Dear Fellow Parents and Guardians,

Happy Tuesday everyone! My name is Sarah Heilig, I am the room parent for Ms. Holly’s class.

The MMA 2019 Fall Festival is approaching so quickly: this Friday, October 4, 4-7pm, at MMA.

As we were the most popular booth of the 2018 Fall Festival, our booth this year will again be temporary hair color spray.

Volunteers will help the child choose a color, collect the ticket(s), apply a towel or draped around the child, spray the child’s hair and remove said drape.

Please get in touch with MAPA directly to schedule your thirty-minute time slot so our class’s booth can stay open.

Right now the following times are open:  two spots 5:00-5:30, two spots 5:30-6:00, two spots 6:00-6:30, two spots 6:30-7:00. I will be there for booth set up and to run the booth for the first hour.

We are also looking for more donations of temporary SPRAY hair color cans. These are available at Walmart, Target, Amazon and most pharmacies. Blue was the most requested color last year. Donations can be dropped off at the front office or sent with your children through Friday.

Volunteering to dye hair and donating hair dye both count toward our 40 hours of recommended volunteering. This much-anticipated event cannot happen without our help.

Questions? Call or text me at (801)458-8730.

Please contact Taylor with MAPA and let her know how you will help with before Thursday at mapa@mariamontessoriacademy.org

Thank you!

Sarah Heilig

Maria Montessori Academy
Field Experience on October 11, 2019
at Discovery Gateway Clark Planetarium
110 400 W. Salt Lake City

The lead instructors are all lower elementary teachers.
We will participate in interactive displays and a workshop on planets. We will also attend
a movie at the IMAX theater about the life of lemurs.

What you will do and what you will learn:
● Discover, explore, and create with interactive, hands-on exhibits
● Science and space through interactive displays
● Workshop on planets
● Attend and IMAX movie on the life of lemurs

What you will need to wear or bring:
● School uniform
● Sack lunch and water bottle with easy to carry the backpack
● Money for gift shop if desired

Our Schedule:
● 8:10 am – Meet at UTA train station on Wall Ave (2350 Wall Ave) and board
Frontrunner. Train leaves at 8:37 am.
● Arrive at Clark Planetarium by 9:45 am. Explore the planetarium and its
interactive exhibits.
● 10:15 am – Holly, Karen, Leslee, and Mikaela’s classes will participate in Science
Around the Sphere.
● 11:00 am – All classes will attend a movie at the IMAX Theater on the life of
lemurs. Lunch will be eaten during the IMAX movie. Students and chaperones
will be allowed to eat a sack lunch while in the theater. They must clean up after
themselves and restore their environment before leaving the theater.
● 12:15 pm – Jalee, Shauna, Pat, and Krista’s classes will participate in Science
Around the Sphere.
● 1:00 pm – Meet at the front of Planetarium and leave Clark Planetarium by 1:10
to board frontrunner for the ride home. Will arrive back at the station on Wall Ave in
Ogden at 2:24 pm. Parents will need to pick children up there

Hello Parents/Guardians,

We have 5 home projects for this school year. Each grade level will have a different project. Below is the explanation for the home project due in the month of October. I will send home a paper explaining all of the home projects for the school year with your child today. You can also access this information on the top of this page under the tab titled home projects.

First graders will create a timeline of their life in book form. They will need a page for each year of their life and will label each page with that particular year. On each page, they will need to attach a photo that was taken during that year. Under each photo, they will need to write a sentence or more about that year in their life. They will need to design a cover for their book.

Second graders will be doing a project on fundamental human needs.  They may research those needs in one of two ways. The first is to research a certain need (communication, transportation, etc) and learn how mankind has met this need through time. For example, if a student is researching transportation, they can report on the advancement from walking to riding animals to creating machines like cars, trains, and planes. The other method of research is to pick a civilization and time period, for example, Ancient Egypt. The student would then research how this group of
people met four of the fundamental human needs.

Third graders will choose a dinosaur or other prehistoric animal to research and present. They need to explain what time period the animal lived, where on the Earth it lived, what it ate, and other interesting facts. They may present this as creatively as they wish.

Our first field trip of the year will be Friday, October 11. We will be taking the Frontrunner to the Planetarium. We would love all parents who can to attend to please join us. We have the opportunity to see an IMAX movie and attend a Science Around the Sphere presentation. If you are joining us and would like to see the movie and presentation, you will need to let me know by October 1st. We need to let the Planetarium know how many adults are joining us for the movie. It will cost $6. The school will be covering the cost of the students. Anyone who does not let me know by this date will not be allowed to see the movie and presentation with us. I will be sending out a permission slip for this at a later date when we get a headcount for how many parents would like to join us as well as see the movie.

Thank you!!

Please let me know by email at hgladwell@mariamontessoriacademy.org

The students now have a working microwave in the classroom. Thank you for your patience.

Hello!

I am in need of some lamination cut for the classroom. If you would like to get parent hours to help cut lamination, please email me at hgladwell@mariamontessoriacademy.org

Thank you,

Ms. Holly

We are building a beautiful community in our classroom. We are learning about the birth of the universe and the coming of life on Earth. The students created their own molecules after they learned about the tiny particles of atoms. They learned about the cosmic nesting boxes to learn about the vastness of the universe and where they are on the map. We will be learning about the story of writing and mathematics. Our work cycle consisted of learning about procedures: rolling a rug, how we use the materials on the shelf, using grace and courtesy. Next week we will begin our full work cycle using work charts. They will use their work chart to navigate what works to choose from the math and language shelves. I will be giving lessons to help guide them on how to use the materials.

We start P.E. and music next week on Tuesday. Please make sure your child has shoes that will be a good fit for P.E. so they can participate safely. This will be every Tuesday for the school year.  In January on Friday, we will start art for the last half of the school year.

Thank you for all your support and contributions to our classroom. We are having a wonderful school year. We love your darling children. We are so blessed!

Ms. Holly & Ms. Sara

Hello Families,

We need a work order for the GFI socket. Therefore, our microwave does not work. Please keep this in mind as you pack your child’s lunch for tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kindly,

Ms. Holly