Have a wonderful spring break. We will see you back in class on Monday, April 9th.
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Level 3 Sage Testing
Please mark your calendars! Our third grade Sage testing will start our first day back from spring break. Please make certain your child gets a good night sleep and breakfast. Please make certain they arrive on time for school.
Our Sage Schedule:
Monday, April 9th: Sage Language Arts/ Reading
Monday, April 16th: Sage Writing
Monday, April 30th: Sage Math
If you have questions or concerns, please let me know.
Pictures Please
Hi, if you have any pictures from our field trips this year, please send them to me asap. We would love to include them in our yearbook.
Ms. Kay’s Last Day
I wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow will be Ms. Kay’s last day. She has found a position that is a better fit for her needs. I will be formally telling the students tomorrow morning. Ms. Kay has been instrumental in helping support our reading within the classroom and we will miss her and her support. We are currently in the process of finding a new member to support our classroom community. During this time, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Earth Day Field Trip
The following information was sent home with your child today:
Maria Montessori Academy
Field Experience on Friday, April 20th
at Ogden Botanical Garden
1750 Monroe Blvd Ogden, Utah
The lead instructor is Ms. Brittany, bherrera@mariamontessoriacademy.org
In celebration of Earth Day, Ms. Brittany’s class will be meeting at the Ogden Botanical Gardens. Students will explore lessons relating to their current botany curriculum and the importance of caring for our Earth. We will be participating in a service project which will involve cleaning up the Ogden River Parkway trail.
| What you will do and what you will learn |
- Students will participate in botany lessons using the wide variety of plants available.
- Students will explore ways we can take care of our Earth.
- Students will participate in a nature walk.
- We provide a service to our community by cleaning trash along the parkway.
- Students will have an outdoor picnic.
| What you will need to wear or bring |
- Students will need to wear clothing appropriate for the weather and working outdoors.
- Walking shoes
- Sack lunch
- Water bottle
- Sun protection (sunscreen, hats, etc.)
| Our Schedule |
- Arrive at Ogden Botanical Garden at 9:00 a.m.
- Earth Day lessons 9:10-9:40 a.m.
- Botany work 9:45 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
- Nature walk and trail cleaning 10:45 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
- Picnic lunch and recess at Big D park 11:30-12:10 p.m.
- Walk back to Ogden Botanical Garden for 12:30 p.m. pick-up
| Who to contact about carpools |
- Please see classroom blog for possible carpools
Yearbook Pictures
We are currently seeking class snapshots for the yearbook. If you have taken any pictures from our field trips or class events, please send them to me via email. I appreciate your help.
Spring Music Concert
Ms. Clarissa will need 2 volunteers to play piano for the concert or one person willing to help with all practices and both concert times. She will also need 2 parents volunteers per class for one practice and at the concert.
The Lower El concert pianist would come in to practice with us on April 9-10 and 16-17 from 10:00am to 2:15pm with an hour lunch break from 11:45am-12:45pm. We will also need the Lower El concert pianist to practice for an hour on April 20th in the morning (time TBD) and for the concert on April 20th 5:30-6:30pm.
The Upper El Concert pianist would come in to practice with us on April 11-12 and 18-19 from 10:00am to 2:15pm with an hour lunch break from 11:45am-12:45pm. We will also need the Upper El concert pianist to practice for an hour on April 20th in the morning (time TBD) and for the concert on April 20th from 6:30-7:30pm.
Ms. Clarissa will need 2 parent volunteers per class to come and help organize kids backstage. They will be needed for an hour in the morning on April 20th so we can practice what will happen backstage. Parent volunteers will then be needed at the concert at Weber HS from 5:15-6:00pm on April 20th for Lower El and 6:15-7:30pm for Upper El.
Thank You
I want to thank everyone for your help with our field trip today. I appreciate all your support with rides and chaperones. We ended up having beautiful weather and lots of mud. We made recycled paper that will be sent home once it dries. We did lots of fun activities relating to our botany studies.
Our next field trip will be Friday, April 20th. We will be celebrating Earth Day at the Ogden Botanical Gardens. I would like to invite you to come participate with your child. We will be doing some Earth Day activities, botany studies, and cleaning the parkway. We will finish our time at the playground for some fun and lunch. The 20th is an early out day, so we will meet at the parkway and leave from the parkway. We will not be in the classroom this day. I will send home reminder letters, with all the details, later this week.
Field Trip
Please remember to sign up your child to our field trip Monday. Even if you are providing their ride, I need to know. If it is your first time using trackitforward, it will ask you to create an account. You will need this same account for any sign up through out the school. We will use them for parent teacher conference in May.
Also, if you are planning on attending the field trip on Monday, please remember they charge $3.00 and no additional siblings may attend. This is Ogden Nature Centers policy.
You can find the sign up sheet for rides here.
Rides for Ogden Nature Center Field Trip
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to drive for our upcoming field trip. I have created a trackitfoward that can be found here. I am also asking that you sign up if you are providing your own ride. If you have not already signed up for track it forward, it will ask you to create an account. We will be using trackitforward for all our sign ups here at the school, so it will be necessary. This helps in preventing last minute worries for the students. Thank you again.