I have printed out the biography page that each student should complete for their peacemaker project. Parents are allowed to help their students with the writing. This page is the writing “must” for this project. The presentation part is the fun part to help explain who their peacemaker is/was!
Hi Everyone!
This past week I introduced fractions lessons. Level 1s are working on labeling the fraction families (whole, halves, thirds…up to tenths family). Level 2s reviewed naming fractions and did super! I will be giving them their own practice for this coming week to demonstrate their mastery and work with anyone who needs more time with naming the fractions. Level 3s went over the nomenclature of numerator and denominator and they are in a good place too! I will begin Geometry with Level 2s and 3s this week and begin learning money with Level 1s this coming week (penny and nickel).
This week in cultural we finished the first cultural rotation with Botany. We are back to History this coming week.
Level 1s: Parts of a plant, care & needs of plants, what plants give us
Level 2s: Parts of a leaf and leaf venation
Level 3s: Parts of a flower
Language groups were also introduced this week. I have three groups that are mixed abilities, but each group moves at a different pace. My three groups are: The Antelopes, The Badgers, and The Crocodiles (Crocs). Each language group will be exposed to each part of speech appropriate to their grade level and will also learn what their roles are. We will also go over writing skills, word study lessons, and comprehension.
Thursday was International Day of Peace. Our classroom and Ms. Stef’s teamed up to color a peace flower. Our class also went over the importance of peace and examples of peace.
October’s Peacemaker Report: On Thursday I went over the October home project. For clarity, your student will get to choose a peacemaker from history. They can be living or have passed. I noticed that the project is set to be due Oct. 20th, but that is during Fall Break. I am moving the due date to October 27th! Students will fill out the information page, but then are required to present their project. Some ideas on how they present are: can write a report to read to the class, make a poster of the peacemaker, dress up as the person and tell about them, make a puppet to tell about their peacemaker- the choice is your student’s. I’m going to attach the information needed for the peacemaker report in the Projects tab. Print off the template and have your child find the needed information on their peacemaker. More points for your child’s progress report will be given based on how well they know their person and having a complete project.
Friday we learned about the Morpho butterfly and did a Morpho butterfly craft. The students then colored two more South American flags (Brazil and Chile) for their country collection. We went over what earned Friday time is and those students who completed enough of their work cycle works got to take out some of the game, color, or make a paper craft. Those who missed a few works had those works highlighted in their planners in orange and were asked to complete those works before beginning their Friday time.
Tuesday I have in school all day training for DIBELS (a reading assessment tool). All the lower elementary teachers are asked to attend. Ms. Misha and our other assistant will help oversee the day. The students will still have morning recess, cultural lessons, and then go to specials. Ms. Misha and the other assistant will also roam for student work check off in the afternoon.
Tuesday from 5-8 is Skate Night in Layton. A small flyer went home this past week.
Friday is the beginning of studio! The mornings are dedicated to the three rotations that students attend. In the afternoon, we will continue talking about the rainforest and how common foods we eat come from the rainforest. We will also do a grace and courtesy check in and go over what are socially accepted norms (saying please, thank you, holding doors etc.)
Have a great upcoming week,
Ms. Kaley
Hello Everyone!
May is off to a very busy start! This past week we had our students do EasyCBM end of the year Math testing. This information will be shared with you at our last conferences.
Our 3rd graders did their SAGE Math test this past Wednesday and have their ELA test in the Library this coming Wednesday.
We also had two celebration of lives in the afternoon this past week and we have another this coming week
Friday the students learned what Cinco de Mayo is and did crafts. We had a lot of fun making the crafts and learning what the celebration is all about!
