Mar
Week 28 Recap
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Past Week:
This past week we had the Utah Opera come by to do an assembly on the different kinds of voices one would hear at an opera. The kids loved it. We hope to have them back next year.
Level 2s and 3s focused on Geometry this past week while Level 1s went over a review with pennies, nickels, and dimes and I introduced the quarter to them. Level 2s focused on partitioning shapes and Level 3s struggled with how to connect the dot draw area or perimeter in the way the questions asked. We will be reviewing this skill until they feel comfortable with it.
Our first graders are working at their level to add up change. This is a great home practice activity or while you find you are out and about. They are doing really well with staying on track with telling time. Please have your child continue to practice time at home and begin to count change. The first graders have all had lessons in every area of addition and subtraction. We will be constantly reviewing and giving extra help and attention to any that may need it, however they have all their stamp games open to them! They have the option to practice their addition one day and subtraction the next. Some still want to go in order and that’s fine as they will still get that mixed operation practice in their small math groups.
We have been working on our March prompt little by little. This coming week we hope to finish up our drafts and then begin rewriting the final draft the last week of March.
This past week in cultural we did History:
Level 1s: Telling time to the quarter after/of hour
Level 2s: Mars and Jupiter
Level 3s: Cretaceous Period and Dinosaurs. Theories on how the dinosaurs became extinct
Wednesday we had the COW. 3rd graders looked over a practice SAGE ELA test to see the layout and kinds of questions they will ask and how they need to answer them. Ms. Rachel came in towards the end of the day and did her monthly Botany lesson.
Thank you to Katie, our awesome room mom, for putting together the golf basket for the Gala this past Saturday. Thank you to anyone who donated to it and for anyone who came.
March Project– I talked to the kids about the March home project (Life in Utah vs. another country). I will have a hand out for them tomorrow. I told them I’d like them to discuss with you their country of choice and to let me know by Wednesday so I can write it down. It will be a compare and contrast assignment for the written research part. The visual presentation will up to them how they want to show their research. I think a poster split into 3rds might be best. Then they can write and put pictures into each 3rd what is similar between life in Utah and that country of choice and what is different in each. This project will be due Friday March 30th.
Upcoming Week:
I am leaving for the AMS Montessori conference on Thursday. I will be back on March 27th. Ms. Misha will cover for me the Friday that I am out. They will focus on Spring activities and learn about Holi and Spring and then pick a craft from the choices given. The afternoon will remain the same with classroom meeting and then earned Friday time may begin.
I will not hold Language groups this week, but will still get in everyone’s leveled math lesson.
Those who need their planners planned for them are already ready to go for this week and next week.
There will not be another blog post until Sunday night or Monday. Have a great week!
Spring Concert in April: There will be a spring concert on April 20th at Weber High School in their Auditorium. Lower Elementary’s performance will begin at 6:00pm. Please arrive no later than 5:30pm. Students should wear black bottoms pants, a solid color top with no logo or designs, and black shoes and socks. Ms. Clarissa is looking for 2 volunteers from each class to help organize students backstage before the concert. Sign up for volunteering can be submitted at https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/406808
Any questions can be directed to Ms. Clarissa Lunt at clunt@mariamontessoriacademy.org
Cheers!
Ms. Kaley