Archive for January, 2016

Week 21

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Hello!

We had a pretty uninterrupted week.  This coming week we will have a few extra things going on.  February is going to be busy.

I posted the Winter Parent Teacher Conference sign up sheet on Friday afternoon.  Please look at the post below this one and sign up!  I look forward to meeting with all you again!

Past Week:

Group Lessons:

Level 1s: Writing sentences and language practice, fractions

Level 2s: Protractor intro and protractor measuring

Level 3s: Fractions, area and perimeter

In Cultural lessons: Botany

Level 1s: Roots, roots parts, and foods that are roots

Level 2s: Leaf mosaic activities

Level 3s: Filament and Androecium of a flower (reviewing parts of a flower that holds the pollen)

 

Upcoming Week:

Monday we have the cart of computers.  I will be working with Level 3s on typing/formatting paragraph responses through the MyOn program.  Level 2s will also be working on a MyOn assignment Monday morning.  We have the computers until 10:00am and then students will switch to works off their works charts as I do cultural lessons.

Wednesday morning we have our monthly health lesson.

We started a new artist, Henri Matisse.  We talked about him this past Friday and are preparing to do a 3D paper vase project to display for the mini art show that will be going on during PTC.  While you are visiting the Book Fair, please take a moment to look at the art going on in Upper and Lower studio classes.  Ms. Trudy (Mr. John’s assistant) is putting on this mini art show.

The Junior High is selling carnations as part of a fundraiser for their 9th grade field trip.  Here is what I know:

February 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th, and 5th both before and after school they will be on sale near the front office. Carnations will be delivered to the recipient’s classroom on February  8th, after 11:30 am. 

Single carnation flower – 3$
Vase – 2$
Card – .50 cents
Valentine’s Party is scheduled for the morning of February 10th (an early out day).  Our room mother will not be able to help out with this party and I am in need of some of you wonderful parents to help me out.  If anyone wants to take over the planning or can help me find activities and help out that morning, please please email me and let me know what you would like to do.
Mr. Will is scheduled to come in and do February’s art project on February 11th in the morning (an early out day)
Scales and Tales is coming with their reptile show on February 24th in the afternoon.  That is considered an in-house field trip.  They will coming back the following month with their bird show.
FIELD TRIP! We are going to the Planetarium via the Frontrunner and Tracks on February 25th (Thursday).  We will be seeing one of their movies and Jalee and I are waiting to hear how to have those parents who are coming and want to see the film pay for it.  The Planetarium wants those ticket payments ahead of time, so we are working that out.  The Frontrunner and Tracks will be a free ride for students.  I may end up with some extra bands, so those parents who are coming with us as chaperones, I will let you know what I end up with.  If you want to be a chaperone for this field trip, email me and let me know!  We are also looking to go to the children’s museum that is across from the Planetarium as an up coming field trip too this year.
I will be talking about our next home project in February, our Science Fair.  Dates and details on when our class does this project (very much like how the International Festival was presented) coming later this month.
Have a great rest of your weekend, or Monday (when this automatically posts!)
Cheers!
Ms. K

Winter Conferences!

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Winter conferences are now open and ready for sign up!  Please choose 1-2 slots, should you know that your conference will run long.  I have 39 slots available and 30 students total.  If they could be, as much as possible, back to back, I would greatly appreciate it.  I am a stickler for time, so please on time and I will keep us on time as best I can 🙂

 

Winter Conference Link!  Please, WRITE DOWN YOU TIME!

 

 

Valentine’s Day Party Correction

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Forgot we had no school on the 12th of February.  Let’s move it to the morning on February 10th.  It is a half day that day and then they can just work on their activities.  Sorry about that!

Week 20

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Hello Everyone!  I realized that last week was supposed to be Week 19, not Week 20.  This past week was Week 20.  I made the correction on last week’s title as to not post 2 Week 20s.

Our Open House on Tuesday night went really well!  Thank you for passing the word along!

Our Sees Candy fundraiser has 1 more week.  Get those candy orders into me by Friday.  They are picking them up by mid morning on the 29th.

