth, and fifth grades will be working with teamwork. We will focus on many of the same topics as middle school. We will be working with the scooters in addition to teamwork.
Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade will start a basketball unit and the initial phase will be dribbling the basketball effectively--using fingertips, ball below waist, and knees bent. We would like to ultimately be able to dribble with our eyes up instead of looking at the ball.
Have a great week and good luck to the sports teams!
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