We learned about the parts of the insect and arachnid (see below). Insects are ants, bees, butterflies, and dragonflies. Arachnids are spiders, scorpions, and ticks.
Handwriting: We practiced our cursive Bl, cat, dog.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, and Hungarian).
Next Week:
Lesson- Parts of Animals
Sight Words Of The Week- No lessons due to Christmas Show Practice.
Synonym Of The Week- No lessons due to Christmas Show Practice.
The next language will be- No lessons due to Christmas Show Practice.
Handwriting: We practiced our cursive letters cat, rag.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, and Hungarian).
Next Week:
Lesson- Parts of Plants, Insects, and Arachnids
Sight Words Of The Week- No words due to practicing for the Christmas Show
Synonym Of The Week- No synonyms due to practicing for the Christmas Show
The next language will be- No languages due to practicing for the Christmas Show
We read the story Stone Soup to get the children familiar with our own concoction of Stone Soup. I do thank all the parents that contributed and helped out. We told what we are thankful for and we watched a few Buckeye Football videos and learned about the tradition of Script Ohio for The Game. Go Buckeyes Beat xichigan
Buckeye Pride !!!!
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 13 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, and Tagolog).
Peek In Our Classroom:
Next Week: Line Time- Winter Program Practice
Letter Of The Week- No letter of the week during Christmas Show Practice
Rhyming Word Of The Week- No Rhyming Word of the week during Christmas Show Practice
Next Language will be – No new language of the week during Christmas Show Practice
Snack will be brought to you by Lilliana M.
Upcoming Events: 12/12/2018 Wednesday— Practice for Winter Program at Cuyahoga Falls High School 6pm
12/14/2018 Friday– Winter Program at Cuyahoga Falls High School 6pm ((( All students to be picked up by 3:15 )))
12/21/2018– Pajama Day and Show and Tell
***** December 22, Saturday through January 6 Sunday Winter Break *****
Lesson: Currency / Coins- After the month long lessons on telling time we broke into everyone’s favorite thing: MONEY. We learned about the different and variety of each coin (penny 1 cent, nickel 5 cents, dime 10 cents, quarter 25 cents, 50 cent piece and the dollar coins). After we identified the coin we did start to learn how to count the change.
Handwriting: We practiced our cursive letters ot,ut,ol,ul, bl.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 16 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, and Korean).
Line Time: Dinosaurs- We traveled back in time and discovered some fascinating things about certain dinosaurs. We learned that dinosaurs no longer exist and that they are extinct. We know dinosaurs exist because scientist found their bones or fossils. From these fossil we saw that some teeth were long and sharp to tear flesh from it’s prey which belonged to meat eaters or carnivores (T Rex). Some teeth were flat for grinding plants, leaves, and branches and belonged to plant eaters or herbivores (Brachiosauras).
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 13 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, and Tagolog).
Peek In Our Classroom:
Next Week: Line Time- Pilgrims/Thanksgiving
Letter Of The Week- M m
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bop
Next Language will be Hebrew
Snack will be brought to you by August
Upcoming Events: 11/20/2018 Tuesday— Harvest Party (Estimated Start Time 11:00am)
***11/21 Wednesday through 11/25 Sunday— NO SCHOOL***
Line Time: Insects, arachnids, and Invertebrates- Creepy Crawly, creepy crawly creepy creep creepy crawly (reminds me of The Who song, Boris The Spider). When we went over the five animals all of them were vertebrates (having a backbone and spine) but looking at Insects and arachnids they were invertebrates (no back bone or spine). Most had what we call an exoskeleton which is the skeleton is on the outside. This gives the creature support and protection. We learned insects have a head, thorax, and abdomen, six legs, and two antennae. We sang the characteristics of an insect to the tune of Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes. Some insects are ants, bees, and butterflies. Arachnids have a head and abdomen, and eight legs. Some examples of arachnids are spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, and Swedish).
Birthday: A Montessori Classroom is comprised of multi-aged students. Here is our newest November 3, 4, 5 year olds.
Lesson: Telling time to the minute- Since we conquered telling time to the hour, half past, and quarter past, and quarter to/ :45, we looked at telling time to the minute. Tick Tock Tick, do do do do (Steve Miller Band Fly Like An Eagle)
Handwriting: We practiced our cursive letters upper and lower case at, al, as, ic, ir blends.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, and Hebrew).
Lesson: Telling time 1/4 ’til- Since we conquered telling time to the hour, half past, and quarter past, we looked at quarter to/ :45
Handwriting: We practiced our cursive letters upper and lower case y, z, ee, ea, et blends
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, and Tagolog).
Line Time: Birds- We ended our journey of studying animals with the bird. We learned birds are vertebrates and are warm-blooded, which means that they can make their own body heat even when it is cold outside. Whether it is sunny and hot outside or there is a snowstorm and it is very cold, warm-blooded animals have body temperatures that usually stay the same. They are born from hard shelled eggs and have feathers. A lot of birds fly but some do not. The flightless birds are the ostrich and penguin. We are not sure if chickens fly.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, and Romanian)
Line Time: Fish- We learned fish are vertebrates or they have a backbone or a spine. They are cold blooded (their body temperature changes to the temperature around them) and have slimy and scaly skin. The unique thing about fish is that some fish are born alive and some fish are born with jelly eggs. Some examples of fish are Trout, Bass, Sharks, and Swordfish. And one more important point is that fish live in water, and many people decide to have fishes for pets since they’re easy to maintain, and you can even get an aquarium and fish decor for it.
I wish I was a fish……
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, and Russian)
Peek In Our Classroom:
This boy is working with the Knobbless Cylinders found in the Sensorial Area. The purpose of these cylinders is to develop child’s fine-motor movements, concentration, hand-eye coordination, and visual perception of dimension. The material also provides experiences of basic language important in math. *** Notice he found a relationship of height between three color/boxes ***
Same child, same work, different relationship that he discovered which is diameter of the cylinders. Do you notice how he draws a crowd? Student observing other students working is a big part of the Montessori Classroom.
She is practicing different strokes that lead to writing in cursive. Research suggests that printing letters and writing in cursive activate different parts of the brain. Learning cursive is good for children’s fine motor skills, and writing in longhand generally helps students retain more information and generate more ideas.
The Montessori 9 Tray Layout is an early place value work. Your child explores and builds a physical place value chart on the floor with Golden Beads and large number cards, units through thousands. This layout will help your child to visualize and develop an understanding of place value, order of numbers and concentration.