In group lessons:
Level 3s: Area and perimeter with their name on grid paper
In cultural this past week: Geography
Level 1s: Review of landforms and landform cookies
Level 2s: Sedentary rock and rock cycle review, starburst rock cycle activity
Level 3s: Hurricanes
This past week ended the take home reading homework
Since our last parent teacher conferences are coming up quick, I am preparing the sign up. wejoinin’s website isn’t fully working right now, so I am unable to reset and edit any sign ups. I will have them up this week and I will email the link to you all. Please bring your child! They run this last conference and will share their end of the year fill out on what they learned.
Please remember the last book report on science-fiction or fantasy is due at the end of the month. Please see the post I made before this one (Week 35). Is has all the book report options. Due Date will be May 22nd.
Monday– UURC reading testing for Level 1s. Ashley to do her SAGE Math
Tuesday– UURC reading testing for Level 2s. Erik and Calvin to shadow in Upper El in the morning. I have a morning meeting at 9:15. Kindergarten students will shadow in our room this day in the afternoon. Daxton’s celebration of life in the afternoon
Wednesday– SAGE ELA test in the Library for all 3rd graders. Breakfast in the morning. I’m hoping to do waffles for them with their scrambled eggs. Since wejoinin is not currently working at the moment, we need some batter and syrup. We have plates, cutlery, and juice. We do need more cups.
Thursday– UURC reading testing for Level 3s. Lydia and Ashley will shadow in Ms. Steph’s. Kindergarten will bring a group to shadow in the morning.
Friday– Art with Trudy, Electricity, and Mother’s Day activities
This coming week is also Teacher Appreciation week!
Teacher Appreciation Week May 8th-May 12th
Monday– Best grace and courtesy from students and give a high 5, hug, or handshake
Tuesday– Bring a flower for your teacher and assistant teacher. Flowers may be real, fake, a drawing, or homemade
Wednesday– Make a note/letter for each of your two teachers
Thursday– Bring a drink for each of your two teachers. I like flavored waters and Arnold Palmers. I also enjoy coffee and hot teas. Ms. Anna likes any kind of juice
Friday– Teacher Spirit Day! Wear your teacher’s favorite colors and maybe donate a classroom supply. I will hint that we are on our last few pencils! My favorite colors are aqua, green, and pink. Ms. Anna’s are green and blue
Next week we will do some cultural projects and group activities together for work cycle. Next week, the week of the 15th, is Spirit Week. I will review those days in next week’s blog post.
Snack- We don’t have anyone signed up for snack, but we have enough where I think we can go through the extra snack that we have.
Have a great upcoming week everyone!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Hello Everyone!
Thank you everyone for getting your child to the the UTA train station on Wednesday! The kids had a great time. That is all for field trips this year! That’s a wrap!
We had some great science projects from the 1st and 2nd graders come in this week! We only have a few kiddos left who need to share!
LAST Project of the year! Book report on either the genre of Science Fiction or Fantasy. We will be talking about this genre in the month of May. Students will choose one more option from the book report list that they haven’t done. Here is the list again:
Book Report Presentation Choices
*You may only do 1 choice once
___Book cover
___Oral report to the teacher and/or class
___1 page written report
___A wanted poster for a character in your book
___Poster advertising your book
___Design a bookmark
___Make a poem about your book
___Create a picture book about your favorite parts from the beginning, middle, and end
___Create a video about the book
___Dress up as favorite character and tell about the book
___Create a mobile with 5 events
___Write and draw an alternative ending
___Create a timeline with at least 10 events
___Draw a map describing places
___Create a travel brochure
___Make a puppet show explaining your book
___Create a board game
___Diorama of a scene
___Do a 1 page report about the author
___Create a week long journal as if you were the character
2nd SAGE TEST- 3rd graders will take their 2nd SAGE test on Wednesday. We are 9am-12noon again. Please make sure your student is on time to eat breakfast and that a snack is packed for them that they can take into the testing environment. Here is the second sign up for breakfast!
