Peek In Our Week ||| Mr. John’s Classroom ||| Week Of September 21, 2020

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Living and Non-Living-  This week we talked about living and non-living things. Your children now know what makes a living thing.  All living things reproduce, grow, eat or take in nutrients, breathe or exchange gases, and need water. We are all in agreement that plants, animals, trees, grass, are living things!  My shoe is not a living thing nor am I at 4:30 am . My youngest son’s shoes may or may not be living.  I do not get close enough to tell due to the smell and I may have seen them move on their own….  Boys that are 14 1/2 years old, SMH.

 

With A Little Help From Our Friends :

A Message From Mr. John:

Know Your Languages:

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 6 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French)  Also, I will be posing a video with the language added for that week.   Oh ya, take a gander at the video below.

 

Fun Fact:
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

I know 7% doesn’t sound like a lot, but that actually works out at 16.4 million American adults.
Sounds like a lot now right?

 

Peek In The Classroom:

Look at her focus working on pouring form a cup into a bottle using a funnel! Practical Life/Everyday Living was developed by Maria Montessori to assist in developing OCCI (order, concentration, coordination and independence). Practical Life/Everyday Living is simply activities suitable for a child that allows the ability to work with a purpose or in a purposeful way to accomplish developing skills.

 

This student is working on a math material called the Teen Board. The teen board introduces the number/symbols and quantity/color beads between 11 and 19. I stress the importance of the relationship between number and symbol.

 

She is working on The Vowel Tree found in the language area. This work utilizes word building for the pre reading student. Real words are created as well as nonsensical words.

 

This girl is working on the Memory Game which is a math material. The purpose of the work is to train the child’s memory by asking him to retain a numerical symbol in her mind, walk across the room, count the exact number of popsicle sticks, and return to the teacher. Children love this work because it involves movement. As you can tell the picture is a bit blurry due to it being an action shot.

 

This boy is practicing his cursive handwriting. There are many benefits for adopting this approach not least of which that the movements of cursive writing are more natural and easy to form.

 

A student reading and the same student featured with the Vowel Tree working on the Vowel Tree on her own and was her choice to work with it.

 

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Mammals

Letter Of The Week- F f

Rhyming Word Of The Week- big

Next Language is Greek

 

Academic Enrichment aka kindergarten:
Since we live in the great state of Ohio I felt it was needed to become familiar with the states that surround our home state. We started with Ohio which is the Buckeye State and the abbreviation is OH.  We then looked at the state to the east of us named Pennsylvania (not Transylvania) which is called the Keystone State and the abbreviation is PA. We traveled south and discovered West Virginia which is the Mountain State and the abbreviation is WV. Moving to the west we ran into Kentucky which is the Blue Grass State and the abbreviation is KY.  Moving more westward is Indiana or the Hoosier State (what is a Hoosier anyway?) and the abbreviation is IN.  To my chagrin I introduced the students to TSUN.  I can not bring myself to even say the name….  xichigan  wolverine state.  

Let us end not on a low note like the last sentence in the previous paragraph and present the “official” things for the state of Ohio…

Mammal: White Tail Deer
Fossil: Trilobite
Tree: Buckeye
Bird: Cardinal
Flower: Red Carnation
Drink: Tomato Juice
Rock Song: Hang On Sloopy

*****  Notice how most of these things refer to Buckeye Football/ being red or scarlet.  Also, why does Hang On Sloopy have importance to Buckeye Football?  *****

O-H-I-O…. as we sing Hang on Sloopy!

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing  in cursive Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: From biggest to smallest and smallest to biggest (Milky Way to your street address).

Synonym Of The Week:  Active:  lively, energetic, dynamic, vigorous

Sight Words Of The Week: from he

 

Upcoming Events:
Picture Day- Wednesday October, 14th

 

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Obviously a staged picture. Lol

 

SMILE!!!!… this is a tough crowd!

 

More photo taking reluctance! Lol

 

Finally cooperation. I could never be a child photographer, hehe

 

Your Child says The Dardest Things:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peek In Our Week | Week of September 14, 2020 | Mr. John’s Classroom

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Food Groups,
This week we had fun learning about the food groups in our class. Grains and Cereals (pasta, rice, bread, cereal, crackers), Fruit (apples, grapes, kiwi, mango which is my favorite), Vegetables (cucumbers, carrots, potato, broccoli, eggplant, which is my favorite) Dairy (my favorite… milk, cheese {I love cheese/smoked gouda}, yogurt), meats (beef, pork, chicken), and proteins, fats and sugars and how many servings we should have per day.

