Category Archives: Rookies

March 12, 2026 NOTE: start reading Charlotte’s Web (Sister Marcie will give you a High-Five!!) Welcome to ROOKIES Reach for the Stars! Reach for the Stars – Week 5 Earth Systems & Synergy Over the past few weeks we’ve studied the Sun, Moon, Solar System, and Stars. Now we’re bringing everything closer to home and […]

Ok! If you haven’t finished reading A Cricket in Times Square yet then now is the time to do so! Once the book is done you have some fun and creative assignments to do at home! Design a Cricket Home Chester got a fancy pagoda cage from Chinatown so this week we are going to […]

Remember the how at the end of the Greece Time Compass episode, they talked about the Mayas building great cities in the Ancient Americas? Let’s check in with what was happening in the Western Hemisphere with the Incas and the Mayas. Here’s a checklist to help you keep track this week. Don’t forget to keep […]

February 19, 2026 NOTE: start reading A Cricket in Times Square Welcome to ROOKIES Reach for the Stars! Just a reminder each week you will have THREE parts in your homework to complete. Reach for the Stars – Week 4: Stars & Constellations This week we’re learning about stars — what they are, how they […]

Did you finish reading, “The Chocolate Touch” ? If not that is your very first assignment for the week because this week is all about one of Marcie’s favorite things: Chocolate. Chocolate is actually a pretty cool food with an interesting history and before it turns into a chocolate bar or hot chocolate it starts […]

Once upon a time in far away land known as Austria, there once lived a boy, who at the age of 3, listened and watched as his older sister played on the Clavier (similiar to the piano). One day to the amazement of his father, he sat down and could play it perfectly. No instruction […]

This week is going to be big and amazing! We are learning about two powerhouses of the ancient world who had a lot of ties to each other. First, Ancient Greece, and next Ancient Rome! Here’s a checklist you can print for the week. Remember to keep reading The Chocolate Touch for book club! Ancient […]

Rookies REACH FOR THE STARS – Class Three January 16, 2025 NOTE: start reading THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH (128 pgs. – 1h 17m on Audible) Welcome to ROOKIES Reach for the Stars! *Just a reminder each week you will have THREE parts in your homework to complete.* Reach for the Stars – Week 3: The Solar […]

Beat Patterns Before we learn to conduct all sorts of different music, we need to find the beat in the music we are going to conduct, and also the beat pattern. In a 4 beat pattern you would count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. (Say that again […]