Ms. Christie's Classroom

The fourth graders got the opportunity to have a presenation by Dan Guthrie, the Weather Man from KSL Channel 5 today. They learned about the water cycle and different weather patterns and phenomenon. If you would like to see a group picture of your child on the new,s tune in at 6:30 pm on Channel 5.

International Festival

Reminder that your students should have their international festival project done by Wednesday. We will practice presenting in class on Wednesday and then on Friday we will present to the school.  Families are welcome to come on Friday from 1-3 to view all the presentations. It is a really cool and informative activity.

Community Gratitude Feast

Every year our school hosts a community gratitude feast. We invite police officers, firefighters, city council members, and lots of other people to a dinner to say thank you for everything they do for the community. It is Thursday the 21st. Please sign up if you are able to help with food or your time for this event.

Sign-up link for Community Feast 

Our class has earned the first 3 incentives for pledges that we decided on. We had extra ocean time and extra recess already. Tomorrow they have earned the privilege of wearing hoodies. In addition, they can wear athletic type shorts to school on Wednesday so they can participate in the Fun Run in more comfortable clothing. We will be giving them their free Fun Run T-shirt Wednesday morning, as well, so they can wear it during the race. You can send them in a generic T-shirt that day and they can put the Fun Run shirt on over it and wear it all day. Thanks again for all your support and help raising money for our Gym.

I had a few kids ask me so I’d thought I’d clarify. Signing up for the funrun.com website does NOT require you to donate any money. It allows you access to see the goals and incentives we have for the school. It also allows you access to all the videos and lessons they are giving each day in our classes. We are learning about gratitude, honesty, respect, and many other concept each day. So if you are willing to sign up the kids would love the chance to slime Ms. Rene 🙂  Below is the weekend incentive email and thanks so much for all your support.

Maria Montessori Academy Fun Run Families,

Thank you again for supporting our school through the Maria Montessori Academy Fun Run!

This weekend we are issuing a special challenge! Your child can earn a bonus prize simply by getting a qualifying pledge this weekend only. Check out funrun.com for details!

And if you’re looking for the easiest way to ask for a pledge, just upload a photo of your student to funrun.com to create a personalized Student Star Video. This fun, hilarious video starring your child can be shared by email or social media to connect with sponsors and ask for a pledge.

Thank you again for helping our class!

P.S. – If you haven’t registered your child on funrun.com, search for your school or use our school registration code: 935184

Fourth Graders

Here is an awesome link to some free outdoor activities and passes for 4th graders. Check it out now!

Link

Boosterthon

The actual Boosterthon Fun Run race is 11/13/19. The Boosterthon fundraising is going on right now. We are fundraising for Gym equipment so we can compete in sports leagues with other schools. We also have several class incentives that our class came up with together that they can earn, such as wear hoodies for a day, extra recess, free time, a read-a-thon, and cooking a breakfast. Have your child sign up even if you can’t pledge any money and the first class that has everyone sign up on the website first gets to slime Ms. René. It only takes a few minutes to sign up. Also, even donating a flat 5 or 10 dollars goes a long way. Thanks for all your help with this in whatever way you are able. Parents are also invited to come and cheer on their child that day. 

Classic Skate Night

*Skate Night is this Friday 11/8/19 at Classic Fun Center from 5-9 PM The school gets money for everyone that comes and this is a free activity for your entire family.

Gratitude Feast

Every year our school hosts a community gratitude feast. We invite police officers, firefighters, city council members, and lots of other people to a dinner to say thank you for everything they do for the community. It is Thursday 11/21/19. Please sign up if you are able to help with food or your time for this event. 

 Sign up link

International Festival

The festival is Friday 11/22/19 from 1-3 PM. Families are invited to attend and view the projects. Please have your student be working on their Tri-fold poster board display and presentation using the rubric I sent home with them. There is also a copy on my blog. 

International Festival

 Country Rubric

Due November 20th and presented to the class

Presented to the school at the International Festival November 22nd

This is a home project.  Use books, magazines and the internet to help research your country.  The Weber County Library system has many librarians and resources available to help you do your research. You need to have a tri-fold poster display board. Please put all the information you found during your research on this board.  Here are the different topics to cover in your report. 