 

 

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 5 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German)

 

Fun Fact:
Did you know Fruit Loops are all the same flavor?  No need eating one color before the others.  I guess I was misled my whole life and I am bitter! Toucan Sam you disappoint me.  hehe

 

 

 

Peek In The Classroom:

This girl is enjoying working with the Binomial Cube. This work is found in the Sensorial area and is introduced to children from around 3.5 years to 4 years old. In these early stages, the purpose of the material is less focused on the complex mathematics behind the material, and rather is to provide a challenge for a child’s ability to find patterns and relationships between the blocks.

 

Messes are commonplace in the Montessori classroom (which is OK) because the children learn to take responsibility and clean their own mishaps.

 

He is working on the Knobbless Cylinders which is a Sensorial work. The purpose of these cylinders is to develop child’s fine-motor movements, concentration, hand-eye coordination, and visual perception of dimension. The material gives the child basic language important in math.

 

This picture shows an older student helping a younger student. In the Montessori classroom older students enjoy working with and helping younger students which help build confidence and leadership skills for the older students.

 

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Living and Non-Living Things

Letter Of The Week- E e

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bad

Next Language is French

 

Upcoming Events:
Picture Day- Wednesday October, 14th

 

 

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

My goofy kinders.

 

Weekly Theme:
North America-  Since we live on the continent of North America I thought it would be a great idea to identify some of the larger countries (Canada, Mexico) that border the U.S.A.  Also, we identified bodies of water (Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Hudson Bay, Gulf Of Mexico, and The Great Lakes {H.O.M.E.S.}) that “touch” and are in our continent. We also reviewed the Cardinal Directions of North, East, South, West (Never Eat Soggy Worms).

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing  in cursive Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss

 

Next Week:n
Weekly Theme: Ohio and surrounding states

Synonym Of The Week:  BORING: drab, dull, lifeless, mundane, monotonous

Sight Words Of The Week: are was

 

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Goofiness happens!

 

One student needed glasses.

 

Another student needed glasses for a fashion statement!!!

 

You shoulda seen the other guy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peek In Our Week ::: Mr. John’s Class ::: Week Of March 9, 2020

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We had fun this week looking into the world of art.   We went over the primary and secondary colors.  We learned there are different ways to create art such as, drawing with pencils, coloring with crayons, and painting.  We looked at artists such as Michael Angelo, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol.

 

     

 

 

 

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 26 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, Malay, Hindi).

 

Mr. John’s Thoughts:
You be safe out there and see you soon.  Also, with the toilet paper shortages it is a good time to buy stock in toilet bidets. 

 

 

 

Peek In Our Classroom:

She is working on the sound cylinders. This Montessori material helps a child refine his or her auditory senses in a controlled and engaging way. The material ‘isolates one difficulty’ by making the cylinders identical to each other, except for the sound they make when shaken, ultimately practicing sound discrimination.

 

He created what we call an extension. The bottom line is that Montessori extension lessons help the child to have further experience with the concepts of the materials. Often times the extension activity draws the child towards a more abstracted view of the original concrete concept that was introduced.

 

She is working on the Geometric Solids. The Geometric Solids are one of many Montessori materials that challenge and shape a child’s stereognostic sense, which is their ability to perceive and understand both the form and nature of objects through touch. AND A PHOTO BOMB

 

She is working on the 9 lay out. The purpose of this material is to give an overall view of the decimal system and the fact that in base then there may be no more than nine in any one category for both beads and cards.

 

 

Next Week:
Line Time- 

Letter Of The Week-

Rhyming Word Of The Week-

Next Language will be-

 

 

Upcoming Events:
As it stands now:
Governor’s Mandate: Off Monday March, 16 returning Monday April, 6

As it stands now:
NO SCHOOL: Monday April, 13 for Easter Monday

As it stands now:
International Festival Rehearsal: Wednesday, April 22nd, 6pm to 7pm

International Festival Event: Friday, April 24th,  ***** EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12 NOON *****

 

Fun, Frolic, and Friends (Art Museum):

           

 

        

 

 

Kindergarten Corner:

Weekly Theme:
Consonants and Vowels.  We learned that there are 5 letters that are vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and the rest of the letters are called consonants.

