Aug
Week 1 Recap
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We had a wonderful and very busy first week of school! Monday we spent the day learning about the classroom and then learning about the eclipse! It was such a wonderful moment to experience that with them. I too hope you enjoyed seeing the eclipse, if you got to see it! The rest of the week was filled with Great Lessons, getting to know our classroom and each other, and group games/learning.
What is a Great Lesson?– At the beginning of the year, each year, in a Montessori school, we as the teachers teach 5 Great Lesson stories: The Birth of the Universe, The Coming of Life, The Coming of Humans, History of Writing, and History of Mathematics. We were able to achieve learning about the first three lessons this past week. This coming week we will review these lessons and get into the History of Writing and Math. These lessons are the big pictures to the lessons they will receive and expand upon throughout their educational experience.
Snack- For those who are new to providing snack, please sign up to the right of the blog in the green area. There is a link to follow. Please sign your name up to two times to provide snack. Some parents like to provide snack for the whole week and some bring in the snack allotment for each day. Whatever works for you is fine by us. We have a fridge where we can keep things cool and fresh and we have a snack cabinet to store dry goods. Any left over snack is helpful for those who might not have a lunch or if one week we find ourselves without snack.
Healthy snacks are the only options our school’s snack policy asks for. Our class doesn’t have any food allergies, but within MMA there are students who are severely allergic to peanut butter. It would be advised that no peanut butter be brought for snack.
Please remember that beginning tomorrow dismissal is at 3pm. Early Childhood students also begin.
Zippered Pencil Cases- If your student doesn’t have a zippered pencil case, please try to provide your child with one. Something must have happened on my school supply list, but I have quite a few students who need one. It really is the only supply I don’t have extra of to provide students who don’t have one. I was able to take care of everyone’s organization and writing supplies. We are ready to rock and roll!
Reading Volunteers- I am going to begin reading volunteers next week! I have 3 moms: Lori, Jessica, and Heather, who would love to come in and run reading groups and individual reading help. Please let me know if you would like to help out too. Ladies, if coming in on Wednesdays can’t work for you, please let me know which day of the week would be best for you. Thanks!
If any other reminders pop up, I’ll let you all know! Thanks for a great first week and enjoy the rest of your weekend and upcoming week!
-Ms. Kaley