Anser Elementary Specials Update
PE /Adventure - Tanya Rush
PE/ Adventure is going strong. We have been outside the whole year playing, exploring whatever we can find, looking at nature, and having fun. We started the year off with bike safety and riding the greenbelt. We have 90% of students riding bikes now. K-5 students have become quite the walkers and have explored the neighborhood and greenbelt. We have seen several blue herons, red-tailed hawks, and a bald eagle. Grades 2-5 will be doing some wheel action after break with our new longboards and other things that roll besides bikes. K-1 will continue walking further and faster while learning how to be street smart and aware of their surroundings. We will also be playing cooperative games that are enjoyable for everyone.
Visual Arts- Anne Moore
Art classes kicked off the school year in the studio getting to know materials, learning the routines and working to create a portfolio with our own unique flair on the cover! Art has since moved onto a cart travelling currently to each classroom with projects focused on drawing. These projects are the baseline for all of our auction work this year. Every year students contribute their beautiful work to one collaborative piece per crew that will be auctioned off in the Spring to help raise funds for our school community. Keep an eye out in February for these projects to be unveiled! The students have worked so hard to produce their best work for this effort and are proud to give back to their school. I am so proud of them!
SEL - Sarah Wilson
Social Emotional Learning classes this fall focused on developing skills for learning and emotion management. For more specific information about what K-6 students have been up to during my time with them, including ways you can support your child’s social emotional learning, click on the grade level links below.
Kindergarten 1st Grade Grades 2/3 Grades 4/5 Grade 6
STEM - Captain Richard Incorvia
Avast. Winter STEM ended with a number of exciting activities and explosions. Having finished some dangerous, sea-based activities in the classrooms, we commandeered the Art Studio. The Kindergarten and first grade faced some tough engineering and design challenges in the studio. Second and third graders built wood cars and safely learned to use hammers and saws. Fourth and fifth graders explored light and waves by making pinhole cameras. The sixth graders exploded various chemical reactions! After break, we will be back to programming and also starting some 3D design projects on TinkerCAD.
