Parents,
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 been working on 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 have started a basketball unit and the initial phase
is 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, which is a difficult concept to master at this age level.
Have a great three-day weekend and good luck
to our sports teams!
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