Heading of Project (3)

1. Name of your country (nice and big in the center – make it attention getting)
2. Your name clearly and neatly
3. Flag representing your country

Tourism

1. Language (10)
   1. List 10 English words/phrases of your choice and their translation in the primary language of your country. 
2. Currency/Exhchange (2)
   1. What is the money called?  How much money equals $1.00 of ours?
3. Points of Interest/Cities/Entertainment
   1. List 3 major points of interest or cultural significance that would interest tourists- why?  (6)

People

1. Population (1)
   1. How many people live in your country?  
2. Dress/Clothing (4)
   1. What are traditional or cultural clothing styles of the people?  Include a drawing or photo of the clothing or people wearing the clothing.
3. Customs  (2)
   1. What traditions or holidays do people celebrate?  
4. Food  (3)
   1. Are there certain foods that are common or considered a delicacy?  Share a recipe or a picture of the food.

Geography

1. On which continent is your country located?  Include a map of your country within the continent it occupies. (10)
   1. Include the hemisphere and what countries boarder yours.
2. Climate (3)
   1. Describe the climate of your country.
3. Biome   (10)
   1. What is the major biome in your country?  
      1. What kind of animals live in this biome?  How do they work together to help each other? Are any of them endangered?
      2. What kind of plants live in this biome?  Are any of them economically important (used for exports for animals or humans)?  
4. Landforms (6)
   1. What are the names of mountain ranges, lakes and rivers?  
   2. What is the highest point on the continent?
   3. Which oceans or seas border the continent?

Free Choice (10)

You must choose two topics from this section to research and include information about in your report.

1. Famous Person – Someone that is well known that lived/lives in your country.  Are they famous? What are they known for?  
2. Current event – Find an article of a current event that is taking place in your country.  Attach the article to your board with a summary about your article. Think who? What? When? Where? Why? And How?
3. Historical Event – An important event that helped shape your country’s history
4. School – What is a school day like?  Does everyone go to school, or only boys?  Is school free? Is there a lot of homework?
5. Government – What form of government does your country have?  What is the major industry? 
6. Religions – What are the major religions?  Are people forced to practice a particular religion?  Is the government influenced by the religion?
7. Food – A food item from your country to share with people that come to your booth and that history of the food in your country.

Bibliography (10)

In order to give credit where credit is due, you need to include a bibliography for all of your sources. 

70 points total

Check List – Once you have completed all requirements in each section, check off the section

___ Heading

___ Tourism

___ People

___ Geography

___ Free Choice 1

___ Free Choice 2

___ Bibliography

Maria Montessori Academy Fun Run Families,

Our class is having a BLAST preparing for the Maria Montessori Academy Fun Run coming up soon! We’ve also begun learning how to choose to live with character every day through Booster’s brand new character theme, MindSpark: Wild West. While they’re teaming up with the MindSpark Kids to compete in character duels, your students will learn five 21st-century character traits that will help strengthen themselves and our world. Make sure to ask your students what they’ve learned each day, and together you can watch the story unfold on funrun.com!

Remember, we need your help connecting to sponsors who can make a pledge to help our school! Please make sure all pledges for the Maria Montessori Academy Fun Run are entered on funrun.com. The more pledges we get, the more incentives our class earns on our Pledge-O-Meter.

Thank you for your generosity and support of our school. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a great day!

P.S. Make sure to register your child on funrun.com. Search for your school or use our school registration code:
935184

International Festival

Here are the country sign-ups if they want to get started doing research. They picked a country from the list our class was assigned. I still need to finish typing up the rubric. I’ll have that out in a few days.

Stevie- Bahamas

Matt- South Korea

Sophia- Turkey

Londyn- Spain

Kailyn- Rwanda

Calvin- Fiji

Carson- Nigeria

Toren- French Polynesia

Lily- Thailand

Aysa- Tokelau (New Zealand)

Mahki- Taiwan

Ethan- Afghanistan

Andrew- Barbados

Mari- Cyprus

Sianne- Belgium

Harper- Vanuatu

Evan- Niger

Emmi- Bolivia

AJ- Samoa

Ryley- Seychelles

Kael- Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sailor- Czech Republic

Peyton- Columbia