Spelling, and “share a book” presentation

Dear Parents,

Here are the spelling words for next week:

Level 1–box, dog, fox, hop, log, mop, pod, tot

Level 2–mean, kind, win, lose, run, walk, happy, sad, bad, good, antonym

Level 3–I apologize, but I left the level three list at school.  I will post it on Monday.

I have also asked the students to share a favorite book to the class next week on Thursday and Friday. (I’ve posted a schedule below). I would like them to bring the book, if possible, and tell the class a little about it and why it is their favorite. Several students asked if they could bring an art project to accompany their presentation. Yes, absolutely!  I love to see their creativity.

Thursday

Chloe, Harrison, Jace, Taylor, Cyan, Rigel, Allie , Jordyn, Christine, Denver, Donovan, Emma, Alaina, Mckenna

Friday

Angel, Tys, Mary, John, Lucas, Karter, Christian, Halee, Caleb, Kalia, Brody, Jaicee, Auston, Brighton, Haven

Below are some pics from our “trip” to Hong Kong, and our engineering team project with Ms. Paula’s class today.  Each team attempted to design and build the tallest structure using marshmallows and spaghetti noodles.

20150918_092414 science4 science3 science2 science1

Spelling words for week of Sept. 14

These are the spelling words for next week.  We have spelling tests on Thursday.  Please help your child study his/her words. (Note:  Although I have grouped words by level, certain students may be advanced to a more difficult level if/when they are ready.  This week all students will be tested from words on their specific level list)

Level 1

bib, fin, kid, pig, rib, wig, lid, pin

Level 2

day, same, year, start, way, were, want, who, has, you, annual

Level 3–spelling and vocabulary

attract, crew, dangle, drift, event, launch, opposite, reverse

IXL information

Dear Parent,

I am pleased to tell you that we will be using  IXL again this year.  For those of you who are new to this website,  IXL is a comprehensive math review site with an unlimited number of practice questions in thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to state standards. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see your child’s progress!

To get your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:

  1. Go to https://www.IXL.com/signin/mariamontessori

Enter your child’s username and password and click Sign in (Usernames and Passwords are listed alphabetically below.)

 

  1. Click on Math at the top of the page and select your child’s grade level.

 

  1. Find a skill to practice by doing one of the following:

 

  • Select a specific skill to practice from the list of skills. You can place your mouse over any skill to see a sample question and click on the link to begin.
  • Go to the Awards Each grade level presents challenges for your child to conquer and virtual prizes to be uncovered. Place your mouse over any challenge to begin.

 

I hope you’ll encourage your child to use IXL daily.

Thank you,

Ms. Krista

 

ALIRE, JAICEE

username: jalire1@mariamontessori

password: 82deal

 

APARICIO, CHRISTINE

username: caparicio@mariamontessori

password: duck75

 

BIELACZYC, DENVER

username: dbielaczyc@mariamontessori

password: horse12

 

Blue, Auston

username: ablue@mariamontessori

password: 58began

 

BRENCHLEY, CHLOE

username: cbrenchley1@mariamontessori

password: soon79

 

CLEVERLY, BRIGHTON

username: bcleverly1@mariamontessori

password: bit92

 

CONLEY, TYS

username: tconley@mariamontessori

password: 37song

 

EKSTROM, DONOVAN

username: dekstrom1@mariamontessori

password: ground31

 

FONNESBECK, HARRISON

username: hfonnesbeck1@mariamontessori

password: block94

 

GARDNER, EMMA

username: egardner1@mariamontessori

password: 43name

 

Gee, Haven

username: hgee@mariamontessori

password: 53paper

 

HALL, ALAINA

username: ahall@mariamontessori

password: move1

 

HALL, LUCAS

username: lhall@mariamontessori

password: yes28

 

HARRIS, JACE

username: jharris2@mariamontessori

password: bread41

 

HESS, CHRISTIAN

username: chess@mariamontessori

password: 34clean

 

KING-PERRY, TAYLOR

username: tkingperry1@mariamontessori

password: 99run

 

KLAASESZ, JORDYN

username: jklaasesz1@mariamontessori

password: door77

 

MAGEE, HALEE

username: hmagee@mariamontessori

password: 72ask

 

MENDOZA, ANGEL

username: amendoza@mariamontessori

password: 72city

 

MISNER, CALEB

username: cmisner@mariamontessori

password: 6apple

 

MITCHELL, CYAN

username: cmitchell1@mariamontessori

password: 33ask

 

MORSE, KALIA

username: kmorse@mariamontessori

password: simple24

 

PETERSON, MARY

username: mpeterson1@mariamontessori

password: 9board

 

PROCTOR, RIGEL

username: rproctor@mariamontessori

password: 22day

 

STEPHENSON, DANIEL

username: dstephenson@mariamontessori

password: 92party

 

SWEENEY, JOHN

username: jsweeney1@mariamontessori

password: radio21

 

TUTTLE, ALLIE

username: atuttle1@mariamontessori

password: 41coast

 

WHETTON, MCKENNA

username: mwhetton2@mariamontessori

password: fall6

Geography project

Today we learned about the hemisphere’s of the Earth.  This semester we will be studying Asia, so the children created their own eastern hemisphere.

Eastern hemisphere1 Eastern hemisphere2

There is no school on Monday.  Have a great labor day weekend!

 

Box Top Store

Are you ready for the Box Top Store?

  • What is it? A store run by parent volunteers where MMA students can ‘buy’ cool prizes and school supplies with cut and un-expired Box Tops. Five Box Tops=1 ticket. We have items worth 1-20 tickets. There’s something for everyone!
  • Last year The Box Top Store collected over 20,000 Box Tops, this year our goal is 30,000. Please support MMA by bringing cut and un-expired Box Tops to the store!

 

  • When is it? The third Tuesday of every month 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. in the conference room.
  • Save the Dates:
  • September 15th, 2015
  • October 20th, 2015
  • November 17th, 2015
  • December 15th, 2015
  • January 19th, 2016
  • February 16th, 2016
  • March 15th, 2016
  • April 19th, 2016
  • May 17th, 2016