Ms. Amy's Montessorians

Our Valentine’s Day party is coming up quickly.  Your children should have brought home a list of student and teacher names for our party.  If your child decides to give out Valentine’s please make sure he/she gives one to everyone in the class.

We have 4 teachers and 29 students in our classroom.  I don’t put names on my Valentine’s, I just put from Ms. Amy.  It makes it easier to hand them out.   Just a little teacher tip.

Thank you, the students are really excited.

February:

5 – 6th graders shadowing in Jr. High

6 – STAR BASE (6th grade).  This is our last field trip to Starbase this year.

12-15 Parent Teacher Conferences.  Early release the 13th, 14th, and 15th. Please sign up here:

Wednesday Feb. 13th https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/440642

Thursday Feb. 14th  https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/440645

Friday Feb. 15th  https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/440647

14 – Valentine’s Day Party

18- President’s Day, NO SCHOOL

26 – Spelling Bee.  Lists went home for this two weeks ago. Please contact me if your student did not receive one.

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

28 – NHMU field trip

S.T.E.M. week has been wonderful.  I have loved seeing all of their home projects; invention convention, science fair and S.T.E.M. projects.  The students have enjoyed assemblies, guest speaker, fifth and sixth bothe went on field trips and many S.T.E.M. activities.

Upcoming Events are as follows:

THERE WILL BE NO HOME PROJECT THIS NEXT MONTH. WE WILL BE DOING ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM WHICH WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE HOME PROJECTS.  YOU WILL NOT NEED TO HELP YOUR CHILD DO A HOME PROJECT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.  THE NEXT PROJECT YOUR CHILD WILL NEED TO DO IS A FREE CHOICE BOOK REPORT.  THIS WILL BE DUE ON MARCH 15TH. 2018-2019 Book Report Rubric 

Monday Jan. 21st – NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Wednesday Jan. 23rd – 6th Graders go to STARBASE – Mr. John and Ms. Kirsten will be accompanying them.

Thursday Jan. 24th – 5th Graders have an in school assembly all about states of matter.

Tuesday Jan. 29th – CHILI COOK-OFF Fundraiser

Wednesday Jan. 30th – 6th Graders go to STARBASE – Mr. John and Ms. Amity will be accompanying them.

Wednesday Jan. 6th – 6th Graders go to STARBASE – Ms. Laura and Ms. Amy will be accompanying them.

The fieldtrip scheduled for Friday Feb. 8th to Pobanz Orthodontics has been cancelled.  

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Feb. 13, 14 and 15th – Parent Teacher Conferences  http://blogs.mariamontessoriacademy.org/amyo/2019/01/18/parent-teacher-conferences-10/

Thank you for the generous donations for our classroom STEM activities.  We did two of the activities last week and will continue with them this week.  We couldn’t do these things without support from home.  Thanks again for all you do for our classroom!

STARBASE is Tuesday Jan. 15th this week for the sixth graders!

REMEMBER it is your responsibility to make sure your child gets to and from STARBASE.  Please have your child at the Hill Aerospace Museum between 9:00 and 9:10 a.m. and pick them up at the same spot at 2:45 p.m.

Drop off and pick up location:

Hill Aerospace Museum

7961 Wardleigh Rd. Hill AFB, UT 84056

Drop off time: Between 9:00 – 9:10 (gates for museum open at 9 a.m.) the bus will leave at 9:15 a.m.

Pick up time: 2:45 p.m. – Teachers will wait until 3:00 p.m. and then the teachers need to leave.  Please do not be late to pick up your children.

Hill Air Force Base has graciously offered to let us use two of their buses to transport our students onto base.  *Please do not be late dropping off or picking up your students.  We do not want to hold up the base buses from other routes or events they may have going on that day. *

Please send your child with a sack lunch and a bottle of water.  There is NOT a microwave at STARBASE, make sure your child’s lunch does not need to be heated up.  The students are not allowed to bring anything to drink other than water.  (STARBASE rule) If your child brings something other than water it will be taken from them and thrown away.  All students are required to wear M.M.A. dress code all five days of STARBASE.  Thank you for respecting our dress-code even when we are away from school.

On January 10th from 6-7:30 PM, MMA will be screening the documentary SCREENAGERS for all interested parents, students and friends of the school in the Junior High commons area.

SCREENAGERS – The average child in America spends more time consuming electronic media than going to school, with many teenagers going online “almost constantly.” In SCREENAGERS, physician and filmmaker Delaney takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into family life to explores parental struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant and funny stories along with insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.

Hello Families,

Ms. Susan and I are very appreciative for the generous Christmas gifts we received.  We are extremely lucky to have your children in our classroom.  Thanks again for all you do to support your students and our classroom.

Thanks again for the kind gifts,

Ms. Amy and Ms. Susan

Our class is in need of some items to do our in class STEM projects. These projects tie our social studies and science curriculum together. We will be creating ships (Mayflower), a waterwheel (Power Source), tea containers (Boston Tea Party), blankets (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and panning for gold (Gold Rush).

Fourth graders will choose one of these projects for their STEM project this month.

I created a sign up sheet for the needed items.  https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/lbvjv

Thank you for any and all donations, I am very appreciative.

Ms. Amy

We will start the 4th grade STEM project when we come back to school.  This project will be completed in class.

We will need some supplies to do this project.  I will send home a list of the required supplies before the holiday ends.