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 27 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:
Weekly Theme: 

Synonym Of The Week:

Sight Words Of The Week:

Language Of The Week:

 

 

Academic Enrichment ::: Cuyahoga Falls Campus ::: Week Of 3/9/2020

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Weekly Theme:
Consonants and Vowels.  We learned that there are 5 letters that are vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and the rest of the letters are called consonants.

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 27 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:
Weekly Theme: 

Synonym Of The Week:

Sight Words Of The Week:

Language Of The Week:

 

Peek In Our Week @@@ Mr. John’s Classroom @@@ Week of March 2, 2020

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The month started off by going back in time and studying the Ancient Romans.  The Ancient Romans had similar Gods as the Ancient Greeks.  The king of all Gods in Rome was Jupiter and his wife Juno who was the Goddess of Marriage and childbirth.  Pluto was the God of the Underworld, Venus was the Goddess of Love,  Neptune was the God of the Seas, and finally we came across the God of War, Mars.  Did you notice that a lot of these Gods had planets named after them?

 

Did you know?
I am on a Peter Gabriel kick.  Mostly the 3rd album (aka Melt) and “So”

    

 

New Student:
Please welcome the newest student to the classroom.

 

 

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 23 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay).

 

Peek In The Classroom:

Practical Life was developed by Maria Montessori to assist in developing OCCI (Order, Concentration, Coordination, Independence). Practical Life is simply activities suitable for a child that allows the ability to work with a purpose or in a purposeful way to accomplish developing skills. She is grating a bar of soap and the next step is to WHISK it creating bubbles.

 

The colored beads representing each number between 1 and 9. Once put in order he will match the appropriate number to the number of the bead furthering the correspondence between quantity and symbol.

 

The key purpose of the Moveable Alphabet is to prepare children for writing, reading, and spelling. The child’s use of the material progresses from single words, to phrases, and eventually to stories. In this way, the Moveable Alphabet teaches children how to symbolize their own thoughts, and begin to write creatively.

 

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.

 

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Art

Letter Of The Week- X x

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bel

Next Language is Hindi

 

Upcoming Events:
Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday March 12 (in the morning).  FREE EVENT!

Spring Break: No School Friday March, 20 and returning Monday March 30.

International Festival: Friday April, 24.  !!!!!! SIGN UP FOR YOUR COUNTRY !!!!!!

 

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Crazy Sock Day!

 

Ya shoulda seen the other guy!

 

BFFs

 

What a Wacky Wednesday it Was

 

Kindergarten Corner:
Weekly Theme:

This week we learned how to tell time to the half hour/analog, hands and such.

 

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 24 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).

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Vowels and Consonants

Synonym Of The Week: DRY: dehydrated, arid, parched

Sight Words Of The Week: they that

Language Of The Week: Turkish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Enrichment @@@ Cuyahoga Falls Campus @@@ Week Of 3/2/2020

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Weekly Theme:
This week we learned how to tell time to the half hour/analog, hands and such.

 

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 24 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).

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Vowels and Consonants

Synonym Of The Week: DRY: dehydrated, arid, parched

Sight Words Of The Week: they that

Language Of The Week: Turkish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peek In Our Week *** Mr. John’s Class *** Week Of February 24, 2020

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This week we went back in time and took a look at Ancient Greece and talked about Greek Mythology. The Greek Gods hung out on Mt. Olympus and we learned the King of all Gods was Zeus and if you made him angry he had a lightning bolt in his hand that he would throw at you.  Zeus had a wife named Hera and she was the Goddess of Marriage.  If you were a sailor you dare not make Poseidon angry because he was the the God of the Seas and held a trident (a fork like spear) in his hand.  Zeus had a brother that he sent to the under world and that God was named Hades.  Hades had a pet that was a three headed dog named Cerberus.  We also learned about Pan and Medusa.

 

  

 

        

 

 

Did you know:
Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.

 

 

Peek In The Classroom:

These two girls are working with fractions.

 

This is an impromptu classroom reenactment.