Teacher Appreciation Week May 8th-May 12th
Monday– Best grace and courtesy from students and give a high 5, hug, or handshake
Tuesday– Bring a flower for your teacher and assistant teacher. Flowers may be real, fake, a drawing, or homemade
Wednesday– Make a note/letter for each of your two teachers
Thursday– Bring a drink for each of your two teachers. I like flavored waters and Arnold Palmers. I also enjoy coffee and hot teas. Ms. Anna likes any kind of juice
Friday– Teacher Spirit Day! Wear your teacher’s favorite colors and maybe donate a classroom supply. I will hint that we are on our last few pencils! My favorite colors are aqua, green, and pink. Ms. Anna’s are green and blue
Ms. Anna is PREGNANT! She is due around Thanksgiving time. She doesn’t know what she is having yet and is hoping to find out at the end of the month
This week marks the start of end of year reading and math tests for all students. I am having the students accomplish their end of the year CBM Math computer test this week. DIBELS reading will also begin on our side of the building this week. Next week I will be doing UURC (University of Utah Reading Clinic) reading level tests
3rd Graders will begin Upper Elementary shadowing next week and into the 3rd week of May in Ms. Stephaney’s class. Her classroom will also be our partner on the day of 3rd grade bridging.
Starting Monday May 1st our class will begin earning classroom coins and dollars. This will be income practice for our Store Day that will happen May 18th.
Store Day is coming! – May 18th from 9am-11am will be Store Day! Our kiddos will earn classroom money (and also possibly owe) over the next few weeks that will be used on Store Day. It works like a yard sale and it become the student’s business. Students may bring in items to sell (toys, books etc that they no longer want, treats/snacks, or crafts. A lot of other Upper Elementary classrooms participate and we team up with them. After Store Day is over we all debrief after to talk about successes and who earned what. This is a favorite end of the year event, so mark your calendars!
Past Week:
This past week we had the local fire department come and present on Fire Safety.
In group lessons:
Level 1s: Partitioning circles, squares, and rectangles
Level 3s: Area of shapes
In cultural this week: Zoology/Physiology
Level 1s: Review the 5 classes of vertebrates and Endangered animals
Level 2s: Muscular system, Nervous system, and introduction to the brain
Level 3s: Spiders
Dates for May:
Hard to believe it is May already. I don’t feel like it is the end of the year yet, but it will quickly come!
Snack: Alden has snack again this week
Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Hello Everyone!
Kids had a good week back! Here are a few reminders:
*If your child attended the Nature Center field trip, then you signed off on the permission slip for Discovery Gateway! I only need permission slips from Janessa, Calvin, and Lucy. I sent them home with those students this past week.
*If you are looking to come on this field trip, please email me!
2. This Thursday is our 3rd graders first SAGE test. It will be the writing test that will require them to write 2 essays. If a child doesn’t finish, they will get to finish it at another time. Please remind you child that testing it nothing to worry about and it won’t impact their graduation to Upper Elementary. We want them to do their best and to not rush. Please help emphasize that they can take breaks to eat a snack, get a drink, walk around for a few minutes, and to use the bathroom as needed. Since we provide a nice breakfast for them that morning, please pack your child a snack just for testing. Breakfast will be right away as they come in Thursday morning. Once they have eaten, they can run around outside on the playground once they are done. I will take them into the computer lab by 8:55am to get settled. Once the last 3rd grader is done I head back to class. Ms. Anna will stay with the 1st and 2nd graders during morning work cycle. We will pick up with our regular afternoon schedule after that. If you are coming in to help with food, please come at 8:00am. Please review your email for the online sign up that went on Tuesday for breakfast supplies. If you are planning to come and help that morning, please email me, so I can let you inside.
The 3rd graders will also be collecting and washing their own eggs from the chickens at MMA for their scrambled eggs. They will be getting a lesson from Ms. Leigh and the Erdkinder class in JR High on how to collect and wash the eggs.
Friday is an early release. Please arrange pick up at 1pm.
Box tops is this Tuesday the 18th. The last Box top store day will be May 16th.
