Dear Parents,
As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, the Chesterbrook
community has much to be thankful. We
have a dedicated and committed staff at Chesterbrook Elementary School that is
beyond compare. In walking the building
each day we witness adults, both staff and parents, who are caring, warm,
enthusiastic, creative, and professional.
It is hard to imagine having a building full of adults that walk in each
day devoted to excellence and the success of all children in their care. It is our hope that you enjoy this
Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends and that you give thanks for the
most important thing we have here at this school – each other.
It was wonderful seeing the large number of parents who came
to our luncheon to honor our Veterans and celebrate with a Thanksgiving
feast. It was an exciting day for the
children and our staff appreciated the support of the parents at every grade
level. In addition, our book fair was
well attended and a huge success. We are
looking forward to our upcoming staff/parent basketball game on November 30th. None of these activities would be possible
without our wonderful PTA. I have never
seen a more active group in a school building.
I always wonder how they can juggle all of the events they host within a
given month. I am definitely thankful
for their support.
The staff thanks you from the bottom of our hearts for all
that you do to support our efforts and hope that you will have a relaxing and enjoyable
Thanksgiving holiday.
Sincerely,
Augie and Connie
Outstanding Employee Nominations
Don't forget to nominate Chesterbrook Staff for Outstanding Employee Awards. Please use the link below. The deadline to submit a nomination is December 1.
https://goo.gl/forms/4H78jnZ2ovKZD2oQ2
Stand Up to Bullying Week
Coming to Chesterbrook!
During the week of Nov. 27 –
Dec. 1st, Chesterbrook will be celebrating Stand Up to Bullying
Week. International “Stand up Day” started in Canada in 2008 when two
high school seniors stood up for a classmate being targeted for wearing the
color pink. It has spread in the last decade to schools in the U.S. as we
learn about and talk about ways to encourage, help and respect others.
Each day of the week, we will have a different dress up spirit theme and have
other activities centered around the daily theme. See attached flyer for
the weeks activities.
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Tips for a Healthy Holiday
- Drink plenty of water
- Take walks to see holiday decorations and the leaves changing
- Try to eat normal portions
- Avoid having too much sugar
- Laugh with your family; laughing burns calories
- Create active traditions
- Exercise if you start to feel stressed
- Happy Holidays!
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Promoting physical activity starts at home. A few fun ways you can promote good habits:
- Organize whole-family activities like biking, hiking, and camping.
- Encourage children’s physical activity habits by helping to build skills and providing equipment.
- Set a good example by being physically active yourself
- Limit screen time spent on TVs, computers, and phones.
- Play movement game systems such as Wii Fitness
- Provide toys that encourage physical activity like jump ropes, kites, and bikes.
- Go to local parks and playgrounds to not only play but connect with other children.
Start small, have fun, and watch your life change for the better by making physical activity a part of your child’s life every day.
Sincerely,
Mr. Levesque and Mrs. Sink
2nd QTR in PE:
1. Educational Gymnastics
2. Dribbling with Hands
3. Fitness & Nutrition
 1st grade: We are now learning “I love my family.” 我爱我的家(wǒ ài wǒ de jiā). Students learn how to say Dad爸爸(bà ba), Mom 妈妈(mā ma), Older brother哥哥(gē ge), Older sister姐姐(jiě jie), younger brother弟弟(dì dì), younger sister 妹妹(mèi mei), grandfather爷爷(yé ye), grandmother奶奶(nǎi nai), me myself我自己(wǒ zì jǐ). Please visit blackboard to read the story and song.
2nd grade: Students learned about shapes (形状, xíng zhuàng) and colors (颜色, yán sè). We used drawings, games, and songs to learn to pronounce and memorize the new words. Students learned to sing this song about colors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOv88MxB-I) in Chinese.
3rd grade: We reviewed four seasons and learned four adjectives to describe the seasons (暖和,warm; 凉快, cool; 热, hot; 冷, cold). Students also learned about how the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar reflect the changes in climate, natural phenomena, and other aspects of human life.
4th grade: We learned about the four seasons. Students will be able to tell which season they like and why. We did a rhyme and it was called Seasons are Fun <四季真有趣> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX75s6aAFC8 Please check out the link above.
5th grade: We are going to learn about the different buildings in our communities: school (xué xiào) 学校, house (fáng zi) 房子, apartment (gōng yù) 公寓, hospital (yī yuàn) 医院, high rise building (dàlóu) 大楼, restaurant (fàn guǎn) 饭馆, and grocery store (chāo shì) 超市.
6th grade: We are now learning the solar system (tài yáng xì) 太阳系.Students can say the eight planets in Chinese and put them in the ordinal order. They will also choose a favorite planet and explain why they like it. Check out the blackboard to review the topic!
How to practice Chinese on Blackboard
(Log in to Blackboard 24/7 -> 035-schoolinfo-1718-YR: CES School Information -> LTC Chinese)
Blackboard is a great learning tool for children to review what they learn in class. On blackboard, each grade levels have their own folders. Children can click on the folder to find the topic that they are learning right now. Besides, there are many learning resources links, songs, videos and games. Please check out the LTC-Chinese on blackboard!
If you have any question or concerns, please feel free to contact us!
谢(xiè) 谢(xiè)! Thank you for supporting the Chinese program!
Pik Kei (Peggy) Leung (1st, 4th, 5th & 6th grades)
Yina Chang (2nd& 3rd grades)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
-4th Grade Concert November
29th at 7:00 PM. Students should arrive at 6:45.