 

She is working on her fine motor skills and brushing up on shape identification.

 

Part 1 of this activity is to grate a bar of soap. Part 2 is to whisk it into bubbles. Both steps are depicted here.

 

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Ancient Rome

Letter Of The Week- W w

Rhyming Word Of The Week- beg

Next Language is Malay

 

Upcoming Events:
Akron Art Museum: Thursday March, 12.  Turn in your Field Trip Forms!

Spring Break: Starts Friday March, 20th returning Monday March 30th.

International Festival: Friday April, 24.    >>>> Sign up for a country on my classroom door <<<<

 

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

You should’ve seen the other guy.

 

The hair and sparkly jacket…. It is all about FASHION!

 

Shorts in Winter? She longs for Summer. P.S. She did not leave the house like this.

 

 

Kindergarten This Week:
This week we learned how to tell time to the hour/analog, hands and such.

 

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 24 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).

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Telling Time to the half hour

Synonym Of The Week: Bad: incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory, faulty, defective

Sight Words Of The Week: then out

Language Of The Week: Farsi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Enrichment *** Cuyahoga Falls Campus *** Week Of 2/24/2020

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Weekly Theme:
This week we learned how to tell time to the hour/analog, hands and such.

 

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 24 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).

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Telling Time to the half hour

Writing: We will be using a sentence rewriter tool to enhance their writing ability.

Synonym Of The Week: Bad: incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory, faulty, defective

Sight Words Of The Week: then out

Language Of The Week: Farsi

 

Academic Enrichment === Cuyahoga Falls Campus === Week Of 2/17/2020

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Weekly Theme:
The kindergartners learned about fractions this week. We learned what that a numerator is the number on the top in a fraction that shows how many parts are taken from the whole number and Denominator is the number on the bottom of a fraction that represents the total number.  We broke down fractions using circles, squares, triangles, and how many boy/girls were in the classroom.

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 24 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).

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Telling Time to the hour

Synonym Of The Week: Good: pleasant, fine, honorable, wonderful, valuable

Sight Words Of The Week: write them

Language Of The Week: Hindi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peek In Our Week === Mr. John’s Class === Week Of February 17, 2020

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We went back in time and learned about Ancient Egypt.  We learned that the leaders or kings were called Pharaohs and when a king died they used a method to preserve them called mummification.  The pharaohs that were mummified look nothing like you see at Halloween or on cartoons.  The ancient Egyptians had a a written language called hieroglyphics which incorporated symbols such as cats, humans, and other daily objects. We also learned that the ancient Egyptians were responsible for building the Great Pyramids and The Sphinx which has the body of a lion and a head of a man. 

        

 

 

Why do your fingers wrinkle in water?
For a long time, people thought the water caused skin to swell up and get puffy. Now researchers believe wrinkly fingers could be an autonomic nervous system reaction. … Because it’s easier to pick up wet objects with wrinkly fingers. Wrinkles on your fingers may give you more grip, kind of like treads on a car tire.

 

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 23 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation).

 

Peek In The Classroom:

King Tut and Cleopatra

 

This girl is helping the classroom by dusting the shelves.

 

She is practicing handwriting.

 

This boy is working on his letter sounds.

 

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Ancient Greece

Letter Of The Week- V v

Rhyming Word Of The Week- ben

Next Language is Cebuano

 

Upcoming Events:
Akron Art Museum Field Trip: March 12, Thursday.  Forms and emails sent.

Spring Break: Friday, March 20th returning Monday March 30th

 

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Just posing for the camera.

 

Time waits for no one.

 

Ya should ah seen the other guy.

 

A thumbs up day!!!

 

Academic Enrichment Weekly Theme:
The kindergartners learned about fractions this week. We learned what that a numerator is the number on the top in a fraction that shows how many parts are taken from the whole number and Denominator is the number on the bottom of a fraction that represents the total number.  We broke down fractions using circles, squares, triangles, and how many boy/girls were in the classroom.

 

Handwriting:
We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).

 

Cultural Subjects:
We now can count to ten in 24 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).

 

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Telling Time to the hour

Synonym Of The Week: Good: pleasant, fine, honorable, wonderful, valuable

Sight Words Of The Week: write them

Language Of The Week: Hindi