Literacy Kindergarten through 2nd grades will be diving into learning about adjectives to help us describe characters in new and exciting ways. We’ll also be working on answering the 5W’s of a story: who, what, where, when, and why to build on our comprehension skills. 

Grades 3 through 5 are working on strategies and skills to help them properly answer text dependent analysis questions. We’ll be creating a vibrant foldable to use as a reference during the duration of this lesson. Students will work together to master each part of the strategy during each lesson. 

Visual Art Kindergarten is finishing up their adorable painted polar bears, while first graders wrapped up an abstract painting where they learned about the primary and secondary colors. Second grade just completed their own illustration based on the classic children’s story The Snowy Day. Next, students in grades K-2 will begin working on self portraits. We will talk about how to make portraits look realistic, and use a few fun new art materials.

Third grade created whimsical cityscapes inspired by contemporary artist Jim Dine, as well as large-scale snowmen where they were able to experiment with new materials including paint daubers, chalk pastel, and paint sticks. Next, they’ll be learning about the printmaking process as they make self portraits.

Fourth graders are very excited to begin working on three-dimensional masks. In class, we discussed many reasons why people wear masks and students were challenged to design a mask that has personal meaning. They’ll be painting their masks and then adding embellishments with a variety of exciting craft materials.

After lots of hard work, fifth grade is finishing up their sewing unit. They worked hard designing and creating their own stuffed creatures, and learned to sew in the process. Next, they will be learning about geometric and organic shapes as they explore the art of metal tooling.

Health Topics to be covered this quarter in Health class include:• Germ prevention• Dental hygiene• Fire safety and prevention• Nutrients and how they help the

body• Tobacco use and consequences

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Physical Education This semester in Physical Education at JH Moore, Students will be focusing on the sport of Hockey and skills associated with hockey. Students will also be working on other teamwork oriented games throughout the semester as well as mastering motor skills that are constantly monitored throughout their elementary physical education development.

Teacher will utilize the tell, show, do methodology throughout the activity so the students will be able to hear, see, and mirror the activities of the instructor will physically demonstrate

The Practicing of Skills in this particular part of the school year will be done to promote growth in Hockey skills, basic motor skills, following sport/game specific rules and overall sportsmanship.

Skills of Focus:• Physical movement patterns• Following rules of Games• Sport specific skills, drills and techniques

MusicThe Choir, Band and String Ensemble put on a wonderful show at the Holiday Concert in December and they are busy preparing for the Spring Show. One lucky class will attend a Philadelphia Orchestra School Concert in FebruaryThe students are busy working on rhythm and melody in Music class with a variety of new songs. This year we are incorporating choreography with our Music Express lessons. Activity Works provides excellent rhythm movement opportunities that students enjoy. They are also discovering how music is used to tell stories.

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Math Kindergarten students are champions adding and subtracting numbers to ten. First grade is doing a terrific job using their number charts, learning about place value, and skip counting. Second grade is exploring how to identify, count, and use money. Third, fourth, and fifth grades are hard at work mastering word problems, area and perimeter, equivalent fractions, and addition, subtraction, and multiplication of fractions.