Weekly Theme: This week the kindergarten students did addition with carry overs (dynamic)/carry overs in multiple columns/with empty columns using the Stamp Game, color bead bars, and multiplication booard. They are displaying an “X” for multiplication.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Measuring with a ruler
Synonym Of The Week: None due to Christmas Show practice
Sight Words Of The Week: None due to Christmas Show practice
Adding None due to Christmas Show practice to the languages
Scrubbing potatoes for the Stone Soup Celebration.
Go BUCKEYES!!!!!!! beat ttun.
Thanksgiving Break: We return Xonday Decexber, 2nd
Christxas Show: Practice: Wednesday, Decexber 11 @ 6:00 px– 7:30 px
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditoriux, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
Show: Friday, Decexber 13 @ 6:00 px– 8:00 px
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditoriux, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5:30px (Doors will open at 5:30px)
Take thex to the restroox before dropping off. Even if they say they don’t have to.
************** Day Of Show ************** ************ NO AFTERCARE ************
Attire: Beige and white. Ask Kelley, Taylor, or xyself and refer to the exail.
Line Time: This week we talked about pilgrims and how they came to the New World on the ship called the Mayflower. It was a long journey and when they finally got there they had to hunt for their food and build their own shelter. The children were surprised that there was not a Target to get blankets, Giant Eagle to get food, Home Depot to get building materials. We learned that the first Thanksgiving probably didn’t have turkey but instead had pheasant, eel, and fish. As a side note (didn’t discuss in class) there was no Black Friday.
November Birthday: A Montessori classroom is comprised of children ages 3 years of age to 6 years of age. Here is our newest four year old.
What’s The Diff?: What is the difference between seeing a concert and seeing a show? I am thinking when you use the term “show” it is a small, intimate venue with about 200 of your closest friends (Musica, Peobody’s Down Under). A concert most likely will be held in a venue about 2,000+ people (Blossom, The Q). As you can tell I like “shows”. Some pics as I was leaning onto the stage of the last two “shows” I attended. lol. One last thing are you seeing a group or a band?
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian).
Peek In The Classroom:
These friends are working on the continent puzzle map. They are tracing, labeling, and coloring the seven continents. This work not only will learn help them with geography
This boy is working on a decimal work found in the math area. This work will introduce the child to the concept of the decimal system (10’s). To make the child familiar with the names and relative sizes of the columns of units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. With this work I tell the children the magic number is “10”. for example ten units equals one ten, ten tens equal one hundred, 10 hundreds equals on thousand.
This girl is diligently working on the Metal Insets. Metal Inset work can help the child to; Grip and hold the pencil (and hold the pencil upright) Refine hand control to steady the pencil. Develop movements of straight and curved lines, in preparation for letter formation or a continual line which can assist with cursive.
This girl is in a stage we call a sensitive period. Montessori sensitive periods refer to a period of time when a child’s interests are focused on developing a particular skill or knowledge area. During this time Maria Montessori describes as the child’s absorbent mind. This student has been working on Geometry for the last three weeks. We will track her interest and see how far she goes in this area.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- GO BUCKEYES!
Letter Of The Week-
Rhyming Word Of The Week-
Next Language is
Upcoming Events: Thanksgiving Break: We are off Wednesday, November 27th and returning Monday December 2.
Christmas Show: Practice: Wednesday, December 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
Show: Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5:30pm (Doors will open at 5:30pm)
Take them to the restroom before dropping off. Even if they say they don’t have to.
***************** Day Of Show ***************** *************** NO AFTERCARE ***************
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
You shoulda seen the other guy.
Laughter is good for the soul! We all should do more of this.
Weekly Theme: We learned how to multiple to the thousand static/column without carryovers with manipulatives. I told the students that multiplication is merely adding multiple times. We learned what the multiplicand and multiplier are.
X for multiplication
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive three letter words cat, red, pit, mop, cup
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 19 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili).
Learning about form or shape in art class as we read The Cat And The Bird. Did you know that form or shapes can be found all around us? We found and observed forms in our classroom!
Using blocks of different shapes (form) to create our own designs on paper. Did you know there are warm and cool colors? We discussed and experienced the differences between these colors as we explored form.
Sharing, and helping our friends as we create our artwork!
Taste the rainbow?? Nope, Skittles are for Science Experiments!! A failed experiment? Will the colors mix?
The experiment is a success! The colors are beginning to dissolve into the water and leave the candy! Will the colors mix? Create a rainbow?
Look at all that color! The Skittles are water soluble they dissolve in water and the color will dissolve and absorb into the water! Notice how the actual colors have not yet mixed? The secret to this magic, wax in the candy!
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).
Who remembers Dino from The Flintstones?
