Hello!
I just added the sign up sheets for you to come to observe your child and our classroom. To make accommodations I gave 3 time slots per day that is available. The link is to the right of the blog!
The times are:
9:30-10
10-10:30
10:30-11
Some days are not available such as Fridays, President’s Day and the day of our field trip!
Thank you!
Please sign up for the mid year Parent Teacher Conference!
I will see you next week!
Click the link off to the right of the blog!
Thank you!
Hello!
Busy weekend, our school went to The Utah Montessori Conference all day Saturday. Once again it was a great learning experience and gave us the opportunity to connect with other schools.
January’s Home Project is due this Monday. We will take the afternoons this week to share them! I’m looking forward to seeing the children share their famous person!
February is come to school with your child! It is also PTC time! I will be sending out 2 wejoinin.com links for both of these sign ups this week. For come to school with your child, you will have to sign in with the office so they know you and I have made an arrangement for you to be in the classroom. Now, this experience is for observation. If you decide to come, you are there to watch. The school has asked that you do not interact with your child or another child. I will have a chat with the students about parents coming in the class. They are used to observations from administration in the school, so we will go over that they are not to bother you as well. You may ask questions after your time is up. I will allow 1 parent at a time since we have the whole month for you to come. Observation time will commence at 9:30am. Please keep an eye out for both sign ups this week.
This week in group lessons:
Level 2s: drawing angles and measuring
Level 3s: math review, characteristics of a parallelogram, fractions on a number line
In cultural:
Zoology/Physiology:
Level 1s: Reptiles
Level 2s: Teeth
Level 3s: Octopus
Geography:
Level 1s: Map orientation
Level 2s: Volcano facts book
Level 3s: Rain gauge
Botany:
Level 1s: Parts of a plant overview
Level 2s: Leaf rubbings
Level 3s: Medicinal plants
Have a good rest of your weekend and week!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Tickets went on sale for the MMA ski trip today (Friday). Please see our website or our newsletters for more information.
Please don’t forget that children should be working on their home projects for January and planning for February’s. See the Home Project tab for more details. January’s project is due Jan. 27th.
Scales and Tales came this week (Thursday)! The kids really enjoyed learning about some insects and reptiles. Because of the time of the assembly, there was no Level 2 Botany this week. However, their activity was a leaf activity and that is planned on the schedule for a few weeks. So, they haven’t missed out.
I told the kids this week that I am having a baby 🙂 Th baby is due early to mid August, so I will not be present the first few weeks of school for the 2014-2015 school year. Ms. Anna will be there and there will also be a long term sub, yet to be determined. My midwife said if the baby cooperates we will be able to find out if it is a boy or girl next month. Currently, I am 11 weeks.
This week in group lessons:
Level 1s: Horizontal lines, all coin layout (also an open lesson)
Level 2s: Measuring angles with a protractor
Level 3s: Prewriting, writing a paragraph on a computer, characteristics of a common quadrilateral, math fact review
In cultural this week:
History:
Level 1s: Time game to the hour
Level 2s: Mercury
Level 3s: Mesozoic Era
Zoology:
Level 1s: Reptiles intro
Level 2s: Mammal study
Level 3s: Clams
Geography:
Level 1s: Classroom orientation
Level 2s: Volcanoes around the world
Level 3s: Precipitation
Botany:
Level 1s: Care of plants c and d
Level 3s: Edible and poisonous plants
Friday: Studio, Martin Luther King Jr. introduction and activity, Library, classroom desk cleaning
Cheers!
Ms. K
Reminder from Ms. Julia, our PE teacher, please send your child to school on Wednesdays with sneakers. If you don’t want to have to remember every week, send your child with them and have them keep their shoes in their locker. Ms. Julia is VERY adamant about children having the proper shoes.
I booked us a May field trip. We will be going to the American Heritage Center, just north of our school. Since we are studying our new continent of North America, this will be a fun field trip for the end of the year when our class has gained knowledge in our study.
Ms. Anna and I are trying to book a field trip on Valentine’s Day, so if thus gets booked I will let you know.
Please have your child be working on their projects! January’s is due the 27th!
3rd graders and I have started meeting regarding testing. 3rd graders will meet with me Mon-Thurs. to learn subject matter on the test. 2 days will be devoted to language and 2 days for math. The SAGE program is NEW this year. There is a writing section that will require 2 essays, one that is an opinion and the other is informative. There is also a reading and response language test and lastly, a math test. Next week I will have 3rd graders signed up for the practice tests. 3rd graders will be practicing during school, but please have them practice at home too! The more exposure and practice, the better they will feel and most likely do!
This week in group lessons:
Level 1s: Kinds of lines in geometry
Level 2s: Protractor introduction
Level 3s: SAGE overview, how to write a paragraph and prewriting, quadrilaterals, perimeter and area
In cultural this week:
History:
Level 1s: Telling time to the hour
Level 2s: Order of the planets
Level 3s: Permian period
Zoology/Physiology:
Level 1s: Amphibians
Level 2s: Parts of the tongue
Level 3s: Snails
Geography:
Level 1s: Continents and oceans
Level 2s: Volcano model
Level 3s:how clouds form
Botany:
Level 1s: How to water plants
Level 2s: Parapinnate and imparapinnate
Level 3s: Watercolor of calyx and corolla
Friday: Studio, Physical science with air, movie from the book we finished.
Have a great weekend!
Cheers!
Ms. K
I have posted the details to your child’s projects on the Home Project tab.
Please remember that these projects do NOT have a lot of time in-between due dates. These next couple of projects are the biggest and most comprehensive (March’s will be our own science fair). Please work hard and thoughtfully on them as the school will see these projects!
You are invited to The International Festival for Lower El and if you have a child in Upper El. Dates are posted under the Home Project tab. Mark our calendars!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Welcome to a New Year!
We had 16 lovelies come join Ms. Anna and I Friday January 3rd. We spent the day:
1. Talking about our holiday break
2. Clean/switch lockers and desks
3. Play 4 classroom games as a group
4. Talk about our home projects for January and February and the rest of the year
5. Have free time the last little bit of school