Peppermint Oobleck: We mixed cornstarch, water and candy canes together. It became a solid. No wait it became a liquid. Wait, it became both! We were able to pick up solid a chunk and pack it into a ball, but as soon as we stopped forming the ball it oozed into a liquid. The children learned that this is called a non-newtonian liquid, which is a substance that acts like both a liquid and a solid.
A Peek at Our Week | Ms. Courtney’s Classroom | Week of December 11th
The past week the children have been working hard to practice for the Christmas show multiple times a day. Below are this weeks adventures of Cat Baby Elf Pants!
Guest Reader
Work Time
Pajama and Show-N-Tell Day | December 20th
Christmas Break | December 21st to January 2nd
A Look into Next Week: Christmas Baking / Crafts
Peek At Our Week | Mr. John | Week Of December 11, 2017
Line Time:
We kept practicing for The Christmas Show and learned about Christmas traditions from around the world.
Peek Into The Classroom:
Peek To Next Week:
We will still be focusing on the holiday season.
December 20, Wednesday: Pajama Day/ Show and Tell (no weapons)
December 21: Winter Break Begins :))
January 3: Winter Break Ends :((
Students will need snowpants, winter coats, hats, gloves, and boots to go outside for recess.
A Peek At Our Week | Week of December 4th | Ms. Kate’s Class
All week long we learned about Christmas around the world! We had so much fun learning about the different traditions and celebrations in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Together we read books from these countries, created fun holiday crafts from each of these countries, and even learned how to say Merry Christmas in different languages! I think it is so important to teach our children how other countries celebrate different things.
Take A Peek Into Next Week:
The theme for next week is about the importance of giving to others. Together we will talk about the difference between a want vs. a need, making a helping others paper chain, making cookies for the fire fighters, creating bird feeders, and much much more!
Reminders:
Wednesday the 13th is our dress rehearsal at 6pm.
Friday the 15th is our Christmas show at 6pm!
Wednesday the 20th is pj, movie, and show and tell day!!!
Peek In Our Week / Mr. John / Week of December 4, 2017
Line Time:
Your children are busy little carolers practicing for the Christmas Show. We also leaned a few fun traditions of Christmas around the world.
Cultural Subjects:
The Montessori classroom consists of 2 1/2 year old students to 6 year old students. Meet our newest 5 and 6 year old students.
Peeking Into The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week:
Practicing for the Christmas Show and learning about Christmas around the world.
Christmas Show Attire: Red and/or white
December 13: Christmas Show Practice 6 pm to 8 pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School
December 15: Christmas Show 6:30 pm to 8 pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School (NO AFTERCARE)
December 21: Winter Break Begins :))
January 3: Winter Break Ends :((
Academic Enrichment | week of December 4th | Tallmadge
The kindergarten students have been working hard on learning both static and dynamic multiplication using the golden beads, stamp game, bead frame and dot board to solve problems.
A Look Into Next Week: Static and Dynamic (exchanging) Multiplication
- Exchanging 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s
- Using single units, 10 bars, 100 squares and 1000 cubes
- Discovering that multiplication is simply repeat addition
A Peek at Our Week | Elementary | Week of December 4th
This week students have worked on many exciting lessons! First year students worked on Stamp Game Multiplication, learned about positions of a straight line, discussed the external characteristics of a protozoan and looked at the needs of humans during the Middle Ages. The second year students were excited for their first lesson with the Racks and Tubes. They also looked at life during the Middle Ages, the relationship between two angles and different types of rocks. Third year students took their microscope test, practiced multiplying with zero in the multiplier, looked at the least common multiple of three numbers, and discussed the main characteristics of platyhelminthes. Fourth year students added fractions with unlike denominators, looked at additional characteristics between primates, apes, and humans, and reviewed the five kingdoms of living things.
A Peek into Next Week
Next week Lower Elementary students will look into the origin of their names, practice sentence analysis, discuss different types of roots and seeds, and will learn about friction. Upper Elementary students will work on prime factors, discuss cells and energy, and will continue to compare primates, apes, and humans.
REMINDERS:
- Wednesday, December 13, Christmas Show Rehearsal, from 6:00-7:00. Elementary drop off is inside of the auditorium in the front two rows on the right side if you are facing the stage (same as last year if you are a returning family). Please make sure you take your child to the bathroom BEFORE dropping them off with us.
- Friday, December 15, Christmas Show. Students must arrive by 5:30. I will have the costumes for each student, so please be prompt so they can change in time. Please make sure you take your child to the bathroom BEFORE dropping them off with us.
A Peek at Our Week | Ms. Courtney’s Classroom | Week of December 4th
The past week the children have been working hard to practice for the Christmas show multiple times a day. Below are this weeks adventures of Cat Baby Elf Pants!
Guest Readers
Work Time
Reminders
Christmas Show Rehearsal | December 13th 6 PM to 8 PM
Christmas Show | December 15th 6 PM to 8 PM | NO AFTERCARE
Pajama and Show-N-Tell Day | December 20th
Christmas Break | December 21st to January 2nd
A Look into Next Week: Christmas Program
- The children will be practicing for the Christmas show multiple times a day.
A Peek into Cuyahoga Falls Science Class | November 2017
We enjoyed our time in Science class this month! Check out some of what we learned!
Buoyancy– A force in a liquid pushing against an object in the liquid
Surface Tension– A property of a liquid keeping an object from going into the liquid
Students also loved our “disapearing packing peanuts” experiment! When you put the packing peanuts in water, they disappear. Why? Because the packing peanuts are made out of corn starch or potato starch. The water dissolves the starch.
What a great month exploring science with our friends!
A Peek At Handwriting | Week of November 27th
During the past couple of weeks in Handwriting, we have been working on Lower Case and the common initial strokes used to form those letters. We have been carefully working forming the lower case letters i, t, and j in cursive. Our Kindergarten students have been working hard on carefully forming each letter and I’m so proud of their progress!