I make an effort to post PDFs of all important papers, project details and permission slips in the event that they don’t make it home to you. You can find documents on the blog using the link on the top of the page title PDF or by following this link here.
Thank you to those of you who were able to make it last night! It was a pleasure meeting new families as well as seeing some familiar faces.
We are finishing up History units for all grade levels and moving into a new unit of Botany study. I am trying out a new method for the students to know what is coming and what their expectations are regarding this next unit.
If you have other students in our school their teachers may already be using “study guides” for their work expectations and project tracking. This is new territory for me, but I’m excited to try it and think the students will like it too. The study guides can be found at the Study Guide page at the top of the blog. I will update these each time we move to a new unit of study. We will be in Botany until Spring Break and will then move into another Geography Unit.
I welcome any feedback to the study guides that you may have. This tool will evolve as the year moves on in order to maximize its usefulness.
Mine and Ms. Amy’s class will be going on a field trip to The Ogden Nature Center in Ogden, Utah on March 10, 2015. We will meet at The Ogden Nature Center at 9:00 a.m. on March 10th. The students will gain insight into Utah’s diverse landscape. Discover the forces that create our wetlands, forests and deserts. Investigate plant and animal life and examine potential threats to many important ecosystems. We will eat lunch at the Nature Center and explore The Nature Center for the afternoon. We will return back to Maria Montessori Academy at about 2:30 p.m.
Chaperones please be aware The Ogden Nature Center does NOT allow siblings to come on the field trip with us.
As an aside, IXL assignments this week are student choice. I have asked the students to choose three areas they need more practice in and let me know what they are working on. Please make sure your children are practicing IXL, though there isn’t a specific assignment for each grade level this week, they are required to practice.
Happy Friday!
I wanted to share this opportunity with you and your 6th grade girls. The Expanding Your Horizons Conference, sponsored by ATK, is a wonderful experience for girls. Please consider sending your child. My own daughter went last year and has been chomping at the bit to go again. Spots fill up fast, so register early to guarantee your daughter’s first choice workshop.
http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/ATK/
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Greetings!
We are but a month away from the first day of school and I’m sure your students are ready to buy school supplies. You can find the school supply list for our classroom by clicking on the tab at the top of the blog labeled, school supplies.
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