Pronoun: The kindergarten students learned that a pronoun is a word that takes the place of a particular person or thing. For example the word “dog” is a noun and the words “it” “she” and “he” are pronouns that can replace the noun “dog”.
Cursive Handwriting: The students practiced writing the lowercase cursive words: cot, bag, stop, frog, bell, will.
A peek into next week: Adjectives
Australia is the smallest of the seven continents. It is just one country surrounded by water. Australia is called the land “down under” because it is located under the equator. It has two big cities Sydney and Melbourne. The central part of Australia is called the “outback.” Australia produces more wool than any other country.
Asia is the biggest of the seven continents. It has more people living on it than all of the other continents combined. Asia has many different kinds of land such as: tundra, evergreen forest, wide grasslands, sandy deserts and tropical rain forest. The highest and lowest places on Earth are found in Asia which are Mount Everest and the Dead Sea.
Antarctica is an icy continent with no countries or people. Most people who do visit are scientist or visitors who are observing all the amazing animals and the climate. Antarctica has tall mountains that are covered by snow and ice. It also has thick sheets of ice and giant ice chunks known as icebergs.
Work Time
Guest Reader
Reminders:
May 8th | Grandparents Day & Book Fair
May 10th | Moms-N-Muffins | 7am to 7:45am
May 17th | Bring Your Parent to Work Time
A peek into next week: Solar System
This week our “Peek” was written by a few of our students! These students read our previous blogs, took pictures around the room, and filled in a blog template. The students did some editing together, and with a teacher, so what you will read below is their final product. There are still some misspelled words in their final product, but in a Montessori classroom we focus on the process, instead of the end result. Dr. Montessori believed when we put all of the emphasis on the final product, we devalue everything leading up to that point. This can discourage repetition which will make mastery of a skill difficult. The purpose of the students writing the blog is to provide you with a glimpse into the room through their eyes, to provide them with practice of real world skills, and to give them a deeper understanding of the materials in the room. We hope you enjoy their work!
“A Peek at Our Week” by the Annelise and Caiden
The first graders learned how to make an uppercase cursive n. The second graders learned imaginary island. The third graders learned all about adverbials. The forth grade learned about the Iron Age. The fithe graders learned about square roots.
Lesson: Preposition- I described as a “where word” NOT a werewolf. It identifies where or when something is.
Cultural Subjects:
We can now count to ten in 28 different 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, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Hindi, Farsi, Turkish).
Next Week:
Line Time: Interjection
Sight Words of the Week: which what
Synonym of Week: SNEAKY (underhanded, dishonest, tricky, secretive, sly)
Adding Language of None planned
Line Time:
We progressed with learning our songs for the International Festival and learned our lines for the show. I have to say the students ROCKED the International Festival. A big shout out to Kathleen and Ashlie for getting the students ready with he songs, lines, and craft. Also, I want to recognize Yao An for volunteering her time to teach the students to sing in Chinese.
On a sad note: This was the last International Festival my favorite and only daughter will attend. She started out as a first grader running around the auditorium handing out programs to unsuspecting adults. She did this until she became a teen and it seemed had less energy for the running of the laps. She since has attended to see the cuteness and food. For the next four springs she will be located in Bowling Green, Ohio/BGSU. Appreciate your children when they are actually children because before you know it they will be teenagers waiting to go to university.
An interesting story in one of Montessori’s books is about a time when she visited a school and saw a child so deep in concentration, that she did not notice a single thing around her. Dr. Montessori said they danced around the child and even picked up the child in her seat, yet she did not lose concentration. We see similar instances in our classroom when students find purposeful work. In the elementary classroom, this is often work they have chosen to complete themselves. Whether it is a research project they have independently compiled throughout the year, a math work they are working towards, or a project they are building, immense concentration happens every day in our environment.
A Peek at Next Week
Next week, our first year students will practice adding and exchanging values of coins, will be introduced to the interjection, and will review recent math concepts. Our second year students continue working to recognize parts of speech and will review math concepts. Our third year students will measure liquids by volume, will be introduced to adverbials, and will complete TerraNova Assessments. Our fourth year students will find the square of a two-digit number, will discuss the Iron Age, and will complete TerraNova Assessments. Our fifth year students will continue working with square roots and continue to research Ancient Civilizations.
REMINDERS:
After returning from spring break, we started reading books from the library for reading group. Our first book was A Big Guy Took My Ball by Mo Willems. This story is from the Elephant and Piggie series. In the book, Piggie tells Elephant (Gerald) that a big guy took the ball that he found. Gerald tells him that he will get the ball back for him. Well, Gerald finds out just how BIG this “big guy ” is. He ends up being a whale and the ball belonged to him. The big guy was sad because no one would play with him. Instead of getting mad, Piggie and Gerald invite the whale to play together.
The kindergartners particiated in activities that went along with the story. They wrote their own questions about the story, drew pictures of their interpretations of the how the characters felt and diferent scenes, along with particitpated in discussions. By the last reading of the book, they were all reading the story along with me!
-The Kindergartner will be listening to another Elephant and Piggie book.
-The students will be participating in interpretive and evaluative acivites.
Line Time:
We are progressing with learning our songs for the International Festival and learning our lines for the show. I have to say the students are doing very very well.
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 25 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, and Malay).
Trivia Question:
In high school my football jersey was number 86. Why did I chose this number? This is a tough one!
Hint: It is a reference to a 1960’s television show. {you can not google this} bwahahaha
For those of you who are interested I dislocated my right thumb in practice my senior year.
You Ever Notice?:
You get gobs of left overs for Thanksgiving but no one gives leftovers for the Easter Meal (especially if lamb is served).
Peek In Our Classroom:
Next Week:
Line Time- International Festival Preparation
Letter Of The Week- None scheduled due to International Festival Practice
Rhyming Word Of The Week- None scheduled due to International Festival Practice
Next Language will be- None scheduled due to International Festival Practice
Snack will be brought to you by Hunter
Upcoming Events:
International Festival Practice Wednesday, May 1st | Cuyahoga Falls High School, 6pm-7pm
International Festival Friday, May 3rd | Cuyahoga Falls High School, 5:30pm | Early Dismissal 12 Noon
—Moms and Muffins, Friday May 10th, 7am to 7:45am—
—Grandparents Day, Tuesday May 14—
Fun, Frolic, and Friends:
North America: Is the third largest continent in the world. There are four big countries: Canada, Greenland, the United States and Mexico. It has high mountains and flat grasslands. It has swamps, forest, deserts and even volcanoes. Most people speak English, Spanish or French.
South America: Is the fourth largest continent in the world. It has tall mountains and flat grasslands. The worlds largest rain forest is in South American and is called the Amazon rain forest. There are may unusual plants and animals.
Work Time:
Guest Reader:
Reminders:
April 22 | Easter Monday | No School
April 26 | Bring Your Parent to Work Time
Nouns/Verbs: The students learned that a noun is a person, place , or thing. And that a verb is an action word or something that you can do.
Cursive Handwriting: The students practiced writing the lowercase cursive words: top, best, wag, rod, kit and wet.
A peek into next week: Pronouns
