electives! in elementary?

8/14/2019 Electives! In Elementary?

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Electives! In Elementary?How is that possible?

Tisha Burke

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Greenville Elementary K-5

Warrenton, Fauquier County


2/23

Master Schedule Encores with 4 classes of each grade level

Art

Music

PE

Computer Lab

Libraryoffered during Language Arts block

Elective

On Fridays during a full week

If there is a holiday or snow day that day is made up on Friday.

Priority is given to the weekly MonThurs schedule


3/23

Daily/Rotation Schedule

ART PE MUSIC COMPUTER

MO

NDAY

K

1

2

PK/3

4

5

Anderson

Dalton

Holmes

PK - Higgins

Carter-Stewart

Brown

Keen

Hume

Propst

Roda

Jay

Isom

Rouse

Moon

Schultz

Turney

Miller

Robertson

Reder

----

Vercammen

Ventresco

Whildin

Schumacher

TUESDAY

K1

2

PK/3

4

5

KeenHume

Propst

Roda

Jay

Isom

RouseMoon

Schultz

Turney

Miller

Robertson

Reder----

Vercammen

Ventresco

Whildin

Schumacher

AndersonDalton

Holmes

PK - Higgins

Carter-Stewart

Brown

WEDNES

DAY K

1

2PK/3

45

Rouse

Moon

SchultzTurney

MillerRobertson

Reder

----

VercammenVentresco

WhildinSchumacher

Anderson

Dalton

HolmesPK - Higgins

Carter-StewartBrown

Keen

Hume

PropstRoda

JayIsom

THURSDAY

K

1

2

PK/3

4

5

Reder

----

Vercammen

Ventresco

Whildin

Schumacher

Anderson

Dalton

Holmes

PK - Higgins

Carter-Stewart

Brown

Keen

Hume

Propst

Roda

Jay

Isom

Rouse

Moon

Schultz

Turney

Miller

Robertson

5th 8:45 9:25

3rd 10:40 11:20

K 11:25 12:05

2nd 1:00 1:40

1st 1:45

2:254th 2:30 3:10


4/23

Master Calendar Make a school year calendar with county holidays written out

for the year.

Determine which Fridays will be Elective Fridays.

Try to even out 5-6 classes for each of the four sessions.

List the dates for each session to communicate to volunteers.

For the first four Fridaysevery grade level will visit each of

their MonThurs encore in order to give time for students tosign up for their electives.


5/23

Friday CalendarAugust

8/23 ENCORE Regular Schedule K-5 go to Monday

8/30 ENCORE Regular Schedule K-5 go to Tuesday

September

9/6 Make up Monday Encore

9/13 ENCORE Regular Schedule K-5 go to Wednesday

9/20 ENCORE Regular Schedule K-5 go to Thursday

9/27 ELECTIVES Class 1 Session 1 (K-3 go to Monday)

October



10/18 Make up Monday Encore

10/25 Make up for days

November


11/8 NO ELECTIVES - Make up Tuesday Encore

11/15 NO ELECTIVES - Make up Monday Encore


11/29 Thanksgiving Holiday

December

12/6 ELECTIVES Class 1 Session 2 (K-3 go to Tuesday)



12/27 No School

January



1/17 No School



February


2/14 ELECTIVES Class 1 Session 3 (K-3 go to Wednesday)

2/21 NO ELECTIVESMake up of Monday Schedule

2/28 NO ELECTIVESMake up of Thursday Schedule

March



3/21 ELECTIVES Class 4 Session 3 (K-3 go to Wednesday)3/28 NO ELECTIVES day PM of Thursday Encore

April


4/11 ELECTIVES Class 1 Session 4 (K-3 go to Thursday)

4/18 No School

4/25 NO ELECTIVESMake up of Monday Schedule

May




5/23 ELECTIVES Class 5 Session 4 (K-3 go to Thursday)5/30 NO ELECTIVES - Make up Monday Encore

June

6/6 NO ELECTIVESEnd of the Year Festivities


6/23

Get Volunteers! Put a flier in 4thand 5thgrade

Back-to-School Packets

Send emails to volunteers

from previous years. Send emails to the PTOs

volunteer list.

