P.S. 69 63029" Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 Newsletter Dato September/Octob Hot News from the Clusters Art Studio iKindergarteners begin with collage using issors and glue making homes with colored ‘papers. jparts of the face. They will make a book. Second graders will make choices studying icity landmarks and make drawings. aking paintings. Fourth graders begin drawing seed pods and ther natural materials with charcoal. ifth graders will begin studying explorers nd learning about cave paintings. Hechnology and Sustaina the months of September and October, {students will be engaged with activities to help ie environment. The students are responsible llow recycling rules in the school. We have per Recycling and Plastic/Metal/Glass ‘ecycling. When the student has to throw out garbage, he/she will STOP, THINK & CHOOSE. The students will also engage in activities learning about Technology. The goals for technology are outlined on the website- http: //technology, ps69k.ora/technology/aoals. Each grade will be working on activities that are Hdevelopmentally appropriate. information is available on the internet. FTECHNOLOGY nito://technology.ps69k.ora/technoloay SUSTAINABILITY http://sustainabili h Ms. Fremont irst graders begin self portraits studying the hird graders will be studying landscapes and Music and Chorus with Ms. Fasano music at P.S. 69, Making music and learning to xpress ourselves through music are our goals. In Il grades, students learn songs from many cultures and work at developing their singing voices. In grade 3, students will begin learning to play the recorder, a woodwind instrument. P.S. 69 will supply the recorder and a music book. Students ill take the recorder home to practice and will be responsible for bringing it back to school on the da of their music class. Look for the new recorder by December. HIn grade 4, students will be following the Carnegie Hall curriculum “The Orchestra Moves”. They will receive a book of songs and recorder pleces that hey will study and learn throughout the year. In lay 2015, the students will attend a concert at Carnegie Hall where they will sing and play with an orchestra: ith graders will continue to learn and play the ecorder, An important goal is to play music in two r more parts to create harmony. In addition, they become proficient at reading music notation. and 5" grade students may try out for chorus at P.S. 69. Chorus is a singing group for each grade that meets two times per week during school hours Yor rehearsal. The choruses take part in a Winter ncert in December and a Spring Concert in June. k.0ra/,