Did You Know: Catsup and Ketchup are two different spellings of the same condiment. These words have the same meanings and are simply alternate spellings. Therefore, both are correct. Catsup is a condiment and is the less popular spelling. Ketchup is also a condiment and is the more popular spelling, which, today, is a westernized version of a condiment first introduced to European traders in the late 17th century. Ketchupwas originally a paste made from fermented fish guts (yes, it’s come a long way).
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 16 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean).
Peek In The Classroom:
This boy is working on the Spindle Box found in the Math area. The Spindle Boxes have important purposes of reinforcing the idea that the symbols represent certain quantities of separate objects, introducing the concept of zero and its symbol, and reinforcing the sequence of the numerals. The traditional spindle boxes are two boxes divided into five compartments each which includes numbers from 0 to 9.
This student is working on the Color Bead Bars. This activity is found in the Math area. The colored bead stair is a quintessential Montessori math material because it has SO many different mathematical benefits. The youngest child in primary all the way through upper elementary learns one-to-one correspondence, connecting quantity to symbol, square roots and cubes, basic operations, and complex algebraic equations.
This girl is working on her shapes. She has learned and can identify parallelogram and trapazoids, and she knows what equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles are.
This student is working on the Binomial Cube that is found in the Sensorial area. The Binomial Cube is one of those amazing Montessori materials that introduces abstract math concept to children as young as 4 without them even knowing it. The early sensorial experience with the cube inspires them again at age 8 or 9 when they use the cube for algebra. The material provides the all important bridge between concrete and abstract thinking and the child develops a much deeper understanding of the math. One of these days I will include the mathmatical formula.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Pilgrims, Thanksgiving
Letter Of The Week- M m
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bop
Next Language is Hungarian
Upcoming Events: Thanksgiving Break: We are off Wednesday November 27th and returning Monday December 2.
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
An obvious staged photo but it is cute.
This cheeky girl tricked me into thinking the title of the book is “Here Comes The…… Brid, lol
I think they were planning a coup because they were chatting but when I passed by…. they became quiet, very very quiet.
Weekly Theme: This week the kindergarten students did addition with carry overs (dynamic)/carry overs in multiple columns/with empty columns using the manipulatives of the Golden Beads and Stamp Game.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive vowel and consonant blends of uu, ch, sh, th, wh.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Multiplication with Golden Beads
Synonym Of The Week: SMALL, tiny, miniature, minute, little, petite
Weekly Theme: This weeek the K-kids did addition with carry overs (dynamic) using the manipulatives of the Golden Beads. Did you know the two numbers added together are called addends and the answer is called the sum?
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive vowel blends of ua, ue, ui, uo, uu.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 17 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Addition with other materials
Synonym Of The Week: BIG, vast, gigantic, huge, large, enormous, colossal
Line Time: This week we learned about insects and arachnids. 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.
Did You Know: Since it is the season… Did you know there is a difference between apple juice and apple cider? Here is the explanation. Apple cider is made from apples that are washed, cut and ground into an “apple mash” similar to applesauce. The mash is then wrapped in cloth and pressed into fresh juice. On the other hand, apple juice undergoes filtration to remove pulp and is then pasteurized to extend the shelf life.
November Birthdays: A Montessori classroom consists of students ranging in age from three years to six years. Here are our newest four and five year old students.
Grandparent’s Day:
A full house on Grandparents Day.
Alumnus Reader:
This alumnus is 10 years old and is in the 5th grade. He carried a 4.0 this term and said he misses the Montessori classroom. He is almost as tall as I am and take a look at that foot. I would be interested to see this boy’s grocery bill. All alumni are welcome to come back to my classroom and read!
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 15 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew).
Peek In The Classroom:
Surprise! This boy is working on 3 part cards on the week’s subject, birds.
One of my readers is reading the chapter books Billy B. Brown.
One of my Kindergarten students working in her Binder (The Letter Of The Week and Rhyming Word Of The week).
These girls are practicing their handwriting. One is tracing name in cursive and the other is working on her pre-cursive folder.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Dinosaurs
Letter Of The Week- L l
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bot
Next Language is Korean
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Art enrichments, learning how to listen and follow directions while using simple shapes to create a work of art!
Listening and observing how to draw owls using different types of media. This art class we earned the privilege of using a sharpie to draw our lines and contour for our owls!
Using our sharpies responsibly and drawing our owls. Next step, adding color with water color paints.
Mr. John’s super spooky Halloween science experiment! Fun with dry ice!
Adding our dry ice to water! Whoa, what happened? Bubbling water and lots of fog! How much dry ice can we add to our water? Experimenting and formulating our hypothesis is fun! Science!!