Thank you thank you 3rd grade parents for supporting your child in our first 3rd grade Teach and Learn Science Project share. The projects were fabulous!
Home Project for April: 1st and 2nd graders will have their science project due April 24th. Students in 1st or 2nd may choose any area of science to do a home project on. They may do a report, an experiment demonstration, explain how something works, or even an invention! The options are not limited!
In group lessons:
Level 1s: Picture graphs
Level 2s: *break this week as we are ahead of schedule in fractions and geometry
Level 3s: Fractions on a number line and identifying the fraction on the number line
In cultural this week: Botany
Level 1s: Photosynthesis and flowering plants
Level 2s: Photosynthesis
Level 3s: Carnivorous plants and The Venus Fly Trap
Friday: Bee presentation from the Wadsworth family. Bronson’s grandfather does bee keeping and came in and educated the class on bees and their hives! Thank you so much for doing this! The kids loved it! We are working on drone, worker, and queen bee models in class and labeling the parts.
If you celebrate Easter, Happy Easter! Have a great rest of your weekend!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Hello Everyone!
Hope everyone is enjoying Spring Break! Before we know it the end of the year will be here! April will be busy, but lots of fun too!
Upcoming Field Trip!: Discovery Gateway will be April 26th. This is a field trip we take the Frontrunner to. If you want to be a chaperone, please email me and let me know. Students ride UTA for free. A donation link for the field trip will be posted soon.
This past week, we completed the in class book report on Fractured Fairy Tales. My heart exploded on how adorable they turned out. We read the traditional fairy tale of The Three Little Pigs and then the Fractured fairy tale The True Story of the Three Little Pigs a few weeks ago. This week, before Spring Break began, each student signed up to do an activity. The choices were:
-Comparing the two books with a Venn Diagram
-Write a newspaper from the human’s perspective on the Big Bad Wolf situation
-Write your own fractured fairy tale
-Performing groups: perform the traditional story and a group performs the fractured fairy tale
-Write a letter to the Big Bad Wolf as a reporter wanting to know more about what happened
Ms. Anna recorded the performances. If you would like to see it, please email her at ahafen@mariamontessoriacademy.org
In cultural this week: Geography
Level 1s: Finished up landforms: strait/isthmus, system of lakes/archipelago, salt dough land formations
Level 2s: Igneous rock review, metamorphic rocks, looked at samples of rocks
Level 3s: Kinds of clouds: stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrus, and cumulonimbus
3rd grade Science projects and April Home Project: 3rd graders will have their science projects due this coming Friday, April 14th. Parents are welcome to come and see! We will be in the gym from 1-2:30. 1st and 2nd graders will be picking their science topics this week for their project that will be due April 24th (a Monday). 3rd graders WILL NOT have to do another science project. Their studio science project covers their April home project. 1st and 2nd graders will pick any area of science they are interested in and present a home project to our class. It can be a report, experiment, model etc. Have fun with it and get creative! The science projects are always fun to see!
Snack: the parent that signed up for this week is no longer in our class. If anyone would like to provide snack for us this week, please let me know. After this week, we are good until mid May.
Have a great rest of your Spring Break and upcoming week!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Hi Everyone!
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.
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.
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!
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
Hello Everyone!
We had a busy, but enjoyable Literacy Week! Here is what we did:
Monday– Read You’re Here for a Reason by Nancy Tillman. We went about regular work cycle afterwards.
Tuesday– We had the Spelling Bee at 9am and it went until 10am. I read the story of Hansel and Gretel and how fairy tales are fictional stories. The students worked on a STEM project that had them assemble a trap to catch the Witch and allow the Hansel and Gretel characters to be freed from the trap.
Wednesday– Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Students who chose to do the two activities focused on how they can reflect on themselves and how they can be like the tree in the book and how they can help people. Ms. Rachel came in the afternoon for Botany.
