Thursday, October 29, 2015

Tossing, Throwing, and Catching

Greetings Chargers!

K-1 wrapped up the jump rope unit last week with the long jump ropes!  They worked really hard throughout the unit.  We will revisit jump roping throughout the year now that students have learned the basic skills.  Keep practicing at home!

This week we kicked off our tossing, throwing, and catching unit.  Students initially learned with scarves, and have progressed to yarn balls in just a week.  The cue words for tossing that you may hear at home are tick, step, toss.  Next week students will learn how to throw and catch properly.

Thanks for checking in!


Coach Steinmann

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Readathon

 Read-a-Thon 
Mark your calendars for our second annual Read-a-thon! This special day will be on Friday, October 30th, and will occur alongside our first on-site book fair! Students may come to school dressed as their favorite classical literary characters, scientists, or historical figures. The goal of this event is to stir a continuous love for reading and an opportunity for lifelong learning. Costumes need not come directly from the grade level curriculum, though they must be classically on-mission. We kindly ask that you send costume ideas to your classroom teacher for approval by Friday, October 23rd. Be sure that costumes allow students to engage in regular school day activities like recess, lunch, and some curricular instruction. The headmasters, teachers, fellow scholars, and students' family members will read to students throughout the day. The Read-a-thon will be a huge celebration of reading for our entire school community!

Book Fair 

The Archway Arete book fair will run from Monday, October 26th - Friday, October 30th in the resource room. We look forward to providing this exciting opportunity for students and parents to purchase books for their personal and classroom libraries. The class that purchases the most books from the week-long book fair will be awarded a pizza party. Profits from the book fair will go directly to children's books for the Arete library. The book fair will be open for parents at specific times during the school day, so please plan to attend! There are prizes to be won for participating!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back Chargers!

It is so nice to be back at school teaching your children!  We are continuing with our Jump Rope unit where students will now learn the basics of the long rope.  If you start to hear the poem "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear," your child learned it in P.E. to go along with long rope jumping.

Thanks for checking in!

Coach Steinmann