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Page 2PE HAPPENINGSLIFE in the LIBRARYThe Baranoff Buffalo December 2013Run Club will meet on days that theweather is 40 degrees with calmwinds or warmer. Please wearappropriate gear: gloves, hat orscarves are encouraged duringcold weather. If it is raining, itis cancelled.http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc/?n=windchillBaranoff Aces is the volleyballteam for 5 th graders, this willstart in January and our PlayDate at UT is in March. Lookfor the paper work in JanuaryThursday folders. Practice willbe on Tuesdays and possiblyWednesdays depending on numbers.Heads Up: Safety Patrol willbe switching to the 1 st /3 rdgroup in January.Keep practicing your jump ropeskills and ask your child toteach you a new foot pattern!The Fall Baranoff BookFair was a huge success!We greatly appreciate yoursupport and participation.Your support helps us purchasenew books and educationalsupplies for the library.Thank you to the many volunteerswho made thisevent possible. We couldnot put on a book fair ofthis size and quality withoutyour support.In December, we will bereading winter stories.Some of our stories includeBear Snores On and BearStays Up by Karma Wilson,My Penguin Osbert byElizabeth Kimmel, Hersheland the Hanukkah Goblinsby Eric Kimmel, The Tale ofJack Frost by David Melling,and Olive, the Other Reindeerby Vivian Walsh and J.otto Seibold.Go towww.tumblebooklibrary.comto find good books online. Theusername is austinisd andpassword is books.MUSIC DATES TOREMEMBERDecember 11 th : 3 rd grade fieldtrip to the presentation of “TheNutcracker” at 9:00am..December 12 th : Baranoff BuffaloChorale December program “Let’sCelebrate” 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.This program will featuresongs of Joy and Celebration fromaround the globe.Thank you, again, for supportingour art fundraiser! Items will bedistributed the week afterThanksgiving. Please be sure toread your E-Blast from Mrs. Purvisfor exact timing. If your childcan't put your order in a backpack,you will be contacted topick it up from school.5th grade students are continuingto work on their watercolor,both paint and pencil. We will beinspired by a study of stainedglass design using overlappinggeometric and organic shapes.4th grade is painting a still lifewith watercolor. We reviewedthe still life work of artists suchART in ACTIONas Cezanne and Van Gogh,along with the contemporaryrealistic still life artist JanetFish.3rd grade coil pots are dryingand will be fired soon. Afterthat, they will be glazed andfired again. In the meantime,we'll be working on a paintingproject.2nd grade has completed theirpots, and they will be dryingover Thanksgiving. Their smallpinch pots with either texturesor added features will fired inthe kiln then glazed and firedagain. In the meantime, we'llbe working on a painting project.1st grade Matisse paper cuts aredone. We will continue to talkabout symmetry, translations,patterns, repetition as we createcut paper puppets.Kindergarten continues to workon various skills in art, includingdrawing and painting, concentratingon the use of line andcolor. We will be using commonvocabulary for drawing lines,including vertical, horizontal,zigzag, wavy, spiral, dotted andbroken. For color, our vocabularyincludes primary and secondaryand warm and cool colors.
Volume 14, Number 4Page 3Music is at the heart of everyculture. Our music fills ourhearts and reflects our lives.As our students learn and growwith new musical skill sets eachmonth, we are continually remindedthat art reflects lifeand life reflects art.As you know, we teach our curriculumthrough traditionalAmerican folksongs and supplementwith other art songs orseasonal material that will enhanceour repertoire. By nowyou may be asking your childwhat their favorite song orgame in music and hopefullythey can sing that game as wellas tell you how to play thatgame. But that has not reallyanswered you query. Be assuredthat learning happens each day,but we hide it in the song or thegame until students are able tokinesthetically, aurally and visuallyrepresent what we havebeen talking and singing aboutfor several weeks. Once theyhave demonstrated their understandingof the new skill set,they receive the musical vocabulary.Much of their learningis focused on the process ofacquiring the knowledge toMUSICAL MAGICmove ahead vocally or rhythmically.So expect many new songsand games this month, reflectingthe season and our scopeand sequence.The primary grades will be addingmany new songs and learningto accompany themselves withvarious classrooms instrumentssuch as woods (rhythm sticksand woodblock) shaker(tambourine and maraca), skins(hand drums), metals (bells andtriangles). Kindergarten willcontinue to focus on musical oppositesand First and Secondgrades will be completingrhythm concepts such one andtwo sounds on a beat and willadd the 5 th , 3 rd , 6 th , and 1 stscale degrees in a major scale.Each concept will be used as afoundation to build upon for anotherrhythmic/melodic skillset.In the intermediate grades, wewill continue our music listening.To date, we have studied theworks of Bach, Palestrina, andHaydn. In December, we willexplore the music of Beethovenand Tchaikovsky. The 3 rd graderswill attend a performanceof The Nutcracker. They willsee Act I this year. SQUILTing(Super Quiet Un-Interrupted Listening Time)provides our students an opportunityto listen to, analyzeand write about differenttypes of music from the 1500’sto the 21 st century.In the midst of their listeningexperiences, all 3-5 th graderswill continue to discover advancedrhythmic and melodicconcepts. Starting the weekDec.2 nd , Third, Fourth andFifth graders will have the opportunityto purchase a recorderif they need one. Wewill collect money until Dec20 th and be ready to startplaying in early January. Thisyear the 4 th and 5 th gradershave the opportunity to playtheir recorders in performanceduring the Austin Symphony’sYoung People’s Concertin mid-May. Mrs. Keenan, Mrs.Creel and Mr. Wood will haverecorder order forms availablein their classrooms.December 20 th : RecorderOrders due ($4 each)If you ever have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at 841-7105. You may also email me atwww.lpurvis@austinisd.org. Linda Purvis, Principal of Timy Baranoff Elementary School
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