Another round of illness seems to be going around the school again.  It got to me, so I was out on Thursday.  Mr. Will, luckily, was scheduled to come in anyways that morning to do his monthly art lesson with our class.

Studio started back up for its last 8 classes.  Studio classes on Friday will go until the end of March.

Valentines Day Party: I would love to schedule our class party for the afternoon of February 12th.  I will be getting in touch with our room mom to see what we can plan.  Elena Hess has ordered our class little boxes the class can color and put things in.  If you come across a cute craft or have an idea, let Jaida or I know.

Past Week:

Group Lessons:

Level 1s: Correcting sentences, Capitals, Punctuation

Level 3s: Multiplication SAGE practice test (only some were able to start this past week)

 

In cultural: Geography

Level 1s: Continuation of the compass rose with directions

Level 2s: Parts of a volcano and how volcanoes work

Level 3s: Intro to the water cycle

 

Upcoming Week:

Still could aways use reading and spelling helpers.  Email me and let me know what days and times you would like to help!  Thursdays we do our spelling tests starting at 9am.

Since I was out this past Thursday, students will take their spelling tests on Monday and then, as usual, get their new or repeated list by the afternoon when they come back from PE and Music.

Please remember sneakers for tomorrow (Monday for PE in the gym) and also winter gear to play outside in at recess!

Please look at our snack list!  I know as we move forward with this last half of the year that there are still openings.  Tae’Lynn’s turn for snack is this coming week and next week and then it will be Nicholas.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Week 19

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Happy 2016!  I had a funeral last weekend, so sorry to not post.

Hope you are having a nice long weekend! The kids came back to school ready to go.  This past week it seems they are falling into that antsy in your pantsy time of year.  Emilee and I are really maintaining the grace and courtesy of our classroom, with some students, and are still going over reminders and procedures to keep everyone still working as a team community.

Past Week:

We had our first round of computers this past Monday.  Our school is now offering a whole computer cart to go to a classroom for an hour and half.  We used that time to take the mid year math assessment, 3rd grade practice fraction SAGE test, and MyOn.  In February, I have signed us up to have it once a week.  I will take 2 grade levels at a time to work on: writing/SAGE skills with 3rd graders, typing/writing skills for 2nd graders, and reading skills with 1st graders.

In group lessons:

Level 1s: answering the 5 questions (who, what, where, when, why in a story)

Level 2s: answering the 5 questions (who, what, where, when, why in a story)

Level 3s: Topic sentences, answering the 5 questions (who, what, where, when, why in a story)

In cultural lessons: Zoology

Level 1s: Reptiles

Level 2s: Manatees and Dugongs

Level 3s: Mollusks and Clams

 

Upcoming Week:

Tomorrow, Tuesday 1/19 from 7-8: Do you know of someone who wants to know what Montessori is?  Maybe wants to send their child to MMA, but needs to know more?  Here is the chance!  From 7-7:20, have someone who would be interested, come and learn the basics of “What is Montessori?”  After the presentation, each Lower and Upper teacher will take a few parents to their rooms to give a quick tour of the classroom and then answer one on one questions.  Arrive a little earlier to watch a slide show and get a parking space!

I mentioned that our classroom does a Science Fair and a lot of the students are super excited.  I mentioned it will take place in March, but some students have some BIG ideas they want to explore.  If your child is talking about or seems to be more into science, have them start exploring 🙂  We will start going over that project in February.

I’d like to do a classroom Valentine’s Day party.  If you have any ideas or want to help, let our room mother, Jaida, know.  Right now, we haven’t planned anything, but will be in talks about it soon!

Winter Gear:  Some students are not coming to school with much cold weather gear.  Students go outside for recess.  Please make sure your student has boots, gloves, and a coat that keeps them warm.  Mondays are still PE days.  Please make sure your child has sneakers too to run around the gym in on Mondays.  Boots can be uncomfortable (so the kids tell me).

 

That should be about it.  If anything else comes up, I’ll give another post!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Cheers!

Ms. K