FBISD Extended Learning Department

The Knight School is the chess party for the well-rounded kids of America from brand-new beginners to highly advanced chess players. Unlike your typical chess program, our primary focuses are good sportsmanship and fun. That being the case, our students continue to win state championships year after year. Join The Knight School chess party and give your child the gift of undeniable academic confidence, amazing chess friends, a self-identity as a smart kid, and a weekly dose of childhood joy that is the highlight of their week! Click the link to view the intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2XrRhGFNNE Semester at a Glance Week Lesson and Band Color Lesson 1 Welcome to TKS and Identifying (rainbow/white) Chess Basics: moves, values and names 2 Backrowing (olive) Smother-mate uses their pieces 3 Sacrificing (turquoise) Make them chess the “bunny” 4 Deflecting (blue) Simply remove the defender 5 Trapping (plum) Cut off their escape 6 Discovering (violet) Uncover a surprise attack 7 Double Checkmating (brown) Two separate checks please 8 Showcase (gray) Parents will be welcome to join the last class to watch or jump in and join on the bead-tourney

Our chefs-in-training will learn how to make delicious and nutritious recipes inspired by international cuisine. We will travel across the globe to learn about cuisine and traditions of Europe, Southeast Asia, Central America, and beyond. We will learn about fresh herbs and vegetables, and how they enhance the aroma and flavors of our dishes. We will master cooking safety, slicing, dicing, chopping, folding, baking, zesting, mixing, and more! All ingredients and supplies will be provided! Semester at a Glance Week Recipe 1 Kitchen Safety and Fundamentals 2 French Cuisine 3 Moroccan Cuisine 4 Indian Cuisine 5 Portuguese Cuisine 6 Turkish Cuisine 7 Perivian Cuisine 8 Mexican Cuisine – Parent Showcase

Get ready to BUMP, SET & Spike!... with our IAC Volleyball program. Students learn the fundamentals of volleyball through fun exercises and drills! The adrenaline they get to keep the ball in the air during a game is like no other! No prior volleyball experience is required as our coaches focus on the FUN of learning volleyball. Semester at a Glance Week Skills/Activities 1 (1) Introductions and ice breaker (2) Review rules and expectations (3) Fun warm up to get the body moving (4) Learn how to bump and set the ball 2 (1) Review rules and expectation (2) Fun warm up to get the body moving (3) Set hit (4) Learn underhand/overhand service and positions 3 (1) Review rules and expectation (2) Fun warm up to get the body moving (3) Practice rotation with serve, set, and hit 4 (1) Review rules and expectation (2) Fun warm up to get the body moving (3) Learn game rules (4) Practice drills and rotation with rules 5 (1) Review rules and expectation (2) Fun warm up to get the body moving (3) Practice drills and rotation with rules 6 (1) Review rules and expectation (2) Fun warm up to get the body moving (3) Review game rules (4) Practice drills: rules, set, serve, pass, rotations, and positions 7 (1) Review rules and expectation (2) Fun warm up to get the body moving (3) Review game rules (4) Practice drills: rules, set, serve, pass, rotations, and positions (5) Practice a real game 8 Parents will be invited to see our Volleyball Showcase

