I hope this finds you well. Just a reminder that there are several activities this week. MAPA will be out and about on Friday and needs your support. They will be handing out muffins on Friday the 27th of September. They will be out during drop-off and pick-up. This Friday is an early release day for all students. The school will dismiss at 1:00 pm for faculty and staff PD day. In the previous blog, the cover letter was information for everyone to have when students attend our field trip. I will be sending out permission slips no later than this Friday. I will be out of the classroom tomorrow attending to my daughter.
I just want to add how much I have enjoyed getting to know your students. They have come in eager to learn new skills and I am excited to be able to work with them on these new skills. We are working on math and lots of reading. One of the things that we have that is new to everyone this year is something called Reading Horizons. This way of learning is working similarly to our Grammar lessons. The students are learning about marking vowels and how different vowel sounds look and how it affects a word. (Pictures to be added soon)
Many of you have asked about spelling lists. If one thing that I have learned is that random spelling lists are not as effective as words the students are working on. They do need to learn how to spell, but with a purpose. As an example, if a student is working on a project, the words in that project become important. At that time, it is when we work in spelling as well as how the word is spelled and the whys it is spelled that way. The reason for this is that children up to the age of 8 and 9 are still working on phonemic awareness. They are still working on spelling and figuring out all of the different ways to spell words. By the end of the 3rd year, I hope to see that many of the spelling errors have been corrected and reasons behind the spelling. If you would like to work on spelling with your student, I have no objections. I will not be giving a weekly spelling test, however. I am happy to send home a list of need to know words and have them work on those at home. I will do anything to help support you in what you do at home. I feel that those associations that we make at home and at school are never lost and build upon each other.
- Fall Festival is Friday, October 4th from 4-7. PM A note from our MAPA Hey everyone,
We are just a few short weeks away from the Fall Festival and are looking forward to having an amazing event! This is the perfect opportunity to get in some of those mandatory volunteer hours! Spend an hour volunteering with us and then enjoy the rest of your night that the festival with your family. We have a lot of different things to choose from, and many different areas that you can volunteer in. Please take a look and sign up for something! If you have friends, family, or neighbors that are willing to help, recruit them as well! Teamwork makes dream work! Thank you, awesome MMA families! Have a great weekend and keep a lookout for more information about the Fall Festival and online tickets sales in a flyer that will be sent home next week, and on our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NorthOgdenMAPA/)-MAPA President Taylor
- Chick-fil-A Spirit Night: Tuesday, Oct 8, 2019 • 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Ogden
1120 Washington Blvd
www.chick-fil-a.com/Ogden
www.facebook.com/chickfilaogden
Join us for food and fun. Be sure to mention Maria Montessori Academy and 20% of tonight’s sales will be donated accordingly.
- We are in need of more business sponsors for our fun run t-shirts. If you know of a business or are the owner of a business or work for a local business, MAPA needs you! Our wonderful parent volunteers are working on trying to get our Fun Run underway. There have only been a handful of businesses’ that have been approached and more are needed. Your help is greatly appreciated if you can contact the office, please let them know if you know anyone who would be willing to sponsor, you are needed! Never forget that you make us who we are. We love and appreciate our parents and students!! The deadline for sponsors is this Friday, September 27th.
Have an amazing week!!
Ms. Shauna