In our class we have reserved Wednesday afternoons at 2:40 for Celebrations of Life. If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday with us you can sign up on the sidebar of the blog where it says Celebration of Life.
Please bring photos and stories about your child to share, but no food or trinkets please.
We successfully navigated our way through the first week of school and are off to a good start for our second week.
During our first week we did a lot of team building and activities that helped everyone get to know each other. Our class is slowly coming together and friendships are being made. Even our most shy students are beginning to make connections with their classmates. As we begin our modified work cycle, we will continue building our class culture.
This week we begin our great lessons. You can read a post that I wrote about the great lessons here. Our class did something a little different this year to begin our study of the great lessons. Your children decided to become teachers of the first great lesson to our lower elementary peer mentor class. Several students presented the lesson and afterward we went outside and they facilitated experiments and demonstrations for the younger students. Ms. Holly’s class was completely engaged! Well done, little teachers!
Today Ms. Holly is hosting another great lesson for our class.
We are beginning a modified work cycle with returning students carrying on where they left off last year, and new students beginning to learn routines and procedures for choosing work, getting it checked and turning it in. Because we are going slowly to ensure success, you will see their planners gradually begin to fill up as your children learn how to plan their day. By October 1, they should be planning their work day all on their own.
Good Morning!
I’m looking for one or two people who have basic sewing skills, with an eye for detail. I would like to make some “place value mats” for our practice with Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (a 4th and 5th level skill).
If you are interested in this project please shoot me an email and I will have the felt available next week. As always, this type of work counts toward your volunteer hours for the year.
Thanks!
We are now a little over a week away from the start of a new school year and I wanted to send out a few reminders.
Important Dates:
Back to School Night:
Please plan on joining me and Ms. Kari for back to school night on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00pm. I will be going over my classroom management plan with you as well as answering any questions you might have. There will be an informative session called Montessori 101 at 6:30 if you are new to our school. There will be a playground supervisor available to watch your kids so that you can be distraction free during this presentation.
New Student Orientation:
Ms. Kari will meet your children outside of the school on Friday, August 14 at 2:00. Please drop them off at the curb, following the guidance of our parking lot attendants. This orientation is for 4th level students and any student new to our school. Orientation ends at 2:45.
Feel free to email me with questions at arockwell (at) mariamontessoriacademy (dot) org
I wanted to let you know that I have updated the school supply list to include 1 5 subject notebook instead of 2. As I was looking through it again, I noticed my mistake.
Thanks for your understanding.
School Supplies
Ms. Amity’s Class
School Year 2015-2016
White 2” 3-ring Binder (Working Binder)
White 1” 3-ring Binder (Portfolio)
25 page protectors (to be used for student portfolio)
2 pkgs wide ruled notebook paper (one will be placed in the working binder, the other will be held in the classroom supplies until needed)
2 pkg dividers (5 subject with pockets)
2 wide-ruled composition notebooks (black)
1 five-subject notebook (any color)
Low-profile clip board
2 pkg Ticonderoga Pencils (Must be Ticonderoga please. Other pencils are not the same quality and the lead breaks easily)
1 pkg 24 colored pencils
1 pkg water colors
1 pkg of 4 multi-color vis a vis wet erase markers (fine point)
1 highlighter (any color)
1 small bottle Elmer’s school glue
Comfortable pair of scissors
Pencil box
2 boxes Kleenex
Handheld pencil sharpener (optional, but helpful)
1 flashdrive (optional, but helpful)
1 roll paper towels (optional, but helpful)
1 container Clorox wipes (optional, but helpful)