We had such a fun time today making our Gratitude soup. Somehow, as the work progressed the boys really got into making the soup and the girls slowly dispersed and began coloring their Thanksgiving books. It was so fun seeing these boys really get into cooking and leading the kitchen efforts. Ms. Brec was able to get some video and pictures and we hope to be able to share some of those. We all sat together and shared the things we were grateful for in relation to our school and classroom. Thank you for your help in providing items for the soup as well as your additional contributions. I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving break. We will see everyone back and ready to work December 2nd.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Gratitude
I want to sincerely thank you for all the support you give our classroom. We have several of you who come to read with the students, give spelling tests, cut laminate, organize fundraising events, and such. I understand how busy life is and your extra effort does not go unnoticed. I also want to thank each of you for the wonderful support you give me in being able to reach each child in our classroom. My love for the Montessori philosophy is that we embrace each child as the unique individual they are. Each person has unique talents, struggles and potentials. I love each and everyone of your children and appreciate the support and knowledge you share with me in order to help them reach their own unique potentials and be able to command their own future. We are seeing amazing things blossom within the walls of our classroom and it delights me to see the children come alive.
We are fast approaching the end of November when many of us celebrate Thanksgiving. This Friday our classroom will be having a Gratitude feast of our own. We will be celebrating and reflecting on the gratitude we have for our school and classroom. I would like to encourage you to have a conversation with your child and have them prepared to share some aspect of our classroom or school they are grateful for. We will then be making a gratitude soup. If you would be willing to provide an item to be added to our soup, such as potato, onion, carrot, can of beans, etc. If a few of you would also be willing to provide bowls, spoons, and possibly some bread or rolls. It would be appreciated. Some of the children have asked to bring other items, you are welcome, but please don’t feel obligated. Thanks you for all you do.
Reminder that picture retakes will be Tuesday morning.
School Gratitude Feast
Hello Families,
The school provides a gratitude feast for the community every November. If you are willing to provide help with this wonderful event please sign up under the We Join In link on this blog. You can help by volunteering your time or providing food. Thanks for your help with this.
Also, remember Friday is early out. Students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. Thank you to the families who provided last minute snack this week. It really helped! You are all so wonderful.
I also wanted to share with you how great the students are doing. We have started holding classroom meetings where we problem solve agenda items and conduct a compliment circle. It is fantastic to see them noticing the strengths of others and sharing in building each others confidences. They are creating solutions for problems using the 3 R’s : related, respectful and reasonable. They are using some great thinking skills and seeing how their solutions are working to resolve agenda items.
November
It is hard to believe we are now entering November. I wanted to remind you that we are still wanting to see a home project every month from your children. We do not have assigned due dates, please bring them in once they are completed and we will work them into our schedule. It is so fun to see what excites the children and the fun ideas they present. Please make this a fun opportunity for them and make it their own work.
We also have students who are very eager to bring show and teach. This month I will be having them bring books to share. They can briefly tell us about the book and why they liked it. This can be a book they have read or someone else has read to them. Show and teach is on Friday afternoons.
We also do not have anyone signed up to provide snack this week. If you are able to provide something for the class this week, that would be fantastic. The children really count on this and we find it really helps their focus during their morning work. We have several weeks throughout the year that still are unassigned. Please check out our snack sign up link. If everyone signs up for two different weeks we will have the year covered. Thanks so much for your help with this.
With the change of weather it is very important your students are dressed for the changing season. We go outside most mornings and would like to remind you to make certain your child is ready for our cooler mornings. We also are having a problem with several students not having their inside shoes. This is very important, especially now that their shoes are coming in from the damp ground. Please check with your child if they have their inside shoes at school. Many say they have taken them home and not returned them. Remember we can no longer have stocking feet. Thanks so much.