Haikusday Tuesday!

Every Tuesday in April, fifth grade writers are crafting haiku poems to celebrate National Poetry Month. Once completed, students must share their work publicly to bring joy and inspiration to their neighbors. These haiku have been chalked on driveways and cul de sacs, hung in windows and doorways, and even taped on household appliances for some familial entertainment! Tune in for featured Haikusday Haiku on Tuesdays, and if you’d like to join in the public display of poetry (remember: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables), please post your work using #UNQhaikusday and #UNQgatorsinthehouse!

Rehearsing from a Distance!

Students are very busy with their performing arts rehearsals at home! It has been wonderful to see so many videos and pictures of students keeping up with their vocal work! In fourth and fifth grade students are working on many different songs that we are doing for our “Songs and Scenes” project. Students have been following along with weekly videos to help strengthen their voices through our warm up lessons, and then they are getting to work on their music. We will be recording many of these songs soon!

I have also heard from lots of families that hearing students sing in their homes is bringing a lot of joy during these difficult times!

Keep up the good work everyone!

Trae tu mascota a clase

BRING YOUR PET TO CLASS day on Google Meet was a fun, engaging and enjoyable activity for 5th graders. Students had the opportunity to join the virtual class with their pet or stuffed animal. They introduced their pet’s name, breed, age, color, and characteristics in SPANISH!! 

PE Bulletin Board – Grades 4-8

Our older students know that exercise is a key element of staying healthy and fit! They are choosing their daily physical activities and are astute to include muscular strength and aerobic fitness in their workouts. Students in each class interact with each other as they describe their workouts on post-its, then submit them to our Gators PE Bulletin Board.

Each week the board starts empty but quickly becomes a chaotic collage of post-its that lets everyone else know the awesome activities their classmates are up to: “I skateboarded with my brother (he pulled me on the skateboard with a rope while I tried to stay on after his various attempts to get me thrown off)”; “I played frisbee with my dad and I need to work on not being scared that the frisbee is going to hit me”; “I biked 4 miles with my brother – he got home first but I’m still faster”; “I ran with my brother around the house 5 times, then we passed a birdie to each other with tennis rackets, but with no net.” We may be kept physically separate but our PE bulletin board keeps us physically active and together!

2020 Science Fair

Did you know that Saran Wrap will not prevent mold on cream cheese; coffee with milk will reduce the likelihood of stained tooth enamel; a rocket propelled by vinegar and baking soda can lift ten times its weight in vinegar; vegetables can provide electricity, you can, in fact, train a fish and nylon socks produce less foot odor than cotton ones?
At the 2020 Unquowa Science Fair our fourth, fifth and sixth grade scientists presented the science behind these facts and so much more! After months of research, planning procedures, trial and error and forming conclusions, student scientists proudly educated the Unquowa community. Visitors to each science fair booth were impressed by the extraordinary display of fascinating scientific research. Congratulations to our budding scientists and a great big THANK YOU to all who came together to make this event a success!

Carnival in Spanish

Carnival season in Latin America begins late January and typically ends in February or early March. Today, all Spanish-speaking countries celebrate their own Carnival showing the biggest expression of culture and long-standing traditions.

Students learned about Carnival in Spanish, as it’s the most famous and richest celebration of Spanish cultures. Students were exposed to cultural aspects and practiced the language in its proper cultural context. In our school, learning Spanish is to explore different cultures, to travel without leaving the classroom, and to learn about those amazing celebrations.