Instruments and Singing Galore!

We have three videos to start our week, beginning with our week-in-review. The students are busy on instruments, dance, and singing! You may see repeats from before, but notice the improvement.

Our Song-of-the-Week was requested by a Grade 3 student and was a huge crowd-pleaser after being featured in the movie, Home, a few months ago. Free movement is such an important aspect of self-confidence, expression, and coordination, so we devote at least 3-4 minutes per week to it.

The Grade 1-2 Students worked so hard to prepare their hand-clapping performances. You have seen their works in progress, but now it's all put together and ready to go. You saw their transition, post-performance, to the instrumental part of this lesson, as well.

A LIBRARY REMINDER

Students are well into the check-out routine in library. Please remember, if a book is lost, either Yanti or Megan must be notified by a parent before it can be marked as "lost" in the system. Until then, the book will remained checked-out and the student will not be able to check-out any new books.

Please note your children's library days so that they can be sure to bring their books back on time:

Mondays, 11:05-11:35, Pre-K 3/4yrs
Mondays, 11:50-12:20, Grade 3-4
Thursdays, 11:50-12:20, Grade 1-2
Fridays, 1:00-1:30, Kindergarten

In library, students in Grades 1-4 read Frederick by Leo Lionni. This book gives an interesting perspective on teamwork and teammates. Remember, you can view many of the books we read in library on the Book Read-Alouds playlist on the YouTube Page.

In music class, students are transferring vocal knowledge to begin their instrument units. The choir is close to performing their first song for video and the PreK is enjoying learning game songs that can be transferred to instrument games.

SAVE-THE-DATES!

Below are the PRIS Music & Drama performances for this school year. We hope that in releasing these dates ahead of time, all students will be here and available for the performances:

Thursday, December 10- Holiday Concert (all students)

Thursday, March 10 & Friday, March 11- Spring Musical- "The Wizard of Oz" (all students in grades 3-8)

Wednesday, April 20- PRIS Evening of the Arts (all students' art, grades PreK-2 performance)

Wednesday, June 1- The PRIS Factor (all students)

PRIS Library Procedures & Policies

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