Burbank Broadcast Newsletter 8435 South Linder Ave, Burbank, Il 60459 Phone: (708)499-0838, Fax:(708)499-0502 From Principal, Dr. Shwkar Abousweilem Upcoming Events Greetings Bobcat Families, Advising your child not to worry about the test – just do the best 3/7 Luther Burbank’s he or she can! Birthday It’s that time of the year where we get Please contact your child’s teacher 3/10 Daylight Savings or myself if you have any questions Time Begins to show off all we know! It’s time for about the IAR testing. The success of 3/12 Cookie Dough the Illinois Assessment of Readiness Fundraiser – Tentative our students is made possible by Pick Up testing, formally known as PARCC. This your support. Our Burbank students 3/13 St. Baldrick’s Event year our testing schedule will begin will continue to progress as we work @ Liberty Jr High th 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day the week of March 11 . Students in together in their best interest. 3/15 School Spirit Day 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade will be tested in 3/20 District Board Respectfully, reading and mathematics. Students in Meeting @ District Of- Dr. Abousweilem fice 7pm 5th grade will be tested in reading, th 3/22 PFC 19 Annual Spring Fling Family mathematics and science. Dance 6-9pm You can help your child do his or her 3/25 Spring Break Be- gins best on the test by: Extra Dress Down Days Making sure your child attends school on time; Friday, 3/8- Cartoon Day Making sure your child gets a good night’s sleep the night before Friday 3/22 -College testing; Day Providing breakfast on the morn- ing of testing; Friday, 4/12- Wacky Reminding your child to ask the Sock Day teacher questions if he or she does not understand the test directions; Friday, 4/26-Neon Day Letting your child know that you FOLLOW THE PFC have confidence in his or her abil- ity to do his or her best; and 1 Bobcat Media Center Greetings, Bobcat Families! I don’t know about you, but I can feel Spring trying to “March” into Burbank but I’m afraid St. Patrick’s Day may find us bundled up as we attend the parades or various activities around our Southside town. Speak- ing of the Irish, the Bobcat Literacy Enrichment team has interviewed some of our proud Irish staff mem- bers in order to learn about some of the traditional activities shared with their families during this special holiday. Be sure to check out our video found on my website: http://www.bsd111.org/olc/49 Our books are flying off the shelves and in some cases our students become so entrenched in them that they forget to return them to the library for renewal. Please be reminded that our Bobcats can check out our books for one week. At that time, the student may renew the book for an additional week. If the stu- dent fails to return the book on time, he/she is given ONE ENTIRE WEEK beyond the due date to return the book. It is only after that one-week grace period that we must initiate the $.05 per day fine for overdue books. Please note that our books are very popular so please encourage your child to return the books on time. My Bobcats are continuing to learn new technology skills as they encounter the district’s latest online ap- plications in addition to the exciting new literacy skills they are developing in class. Ask them about the latest biographies I’ve shared with them! We absolutely love learning about these amazing people from our past and present! We wish you all a wonderful Spring Break filled with lots of rest, relaxation, and hopefully, great weather! Respectfully, Mrs. Kennedy Mrs. Cihocki 2 Art Room News February is not only the month of love, it is Black history month. To acknowledge both Valentine’s Day and the peaceful work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. students in Kindergarten and G3 made hearts and flowers to surround a quote of Dr. King’s. Mrs. Gallagher Grade 2 chalk study of different lines. Grade 5 are working on a half portrait. Grade 4 are producing art of threatened Grade 6 created a mask that and endangered species they have researched. reflects their culture or interests. PFC BOARD ELECTIONS If you have some fresh ideas, want to make a difference in the school and are interest- ed in becoming part of the PFC Executive Board, we have the following positions opening up for the 2019-2021 school years: Vice President Treasurer Secretary Please contact, Stash (Jim) Stefanek [email protected], Jen Lamb [email protected], Nelly Lara [email protected] or Lorena Wong zarate- [email protected] with nominations or for more information. 3 PE NEWS The students have been working very hard improving their basketball skills during our unit. Students worked on dribbling, passing and shooting. After practicing the proper ways to perform the skills, we moved on to game play where students were able to display those skills in action. Students played in organized games of five on five using offensive and defensive strategies as well as working as a team. Our next unit will be Speedway where students will be using soccer, ultimate football and handball skills to play this quick-paced game! Speedway combines multiple sports and allows all skill levels to be uti- lized allowing for a lot of different strategies and movements. 4 NOTESNOTES FROM MRS. NYKAZA Burbank School Elementary Music March 2019 What are we learning? Contact Information Kindergarten: [email protected] We have been learning: Students are learning how to identify and keep a steady beat when 708-499-0838 Burbank listening to music. We are exploring high and low sounds and fast slow tempos. 708-599-5554 Fry Students are beginning to prepare for reading tradition music notation by playing patterns of pictures on non-pitched percussion instruments. Songs we have learned or are working on Hello Song Prime Time Nursery Rhyme Humpty Dumpty Paige‟s Train 1st Grade: We have been learning: Our rhythms of quarter notes and eighth notes, playing rhythm races to help us use our aural skills to identify these notes. Starting this week we are now working our identifying our notes on the lines and spaces from middle C to second line G. Stu- dents will be given flash cards to help them practice these note reading skills at home. In early March we will begin our rhythm reading tests. Students will be given a packet of rhythms that we will practice in class. Songs we have learned or are working on: Prime Time Nursery Rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle 2nd Grade: We have been working on: Learning our rhythms (quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rests) and 3rd Grade: we will soon learn our half notes and half rests. Students are practicing We have been working on: clapping and performing these rhythms on non-pitched percussion instru- Playing simple songs on our recorders utilizing our note reading ments. and rhythm reading skills. Students were given a recorder book and we are working on exercises 19-22. #22 is their first playing This week we have started identifying line notes and space notes, which test. will lead to reading music on the staff. Students will be given flash cards and are encouraged to practice these flashcards at home to become fluent Students should be taking home their recorder and practicing at reading music notes on the staff. Students in 2nd grade are required to these exercises at home. learn, identify and perform notes middle C to 3rd line B We have also begun our Instruments of the Orchestra Unit. All of this prep work is leading us to start playing simple songs on the bells. Each month we will be learning about a new family of instru- ments. February we learned about the string family and what Songs we have learned or are working on.: makes them a family (what things they are in common). Prime Time Nursery Rhyme In March we will study the brass family. Little Boy Blue Little Old Women Who Lived in a Shoe NOTESNOTES FROM MRS. NYKAZA Burbank School Elementary Music March 2019 What are we learning? Contact Information 4th Grade: We have been learning: [email protected] Students have been working so very hard! We have just tested on our first Recorder Karate Belt (White Belt). I am very impressed with the progress of our 4th graders. 708-499-0838 Burbank We have begun out World Music Unit and have started with Senegal, 708-599-5554 Fry a country in West Africa. Students will study about the country, it‟s history, culture and music. For each country we will be listening to a song and learning about various components of each song. The Sen- 5th Grade: egal song teaches us about Timbre and Call and Response We have been learning: We have finished our Baroque Period and are watching a video Songs we are working on: about the life of J.S. Bach. It is interesting to see how different Funga Alafia society was in the 1600‟s and the struggles Bach went through. Yellow and orange songs(recorder)))) We have learned the rhythmic notes of; eighth, quarter, half and whole along with quarter rests. We will now be putting that knowledge to work performing simple rhythms on the non-pitched 6th Grade: percussion instruments. (Utilizing call and response) What we are learning: We have finished the first 2 units in our History of Rock and Roll Unit.