Thursday– Was Dr. Seuss’s 113th birthday! We read Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Students chose from the variety of activities based on the book. In the afternoon I read The Foot Book. Students traced, cut, and measured their right and left feet. We combined everyone’s and had Ms. Steph’s upper el classroom measure. We also did the community art project based on Nancy Tillman’s book Thursday afternoon
Friday– The students had studio in the morning and then we had the kids take the True Colors Personality Test to allow them to see how many of our students are similar to them, but also who is different. Students who finished participated in our Read-Athon until it was close to the end of the day.
In Cultural this past week: Geography
Level 1s: We began our landforms unit. We got to Island and Lake, Bay and Cape this week. We will continue to work on the different kinds next time we have Geography.
Level 2s: We talked about geysers and how they work. Then, we briefly went over igneous rocks from the Rock Cycle. We will continue The Rock Cycle and the 3 kinds of rocks next time we have Geography.
Level 3s: Reviewed the water cycle and students finished up their book. We also went over weather tools this week. We will begin our weather unit next time we have Geography.
As a reminder from last week’s post, I will be leaving around lunch time on Thursday. I will be out of town until Tuesday. Ms. Marleen and I are traveling to San Diego to a Montessori conference being held there. Ms. Anna will take over and hopefully Ms. Dixie will be able to sub for me while I am gone. She is Ms. Trish’s long term sub for Ms. Jill since Ms. Trish is due to have her baby soon.
Other than that, we should have a smooth week. Next Friday, March 17th will be an early release and there is no school for students on March 20th.
3rd Grade Studio Science Projects:
For studio, I teach 3rd grade science. For just 3rd graders, students will get to make a project based on a topic we studied this year. Your 3rd grader will get to “be teacher” and will present their project to other students. My hope is to have all 3rd graders present at once in the gym or large location. Project Due Date will be announced soon. I am finalizing the availability of the gym. The outcome looks like it might be April 14th (the Friday after Spring Break) Project just for 3rd graders!
Here is what our students chose to present to others on:
Beatriz- not sure yet. Will choose this week
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- not sure yet. Will choose this week.
Calvin- was absent. Will choose this week
*Students may choose to do an experiment, presentation, building project, Powerpoint, game, models, or anything they can think of that will explain their topic’s concept. For example, if a student chose Simple Machine they can pick from any of the 6 simple machines to focus on. We talked about compound simple as well. For this unit we discussed the different kinds and what their purposes are for and why they make work easier. Mass was also discussed in this unit because simple machines are used to help humans make moving mass easier. A student can pick an example of a simple machine to report on how it works, they can build and have others try it out to explain how it makes work easier, they can report on all 6, etc. I wanted my 3rd graders (and every 3rd grader in the school will be doing this) to be able to prove their favorite concept through a creative science project. I don’t want it to be science fair style, I want the students to enjoy the creative freedom on how they will teach others their concept.
Snack: We don’t have anyone signed up for snack this week. Thank you Enrique for dropping off snack for this past week!
Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Hi Everyone!
Thank you to everyone who came for conferences! We appreciated seeing you all and checking in with the middle of the year.
We kept to a normal schedule on the half days by sticking to our normal work cycle morning.
We didn’t get to any cultural lessons this past week due to our specials on Monday, the Valentine’s Day party Tuesday afternoon, and the 3 early outs. We will only get to some Zoology/Physiology and a few afternoon group lessons this coming week due to Presidents’ Day and our field trip Thursday.
Upcoming Week:
Tuesday- Lockdown drill in the afternoon. Our school will practice what to do if we go “into lockdown.” Our class will sit tightly and silently together until notified.
Thursday- Field trip to Mrs. Cavanaugh’s in SLC Thursday! Students will meet at school and we will have a lesson on chocolate’s origins and process. We ask that if you are picking up your child or carpool, please be at the school at 10:00am. We will get everyone ready to go then. Our hope is to leave no later than 10:15. Our tour starts at 11:00am. Looking at the weather, there is a potential for some snow. Should some snow be coming down, we still plan to go, but let’s have all drivers get to school earlier so we can have more time on the roads. All permission slips are due to me by Wednesday.