Give your child the gift of another language with our Spanish class. Our music and play based methodology are fun, interactive, and innovative, helping children acquire the language through games and fun activities. This semester’s thematic unit is My Five Senses. Semester at a Glance Week Can-Do Statement 1 Core Curriculum: The students can greet someone politely; can introduce themselves when they meet people and tell someone their name; can ask someone how they are doing; can tell someone how they are doing; can tell someone whether or not they understand them; can pronounce the vowels in Spanish; can say goodbye politely. Thematic Curriculum: The students can use verbs related to the five senses to describe what they experience in simple sentences, and they can recognize and understand simple sentences when someone describes what they experience using verbs related to the five senses. 2 Core Curriculum: The students can count up to ten; can respond to questions such as their age; can ask someone their age; can count how many colors are in the rainbow; can name days of the week; can answer when asked what day is today; can explain that in Spanish the days of the week are not capitalized; can say some activities they do in different on different days. Thematic Curriculum: Sense of Sight - The students can say what they see using simple phrases, such as 'I see a tree,' 'I see a dog,' or 'I see a book.' The students can respond to questions about what they see and ask others about what they see using simple phrases. 3 Core Curriculum: The students can greet someone based on the time of the day; can name foods they like; can name some foods they dislike; can name some of their favorite places to visit and find them in the map; can say where they live and where their family is from. Thematic Curriculum: Sense of Smell - The students can say what they smell using simple phrases, and they can recognize and understand words or phrases about things they can smell. The students can respond to questions about what they smell and ask others about what they smell using simple phrases. 4 Core Curriculum: The students can answer when asked how they are feeling; can name some members of their family; can say if they think their family is big or small. Students can say if they have a pet and describe their pets. Thematic Curriculum: Sense of Taste - The students can say what they taste using simple phrases, and they can recognize and understand words or phrases about things they can taste. The students can respond to questions about what they taste and ask others about what they taste using simple phrases. 5 Core Curriculum: The students can use some words to describe the weather; can say when they are hungry; can name some months of the year; can answer when asked which month are we in. Thematic Curriculum: Review of the senses of Sight, Smell and Taste. 6 Core curriculum: The students can say which month their birthday is in; can say when they are thirsty; can say the name of some beverages they like to drink; can say the names of some fruits; can say the color of the fruits; can say if a food is a vegetable or not. Thematic Curriculum: Sense of Touch - The students can say what they feel and touch using simple phrases, and they can recognize and understand words or phrases about things they can feel and touch. The students can respond to questions about what they feel and touch and ask others about what they feel and touch using simple phrases. 7 Core Curriculum: The students can express their emotions; can use opposite emotions accurately and can ask someone how they are doing.; can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Thematic Curriculum: Sense of Hearing - The students can say what they hear using simple phrases, and they can recognize and understand words or phrases about things they can hear. The students can respond to questions about what they hear and ask others about what they hear using simple phrases. 8 Party/Fiesta; final showcase. * The order in which the core curriculum topics and vocabulary are incorporated may vary. * We follow a spiral curriculum in which each class will begin with a review of concepts previously learned, and, after incorporating the new content, we will close with a review of the concepts learned that class. * Can-do statements describe the goal of what we want learners to independently do after a lesson.

Let your imagination and ideas take you wherever you want to go! Students will be challenged to use LEGO pieces to create a structure or setting using LEGO elements.  Students will engage with hands-on experience including fun and problem-solving activities and be encouraged to tell a story about their creations. Students will learn to identify build pieces and their function required to build structures towards the next step into Robotics. Semester at a Glance Week Build Lesson/Activity 1 Getting to Know your Elements Students will be challenged to explore kit pieces and be able to identify the element and build a movable invention. 2 Build a Car Students will build a car and have a formula race. 3 Build the Tallest Building Students will be asked to use their imagination and build a tall building that has structure integrity and an added challenge students must make something that moves on the building. 4 Where did the Dinosaurs go? Students will learn about dinosaurs. Students will build a dinosaur sanctuary and create stories about how to save a dinosaur. 5 It’s a Zoo Life Students will be encouraged to share their day at the zoo and each group will be assigned to care for specific animals that they would see the zoo. 6 Once Upon a Farm Students will learn about farm animals and must build and create a place in the build for the farm animals to sleep, eat and drink. 7 Pet Shop, Pet Adoption and Dog Bark Park Students will learn about how taking care of a pet takes a lot of responsibility and lots of love. 8 Let’s go to the beach! Parent Showcase Students will learn ocean life and animals and create a story scene after each build students will share a story about the build.

Be a Master Artist at drawing cartoons inspired by artists and their styles. Experience a flowery adventure with Pop artists, patterns, and portraits. Make a funny facial expression before falling into a magical Surrealist dreamland. Don’t get too broken up by the Cubist style, instead let’s have a dog of a time, mark-making with an Abstract Expressionist. Semester at a Glance Week Artist Lesson/Activity 1 Pablo Picasso Create a snowman in the Cubist style using lines to create different sections and draw facial features from different perspectives. 2 Joan Miró Explore building with geometric and organic shapes to create a magical place with imagined characters inspired by Joan Miró. 3 Kaws Experiment with facial expressions and practice drawing using lines, shapes and color to create a character inspired by Kaws. 4 Yayoi Kusama and Keith Haring Create a pop art portrait using bright colors and patterns while learning about Keith Haring and Yayoi Kusama. 5 Philip Guston Vermeer Portrait Doodle Explore creating texture using mark making and sgraffito on a character inspired by Philip Guston art. 6 Frida Kahlo Explore the use of lines and bold colors to create a Frida Kahlo inspired portrait that reflects her Mexican culture. 7 Takashi Murakami Draw anime-inspired people using 3D shapes and crosshatching to create volume. 8 Creative Inspiration Showcase /Artist Challenge Children will select the materials for their creative inspiration and parents will be invited to join in on the fun.