Ms. Amy's Montessorians

Home projects are due next Wednesday October 3rd.  Some of the children have mentioned they do not have access to computers at home.  Please let me know if this is your situation so we can support your child in the classroom.  This project does not NEED to be researched online, books are a great resource.  This project doesn not need to be typed either, it can be written on a poster.  I have attached the rubric and guidelines here for your information.

Three students have already turned in their projects and presented to the class.  Their projects have all been wonderful.  Thank you for supporting them at home with this assignment.

Native American Research Project

Native American Research Project Rubric

Thank you, let me know if you have any questions.

Ms. Amy

The fourth graders have a field trip next Thursday October 4th.  I sent a permission slip home with them yesterday.  Thank you to those who sent it back to school today.  If you have not returned the permission slip please do so as soon as possible.

The fourth graders will be riding a bus to the American West Heritage Center next Thursday.  Ms. Susan will be chaperoning our fourth grade class on this field trip.

Your child will need to bring the following: sack lunch, water bottle, jacket (weather depending)

If you have any questions please reach out.

Ms. Amy

Your child should have brought home a new spelling list yesterday.  Please study these lists at home.  I asked the children if they studied for our spelling test on Monday, most of them said they hadn’t.  Please support your children in improving their spelling by studying with them at home each week.  Many of their spelling tests were stapled or taped into their planners.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

Thank you, Ms. Amy

Thank you to all of the wonderful parents in our classroom who helped with our field trip on Friday.  We had a great time and learned a lot about the Constutuion of the United States.  Thanks again for driving to and from the field trip and for chaperoning.  We can’t do all of these wonderful field trips without your help.

Remember, tomorrow is an early out day.  Please arrange to pick up your child at 1:00 from school.

Any questions or concerns please contact me at aotto@mariamontessoriacademy.org.  As a reminder, please don’t reply to the blog as it is connected to an email address that rarely gets checked.  Thanks!

Hello Families,

I have attached the cover letter for our upcoming field trip (this cover letter was attached to the permission slip).  Please read over the details of the field trip and let me know if you have any questions.  The weather should be lovely but you may want some sunscreen!

If you haven’t contacted our room mother about a ride please do that as soon as possible.

’17-’18 Fieldtrip Cover Letter

Thank you,

Ms. Amy

We are in need of band-aids in our classroom.  We need quality band-aids that will actually stay on the childrens skin.  Thank you for always supporting our classroom.

Ms. Amy

We started our spelling / vocabulary this past week.  We will start a new unit every Tuesday.  Your children will write a spelling list to take home each Tuesday.  Please ask them for the list so they can study throughout the week.  Last week we talked about prefixes, this week we will be learning about suffixes and synonyms.

Fieldtrips are a large part of the Montessori philosophy.  I believe in the power of learning outside the classroom.  I have scheduled the following fieldtrips and celebrations for the school year:

September 21st – “Freedom’s Light” Celebration of the Constitution (all students)

October 4th – American West Heritage Center (4th only)

October 25th – NEWSIES Weber High Play (all students)

November 8th – Class Gratitude Feast – 10am – 1pm

November 27th – ASTROCAMP (all students)

December 12th – Clark Planetarium (6th only)

December 21st – Holiday Class Party – 1pm – 2:30pm

January 8th – America First Credit Union (5th only)

January 18th – JA BIZZTOWN (5th only)

February 8th – Pobanz Orthodontist (all students)

February 14th – Valentine’s Day Class Party – 10:30 – 12:00

March 5th  – Dr. Seuss B-Day – 1pm – 2:30pm

April 30th – Bird Refuge (all students)

May 5th – May 10th – Alliance Redwoods Fieldtrip (6th only)

May 17th  – Crystal Hot Springs (all students)

These dates are subject to change.

Field Trip Behavior: Since field trips take place during the school day, it is the expectation that students follow all school policies concerning student behavior, while on a field trip.  In addition, student safety and respect for our community are of the utmost concern, therefore, students who violate the outlined rules may have their field trip privileges suspended and may face further consequences.  The following are general field trip expectations and guidelines, although each individual field trip has unique hazards and will therefore constitute varying expectations.  Students must stay with their assigned group throughout the field trip.  Students shall respect personal and public property.  Students who do not exhibit respectful and appropriate behavior may be denied participation on a field trip if past behavior has given reason to expect that the student may not behave appropriately during the trip or if the student has not participated in class or is missing excessive assignments in any class.  Field trips may be cancelled for the whole class if students are not exhibiting respectful and appropriate classroom and field trip behavior.

Heidi Bradley is our room mother this year.  She will be coordinating the chaperones and transportation to and from the fieldtrips.  Prior to each fieldtrip she will contact you directly via e-mail.