Ask the 4thand 5thgrade teachers

who will not have students to offer

a class in at least one session.

Ask Administrators or other

specialists who may not have

students during this time.


7/23

Set the Classes Elective Packet was made with

the descriptions of each class and

sent home.

Forms with parent signature werenumbered as they reached my

desk.

Chorus runs 2 sessions.

3D clay runs 2 sessions.

Spanish and French runs 2.

Have students choose 2nd& 3rd

choices.


8/23

Assign Students to Classes Each student must be placed in an elective for each

session.

Each session has a set number of students it can take.

Set up an excel spread sheet.

Run a mail merge to print class list for each student.


9/23

Assign Students to Classes My husband is a programmer and wrote me a program in

Accessworked better and was able to run reports.

Each classroom teacher gets a list of where their students

should be each session

Each new student will

need to be placed.

Special Ed Students will

need coverage.


10/23

Elective Classes OfferedAnimal Science

Art Photography

Book Club

Art Studio 3D Sculpture

Art Studio 2D Drawing

Career Exploration

Chess

Constructing Models

Chorus

Christmas & Spring Musical Digital Storyteller

Exploring Cultural Diversity

Flag Football

French Introduction

Greenville Gazette

Health Kick

Juggling

Like Games? Lets Go!

MS Office

Marketing Mania

Nature Nuts Kids Club

Papercraft and Scrapbooking

Psychology for Kids

Spanish Experience

Trash to Treasure Whats Cooking?

Woodworking 101


11/23

Friday Art Lessons Since I see each of my classes on one Friday the first

semester I use that class to have them create theirportfolios for the year.

After electives have begun I will see Monday K-3 classesfor 5 Fridays, Tuesday classes for the next 5 and so on.

I use these days to work out new lessons or teach lessonsthat have a lot of prep or materials since I am teaching itone class at a time.

KindergartenEric Carle texture papers and collage

1stGradeStep by Step puppy drawings enlarge and color

2ndGradeStyrofoam printmaking

3rdGradeRepousse zentangles


12/23

Friday Art Lessons KindergartenEric Carle

Day 1show Eric Carle video of

him creating the caterpillar.

Day 2create texture papersusing alternative brushes

Day 3create collage


13/23

Friday Art Lessons 1stGradeRoyal Puppies

Day 1Stepbystep 4 different breeds

Day 2finish stepbystep choose

favorite to enlarge Day 3

Color techniques

Day 4

paint crowns

with metallic paint


14/23

Friday Art Lessons 2ndGradeStyrofoam Printmaking

Draw a simple design on a diagonally

folded square.

Transfer the design to the other side. Press the design into a styrofoam.

Print 4Xs by rotating to put the same corner in the center each time.


15/23

Friday Art Lessons 3rdGradeZentangle Repousse

Day 1Zentangles

Day 2Repousse ppt and

experiment Day 3

Create zentangle using repousse

Day 4Glue repousse to colored

paper and extend the zentangles

with sharpies


16/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 12 sessions of 3D Clay

Clay Whistles

Fairy Houses

Leaf Trays


17/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 12 sessions of 2D Drawing

Still Life

Thumbnails

Value Ebony Pencils


18/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 2Added Art Photography

Point of View

Composition


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Elective Art Lessons Year 2Additional 3D Lessons

Abstract Clay Slab

Texture Pendant

Slab Trays


20/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 3

2D Mixed Media Art Journaling

Listswriting prompts

Watercolor techniques Stamping


21/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 3Additional 3D Lessons

Abstract Clay Slab

Paper version

Add letter pasta

Creative Coil

Texture Pots


22/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 4Trash to Treasure

Bottle Cap Flowers for Garden Dedication

Toilet paper roll sculptures


23/23

Elective Art Lessons Year 43D Clay

Bisque bowl animals

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