Concert attire is a solid colored top and dark colored bottoms. Dress rehearsal
during school at 2:30 is open to parents.
-6th Grade Concert November
29th at 7:40 PM. Students should arrive at 7:30.
Concert attire is a solid colored top and dark colored bottoms. Dress rehearsal
during school at 2:30 is open to parents.
-If your child is playing a recorder,
check Blackboard for practice record due dates
6th
grade
The Sixth grade is getting prepared
for their American-themed concert on Wednesday, November 29th ! The concerts start at 2:30 and 7:40 pm!
By the end of 1st quarter your child
could:
- Know the words and melody of The Star Spangled Banner as well as the history behind the song.
- Be able to know the states and their capitals with the song Wakko’s America.
- Perform songs with correct part singing, rhythm, enunciation, and portraying the mood of the piece.
5th Grade
The Fifth grade just wrapped up the song “Simple Gifts”. We also listened to and watched the ballet
“Appalachian Spring” by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham. We are also doing some listening activities
that demonstrate their vocabulary usage
as well as creative thinking skills.
By the end of 1st quarter your child
could:
- Know the words, melody and the history behind the song “The Star Spangled Banner”
- Play the recorder recognizing notes d-E (an octave +1), all basic rhythms, and dotted rhythms.
- Watch a film clip with its accompanying music and use musical vocabulary to describe what they hear.
- Understand how music affects how we interpret what we see (in a movie, commercial, etc).
4th
Grade
The Fourth grade is getting prepared
for their American-themed concert on Wednesday, December 7th at 2:30 and 7:00
pm! We are each learning an American
themed song to perform for you.
By the end of 1st quarter your child
could:
- Sing their class song using proper singing techniques.
- Play their class’s song on the recorder, using the notes d-D
- Know the words, melody and the history behind the song “The Star Spangled Banner”
- Describe and reflect on all the pieces from their NSO trip
3rd
grade
The Third Grade just finished up their field trips to the
retirement communities. They did an
AMAZING job!
By the end of 1st quarter your child
could:
- Know all 5 Armed forces songs and be able to sing them using proper singing techniques.
- Sing their class’s song in their head voice.
2nd Grade
In Second grade we have been using our musical
vocabularies! We had learned some
special songs to accompany a Russian story “Bony Legs” (Baba Yaga). We learned all about Modest Mussorgsky’s
famous piece of music “Pictures at an Exhibition”, and the
pictures of Victor Hartmann that inspired the composition. We used all of the musical vocabulary words
we learned to predict what we would hear based on the picture, and describe
what we did hear when we listened to the piece.
We are now beginning to write a piece of music in groups for rhythm
instruments for our own pictures.
By the end of 1st quarter your child
could:
- Understand and use the following vocabulary words: Tempo, largo, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, dynamics, piano, mezzopiano, mezzoforte, forte, fortissimo, pianissimo, major, minor.
- Recognize the following notes and clap them: whole, half, quarter, eighth. (and their accompanying rests).
- Recognize the following notes and their accompanying rests by names and lengths (and be able to clap them) : whole, half, quarter, eighth. (and their accompanying rests).
1st
Grade
In First Grade, we have been expanding
on the things we learned in Kindergarten.
We listened for high and low and sang pumpkin songs, but we also learned
about the staff. They learned that the
staff has 5 lines and 4 spaces (just like our hand has 5 fingers and 4 spaces
between them) and when the music goes higher on the staff, the sound gets
higher. When the notes go lower on the
staff, we can expect the music to sound lower.
We have also worked with rhythm.
We have been reviewing how to read and perform rhythms as a class and
small groups.
By the end of 1st quarter your child could:
- Listen for high and low in a piece of music and understand how the difference of sound would change the placement of notes on the staff.
- Sing a song in their singing voice and do accompanying movements to the beat of the song.
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Recognize the following notes and their accompanying rests by names and lengths (and be able to clap them) : whole, half, quarter, eighth.
Kindergarten
The Kindergarteners have been working
with the musical opposites of high and low, fast and slow, and loud and
quiet. We have been singing all kinds of
fall songs. We also have been learning about notes by clapping “tricky” sets of
notes that are on the board. We have
also worked with following directions with the rhythm band instruments: When to play them, how to play them, and what
to do when it is not our turn to play.
By the end of 1st quarter your child could:
- Be able to sing in head voice
- Know the names and the correct ways to play several of the rhythm band instruments.
- Follow the movement of a melody, distinguishing high and low, fast and slow.
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Recognize the following notes by their length and be able to clap them: whole, half, quarter, eighth. (and their accompanying rests).
- Use movement to express what they are hearing in a piece of music.
- Differentiate between hearing a beat and hearing a rhythm.
Choir
We are continuing with some pieces for our upcoming concert
(Wednesday, November 29th). Both 5th and
6th grade choir are combining for this performance. Please let Mrs.Ater know if
your student will not be in attendance.
Continue to practice at home using Blackboard. Log in, look
at the “CES School Information” page, click the “General Music” tab , and
scroll to the bottom of the page for the “5th/6th Choir” folder. You can
practice at home by listening to the recordings and singing alone.
Upcoming Events
November 22: 2hr Early Release
November 23-24: Holiday
November 27-December 1: Stand Up to Bullying Week
November 30: PTA Basketball Game at 6 p.m.
December 1: 2nd & 5th Grade Field Trip to Natural History Museum
December 4: Fall Pictures Makeup Day
December 6: Strings Concert at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
December 13: 1st Grade Winter Party
December 14: 3rd Grade Winter Party
December: 2nd Grade Winter Party
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