Ms. Amy's Montessorians

Looking forward to next week:

Monday is the Redwoods meeting.  Students will meet during the day from 12-12:30 and parents will meet that evening from 5:30-6:30 in the new addition in the Junior High (the MMM was wrong, please arrive at 5:30 for the meeting).

Friday from 4-7 is the fall festival here at school, you can pre-purchase tickets to that event.

I will be out of the classroom Thursday afternoon and Friday for a family event.  I will be back the next Monday.  Ms. Susan will be taking over the class in my stead.

Parent Teacher conferences are the 15,16, and 17th.  Early release those days.  Please sign up for a slot here:

Monday October 15th 2018 – https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/439143

Tuesday October 16th 2018 – https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/439144

Wednesday October 17th 2018 – https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/439145

Students will bring home a packet for original works tomorrow: it is bright yellow and contains 4 pieces of paper – the order form, the price sheet, the catalog, and the art itself.  Please order and return those to school before October 12.  online ordering will be open from today to the 12th, then reopen on the 22nd-29th.  Please return the packet WITH ALL FOUR PIECES OF PAPER.  These will be needed to complete your order! Ms. Rachel has put together a FAQ which you can access here:  Original Works Q&A

As always, questions, comments, concerns, please email me: aotto@mariamontessoriacademy.org; please don’t respond to this blog post.  This blog is attached to an e-mail I don’t check often.

Hi Parents,

Thank you so much to everyone who has already signed up to help at Fall Festival! October is a pretty busy month as far as MAPA and volunteering go so we need help from so many. If you haven’t had a chance to sign up yet there is still time. We need several more volunteers to keep all of the activities open. This year MAPA will be implementing the “no volunteer, no activity” moto again. This means that any time we have a volunteer need and no one has signed up that activity will be closed for the time slot.

Not only do we have Fall Festival this month we also have Parent Teacher Conference dinners and Book Fair October 15-17th.

Please, please follow the link and sign up where you are able. Please note there are multiple signups for all events on the calendar. If one is full please click on the next signup sheet. If you have any questions you can email MAPA at mapa@mariamontessoriacademy.org.

https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/events

Cheers,
Angela Voraotsady

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