Our Academic Enrichment time is daily from 12:00-1:00pm. This time is specifically designed for our Kindergarten students to join together as a group to work and progress through the advanced materials and lessons in the Montessori primary curriculum. Throughout the school day in their classroom they are still working individually with their classroom teacher on these and other materials at their level.
09/29: Biggest (Solar System) to Smallest (your home)
- Review hemispheres
- Introduction to solar system and planets
- Our continent, our country, state and county
- City, street, address and phone numbers
10/06: Landforms
- Island/Lake, Isthmus/Straight
- Bay/Cape, Peninsula/Gulf
- Archipelago/Chain of Lakes
- Use of landform cards, and water trays
10/13: Telling Time
- Parts of the clock
- Telling time to the hour
- Telling time to the half hour
- Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets
10/20: Telling Time
- Telling time to the quarter hour (quarter past/ quarter till)
- Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets
10/27: Telling Time
- Review telling time to the hour, half and quarter hours
- Telling time to the minute
- Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets
Sight Words of the Week:
09/29: from he
10/06: you his
10/13: for with
10/20: she were
10/27: use your
Synonyms of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
09/29: ACTIVE, lively, energetic, dynamic, vigorous, hasty
10/06: CALM, peaceful, quiet, inactive, serene, slow
10/13: HOT, burning, scorching, blazing, boiling, sizzling
10/20: COLD, freezing, chilly, frigid, frozen, cool
10/27: NEW, novel, fresh, original, unique, current, unused
Things to do at Home this Month:
- Practice telling time on the clock at home. When you sit down to dinner, ask them to tell you what time it is, when they go to bed, have them check the clock. Have fun with Time!
Mr. John will be sending homework home to reinforce these lessons. Please turn homework into the orange box outside of Mr. John’s classroom. Please email him if you have any questions: jkotradi@thesmarterkids.com.