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 * 2008-2009, 2009-2010 **

Art Students will explore the question, "why are our choices important," and also "how do our choices help us connect with others?" We will discuss what good choices and responsible behaviors look like in the art room. Students will use the following transdisciplinary skills: //social skills:// resolving conflict, respecting others, adopting a variety of group goals; //communication skills//: listening and speaking; //self-management//: time management, safety, organization, informed choices, codes of behavior, fine motor skills. We will discuss how individual decisions affect the group as a whole. Students will work together toward group goals, such as earning free-time with specialized media like clay or fused glass. To connect learning with the study of the human body and its parts, students will create a self portrait study. In the spring, students will create another larger self portrait. They will be able to see how their fine motor skills have increased over time and how their idea of "self" has changed. Students will also be encouraged to notice details that they didn't see in their previous work (as opposed to just putting all the body parts in the correct place, they might notice the length and texture of their hair or whether or not they have freckles on their face, etc.) Music PE-The students will play listening games, such as "Simon Says" to learn body parts.The students will play "Couch Potato" to learn about nutrition and exercise. The students will sing the "Profile" song to reinforce all the characteristics of a good student profile. 2009-2010 -The students will understand and experience the concept that when we exercise our bodies work harder. This makes our hearts beat faster requiring more oxygen that causes us to breathe harder.The name of the activity is "Oxygen Cycle" and a description of the idea can be found on the website PE Central. The students' concept of laterality(left and right sides of the body) as well as overall body awareness (parts of the body )will be reinforced through an activity called "Fun with Balloons" The website PE Central is the source. The students will continue to play a variety of other games to learn about nutrition and exercise such as the ones mentioned in the previous year 2008-2009. The students will focus on body parts by playing "Hokey Pokey" The students will focus on body parts by placing bean bags on various body parts like wrist, ankle, shoulder, and elbow.
 * Kindergarten music classes will learn The songs //__This Little Light of Mine__// and //__Jambo__//,which along with the school song, //__Spicewood Stand Together__// are examples of the many songs we will sing and listen to that speak to: Beliefs and Values, Rights and responsibilities, Human relationships, and especially: What it means to be human. The human condition is interwoven into music of all cultures. So as we experience different music, we are constantly considering what it means to be human. Music is an elemental way that we reflect our humanity. We will sing the songs //__Epoi tia tia e__// and //__Che Che Koolay__, __My Head and My Shoulders__// which raise awareness about anatomy. ||


 * Spanish** - T he students will learn food names in Spanish. This will dove-tail nicely with their unit on making healthy lifestyle choices including exercise and nutrition.

** Library ** 2009-10: Students discuss making good choices in regards to telling the truth after listening to the story //Ruthie and the Not So Teeny Tiny Lie// by Laura Rankin (this book is also an Armadillo Readers Choice Book)//.// After listening to //Pigsty// by Mark Teague we discuss being responsible and independent. Students will identify characteristics of a bully before listening to Lucy and the Bully by Claire Alexander, and tell what made the bully change at the end. Over two dozen books are pulled for the teachers about the human body. 2008-09: Students will distinguish between fiction and nonfiction with books that are about a variety of body parts. We will review story vs. information books with a nonfiction book about teeth. I will introduce teachers and students to BookFlix, a new online resource that pairs fictin with nonfiction, as we follow the selections for caring for teeth (under Family & Community - tab p. 21-24) and discuss making wise choices.