For our field trip, if you would like to make a donation to make sure all students are covered, please click here for the 2.00 dollar donation to ensure future field trips.
Home projects DUE Friday!- The free project choice is due this Friday the 24th. Students get the chance to pick anything they would like to teach others. They may present it by using a visual (powerpoint, poster, tri-board, model, report etc.) We love allowing a free choice to see what kind of creativity and interests they have!
Please check our snack link to make sure our weeks are covered. Thanks everyone!
Cheers!
Ms. K
Hi Everyone!
Thank you to all for Wednesday’s field trip! It was nice that the weather held off and the kids could go snowshoeing. The students were broken into groups and rotated through a presentation on animal tracks, exploration, about the smallest hawk, and outside snow shoeing. Everything went very smoothly with drop off and pick up, so we got back to school at a decent time. Students then did an afternoon activity with one of our student’s grandpa, Mr. Will, a retired art professor. He had them work on dinosaur tracks.
Field Trips: Ms. Anna’s dad manages the manages the Mrs. Cavanaugh’s in SLC. We are thinking of squeezing that field trip into our schedule. I have to look into it a little bit, but we want to aim for February and make it a Valentine’s Day kind of field trip. Students would learn about where chocolate comes from as well as how they make their chocolate. This kind of field trip would require parent drivers. We would start off a school and then leave late in the morning. I’ll let you know soon if it will work out.
The Hogle Zoo has been touring around school districts and giving a presentation to second graders. All Lower El teachers signed up to give our second graders an in-school zoo field trip. The presentation will be an hour long in the afternoon on January 26th. That morning of the 26th will be the Internet Safety assembly as well.
January Book Report: I fell a little short on updating on this, but let’s get back on track! January is a book report month! Students will focus on a FICTION (made up) book of their reading ability and choose another project choice from the list provided. Book’s may be from MyOn. Projects are due January 27th. This will allow students to share that Friday afternoon.
Book Report Presentation Choices
*You may only do 1 choice once
___Book cover
___Oral report to the teacher and/or class
___1 page written report
___A wanted poster for a character in your book
___Poster advertising your book
___Design a bookmark
___Make a poem about your book
___Create a picture book about your favorite parts from the beginning, middle, and end
___Create a video about the book
___Dress up as favorite character and tell about the book
___Create a mobile with 5 events
___Write and draw an alternative ending
___Create a timeline with at least 10 events
___Draw a map describing places
___Create a travel brochure
___Make a puppet show explaining your book
___Create a board game
___Diorama of a scene
___Do a 1 page report about the author
___Create a week long journal as if you were the character
Ms. Rachel’s next monthly Botany lesson is this Wednesday! We have a fire drill in the afternoon and then when that is over, Ms. Rachel will be in. Wednesday’s afternoon schedule will have to skip over the 2 math groups so that all 3 cultural lessons can happen.
*Second graders are in Physiology this week and will do some introductions on the nose, teeth, and the tongue. I’m curious if anyone knows a dentist or hygienist to come in and further explain about teeth. It doesn’t have to be this week. If nobody knows a dentist, I’m also interested in a dermatologist, ENT, or really anyone who’s focus involves the 5 senses. Second graders are wrapping that up so we can get into the body systems. If anyone knows nurses and/or doctors to come in next month who would like to present, let me know 🙂
In group lessons this past week:
Level 1s: Time to the hour
Level 2s: Perimeter practice
Level 3s: Equivalent fractions practice
Weekly writing: MLK
In cultural this past week: History
Level 1s: field trip, Time to the hour
Level 2s: field trip, Mercury
Level 3s: field trip, Mesozoic Era and the Triassic Period
Have a great rest of your long weekend!
Snack for upcoming week: Kanon
Cheers!
Ms. K