Mar
Week 29
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My trip to San Diego was great! I didn’t have the greatest WiFi access during my trip, so sorry I didn’t post last weekend.
Past Week:
Ms. Anna said they did a nice job while I was out Monday. Everything kept to the schedule for our week. Ms. Rachel came in Wednesday afternoon after lunch to do Botany.
Ms. Anna caught up with our 3rd grade students regarding the 3rd grade science project due on April 14th.
Beatriz- Moon
Erik- Simple Machines
Lydia- Living and Non-living things in an environment
Ashley- Sun, Earth, and Moon’s relationship
Tae’Lynn- Gravity (teaming up with Aatiana)
Ari- Simple Machines
Lucy- Simple Machines
Calvin- Matter
Since we are back to Studio this coming Friday (March 24th), we will be going over project expectations and will use this coming Friday March 24th and March 31st as in class working days. Please have your 3rd grader bring any of their work or materials to work on in class. I can help support them and they can work with other students in their class who are working on the same or similar topic.
This week in group lessons:
Level 1s: Limericks, naming coins and adding pennies, nickels, and dimes
Level 2s: Limericks, Measuring with length
Level 3s: Limericks, area and perimeter practice
Friday: St. Patrick’s Day writing and activities
In cultural this week: History
Level 1s: Time to the quarter hour. Parents! This is where a lot of first graders usually get stuck. Please help support your first grader in knowing time to the full hour, to the half hour, and to the 15/45 minute mark on an analog clock. They have been practicing during work cycle with our time boxes, but it’s good to get them to do it in real life while you each do your own family routines and events.
Level 2s: Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn information
Level 3s: The Cretaceous Period and dinos from that period.
Upcoming Week:
This coming Saturday is the school’s annual Gala at The Timbermine. Our gala basket looks great! Tickets still be bought at the door if you still want to go.
March book report: We will be going over fractured fairy tales this week and next. Fractured fairy tales are the March project. I am going to have this project be an in school project. We will be reading one of the stories and then each student will either team up or work individually on an activity to present their understanding.
Box Tops: I believe Box Top store is this week!
3rd Grade Testing Dates and Breakfasts:
I received the final schedule for our 3rd graders SAGE testing dates. As Montessori parents, please help your child understand that testing is not a judge of who they are. Help them understand it is a practical life skill. We like to keep testing calm and more of a right of passage. On testing days we do a breakfast. These breakfasts also ensure every 3rd grader gets a full tummy. As we approach the end of April I will send out a sign up for those who would like to come in and help and provide food items.
SAGE Writing: April 20th 9am-12pm. Breakfast at 8:15 for 3rd graders only
SAGE Math: May 3rd 9am-12pm. Breakfast at 8:15 for 3rd graders only
SAGE Language Arts: May 10th 9am-12pm. Breakfast at 8:15 for 3rd graders only
Snack: we will need snack for this coming week and next 🙂
Have a great rest of your weekend and week!
Cheers!
Ms. K