PE classes for the week of March 31-April 4

Kindergarten-3rd grade classes

• Practice for the Evening With The Specials program

4th-6th grade classes

• Finish up Archery Unit and start practicing casting for Fish Iowa Casting Competition

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Evening With the Specials Program Schedule for 2nd and 3rd grade students

Evening With The Specials

Showcase of Art, Music, and Physical Education

at the Jacobson Elementary Gymnasium

Thursday, April 3, 2014  7:00-7:50

SECOND GRADE

MUSIC

Jack and Jill—Instrumental Presentation

Alabama Gal—Traditional Dance

P.E.

Bronco Workout

Station 1-Jogging

Station 2-Sit ups

Station 3-Pushups and Pull ups

Station 4-Wall Sit

Station 5-Sit and Reach (Flexibility)

Parachute Skills

a.     Waves

b.    Carousel

c.     Smash the bubble

d.    Tent Exchange

e.     Mousetrap

f.      Dome house

THIRD GRADE

P.E.

3-Smith—Short and Long Jump Rope skills

3-Bell—Sport stacking Skills with Speed stacks

MUSIC

Bow Belinda—Traditional Dance

Alligator Stroll—Country Line Dance

LIST OF ARTWORK

SECOND GRADE

JASS

Folk art paper cutting = Symbolism of subjects, drawing and cutting skills, folk art history

Sponge Painting Tree = Parts of a tree, mixed media

Abstract Hands = Repeat images, abstract art, color

Cindyella illustrations = Fractured fairy tale stories, illustrating story scenes, developing character details

KUHLERS

Bear rug pictograph stories = Native American pictographs, story writing, symbols and their meanings

Feeling words = Using art to tell true stories about yourself

Folk art paper cutting = Symbolism of subjects, drawing and cutting skills, folk art history

Sequence Fairy Tale illustrations = Team work, choosing scenes from beginning, middle and end of story

THIRD GRADE

BELL

Realistic Animal Drawing = Using line to create the illusion of texture, proportion and size

Spooky face painting = Warm colors, painting skills, imaginary face ideas

Tee Pee Village = Intro. To photographer **********, Native American home and lifestyles

SMITH

Spooky face painting = Warm colors, painting skills, imaginary face ideas

Wacky Animal drawing = Imaginary creatures made by combining 3 different sized animals, writing skills

Underwater painting scene = Drawing to create the illusion of depth by overlapping, using a variety of sizes, and letting images escape the border of the paper.

Please go to the lunch room for refreshments following the program.

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Evening WIth the Specials Program Agenda for Kindergarten and 1st grade

Evening With The Specials

Showcase of Art, Music, and Physical Education

at the Jacobson Elementary Gymnasium

Thursday, April 3, 2014    6:00-6:50

 KINDERGARTEN

MUSIC

The Mickey Mouse March—Rhythm Stick Routine

Page’s Train—Fast/Slow Game

P.E.

Statues Warm up with Locomotor movements

Dice Sit ups and Push ups

Ball Skills—Dribbling

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head—Ball Routine

FIRST GRADE

MUSIC

Pease Porridge—Instrumental Presentation

Chimes of Dunkirk—Traditional Dance

P.E.

Bronco Workout

Station 1-Jogging

Station 2-Sit ups

Station 3-Pushups and Pull ups

Station 4-Wall Sit

Station 5-Sit and Reach (Flexibility)

Throwing Game—Clean Up the Yard

Alligator Tag—Locomotor movements and arm strength

LIST OF ARTWORK

KINDERGARTEN

MAAS

Skeleton =  Identify names, shapes and placement of major bones in the human body

3 circle flower =  Using primary colors, tracing circles, cutting, stacking by size, creating environments

3 circle snowman = Looking at snowmen from a new point of view, mixed media

JENISON

Pattern t-shirt = Drawing small sized repeat patterns and designs, using many colors

Native American Face = Drawing face features, clothing & headband designs and feathers, Native American life

Tee Pee = Drawing a scene with features that are inside, outside, on and under

MARKWARDT

Concentric circles = Using oil pastels to blend colors, practicing fine motor skills

Shape Collage = Finding new ways to combine basic shapes and create new subjects/ideas

Silly Snowman = Using stencils to create snowmen made with new shapes, size sorting

FIRST GRADE

WAGNER

Spider webs = Combining radial and spiral designs, painting skills, 3-D spider with wire and beads

Frank Lloyd Wright Window = Using straight lines and circle shapes, choosing 4 color theme, Intro. to Frank Lloyd Wright the architect

Time Capsule = What would you put in a time capsule to show people in the future? ,Present tense

Turtle = 3-D  radial design

TANNER

Self Portrait = Using shapes, size. line and proportion, Intro. to Rembrandt and Vincent Van Gogh

Stained Glass Window = Intro. to Chagall, blending colors, drawing memories

Mondrian Boogie Woogie = Intro. to Mondrian, horizontal and vertical lines, primary colors

Scratch Art = Mixed media, abstract art, color

Please go to the lunch room for refreshments following the program.

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Jump Rope for Heart "Heart of Honor"

3rd and 4th grade students could honor someone or jump in memory of someone in their family who had heart disease or other illnesses.  They put the name of their loved one on the small one which was then placed on the large heart in the gym.

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Pictures from 2014 4th grade Jump Rope for Heart

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Elementary PE classes for March 17-21

Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade classes- Finish up throwing unit with some throwing games.  Will be starting tumbling unit next week.

3rd grade- Sportstacking

4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes- Start Archery unit

5th and 6th grade students will still have their Live Healthy Iowa exercise sheets to keep track of exercise minutes.
Our second round of cross country skiing did not pan out as we had hoped to but the warmer, nicer weather was well worth it.  Next year!

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March 3-7 2014 PE classes

Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade PE- Throwing Unit
Overhand and underhand throwing skills used with activities and games

3rd-4th grade PE- Long Jump Rope/Sportstacking Unit

5th-6th grade PE- Long Jump Rope/Sportstacking Unit
We will also start cross country skiing again on Friday.
Students should come dressed for the outdoors

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