Lesson: This week we started our two week journey in the fascinating world of Geometry. We learned that there is just not one kind of triangle. Actually, there are many kinds of triangles but we focused on three (Equilateral, Isosceles, and Scalene). We then looked at quadrilaterals which are any four sided shape (square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, chevron). We moved on to polygons (pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon). Learning how to count in Greek really paid off during this session.
Handwriting: We practiced cursive…
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 23 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).
Next Week: Lesson- Shapes 2, Geometric Cabinet, Geometric Solids
Sight Words Of The Week- write them
Synonym Of The Week- Wet: damp, moist, soggy, drenched, soaked
Line Time: Presidents Of The United States Of America (Wasn’t that a 90’s band? Gunna eat a lot of peaches!) We first learned about George Washington and how he was our first president and was the General of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln came from a poor family, freed the slaves and was president during the Civil War. We were introduced to Franklin D. Roosevelt and how he was president during World War II and how John F. Kennedy fought for equal rights. We then learned that Donald Trump was current president. The children were taught that the president’s wives are called the first lady and that the president lives in the white house in Washington DC, and flies on a jet called Air Force 1. We discussed what responsibilities the President has. The children came up with keeping us safe, keeping the world safe, and running the country.
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 21 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, and Dutch/Flemmish )
Valentine Party:
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Next Week: Line Time- Ancient Egypt
Letter Of The Week- U u
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bet
Next Language will be- Polish
Snack will be brought to you by Khoury
Upcoming Events:
(((((((((((( Open House February 24, Sunday 2pm to 4pm )))))))))))
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<<<<<< Akron Art Museum Field Trip March 14, Thursday in the morning >>>>>>
—–Recess attire…. winter coat, hat, gloves or mittens that are waterproof (not cloth or yarn), boots, and snow pants!
If the child does not have one or all of these items they may be asked to stay in.
Lesson: We broke away from the four operations and learned about fractions. The purpose of fractions are to help the child gain a sensorial impression of fraction, introduction to the concept and notation of fractions, sensorial exploration of equivalency among fraction. We divided things like circles, triangles, and rectangles. We divided the class into boys/girls, Mr. John’s Students/Ms. Kate’s Students, and Buckeye Fans/xicigan fans. No xicigan fans were found.
Handwriting: We practiced cursive… u,v,x,y,z
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 23 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 ).
Next Week: Lesson- Shapes 1, Geometric Cabinet, Construction Boxes
Sight Words Of The Week- would about
Synonym Of The Week- Dry: dehydrated, arid, parched
Line Time: The class went green for the week learning about recycling, conserving energy, and pollution. I explained that pollution was anything that made our environment dirty. We learned there is littering. Littering can be people throwing trash on the side of the road or dropping a candy wrapper in the woods. We now know that we need to put trash in an appropriate container. We learned that air pollution is created by factories’ smokestacks and cars exhaust, but cars are just one of the factors that produce air pollution, there are also other reasons. Water Pollution is caused by factories dumping chemicals in the water or people throwing trash in the water instead of putting it in a trash can. The 3 R’s were introduced and now we all know to reduce, reuse and recycle! We thought of ways to conserve energy. We came up with turning off lights in rooms we are not in or turning off the TV if we are not watching it. We thought of turning off the water while we are brushing our teeth or turning down the heat and wearing a sweater instead. During the kindergarten lesson a student realized the room was just as light with the lights off as it was if the lights were on. Now we do our kindergarten lesson without lights.
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 19 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, and Welsh ) Thanks to our teachers that have taken the TEFL Thailand course we are able to teach your child a new language.
February Birthday: A Montessori Classroom is comprised of multi aged students. Students range from 2 1/2 to 6 years of age. Here is our newest 5 year old!
Lesson: We learned how to divide with the 9 tray. We learned the terms of equation, dividend, divisor, quotient.
Purpose For The 9 Tray: The Nine Tray is an important lesson in the sequence of the golden bead work. This presentation allows the child to concretely see the growth of numbers and the progression through the hierarchy from one level to the next. Children are ready for this work when they can identify numbers 1-9 and after they have been introduced to the golden beads and the language of place value: units, tens, hundreds and thousands.
Handwriting: We practiced cursive… q,r,s,t,u
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 21 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).
Next Week: Lesson- Fractions
Sight Words Of The Week- more these
Synonym Of The Week- GOOD: pleasant, fine, honorable,wonderful,valuable
Line Time: This week we learned about Internal Organs. We learned the brain is the control center of your body that sends and receives. Our lungs help us breathe, the heart pumps our blood and the stomach begins to digest our food with acid. The small intestines digest the food and send nutrients to the rest of our body and the large intestines push through the waste that creates our bowel movements (poop). The children were fascinated that our kidneys process the body’s water and the liver filters toxins, that’s why is important to take lots of water, even when you’re not home. The waste water is called urine (pee). The children learned where the organs are located with the help of our Living Internal Organ T-shirt. The shirt helped the children find the organs location by velcroing the organs to the spot on the t-shirt.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 19 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).
Peek In Our Classroom:
Next Week: Line Time- Pollution/Recycling
Letter Of The Week- S s
Rhyming Word Of The Week-bup
Next Language will be- Welsh
Snack will be brought to you by Ever
Upcoming Events:
<<<<<<<< All School Dance February 9, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm >>>>>>>
(((((((((((( Open House February 24, Sunday 2pm to 4pm )))))))))))
—–Valentine Day Party- Friday February 15th follow the link for the information—–
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—–Recess attire…. winter coat, hat, gloves or mittens that are waterproof (not cloth or yarn), boots, and snow pants!
If the child does not have one or all of these items they may be asked to stay in.
Lesson: We learned how to subtract with the 9 tray. We learned the terms of equation, addend and sum.
Purpose For The 9 Tray: The Nine Tray is an important lesson in the sequence of the golden bead work. This presentation allows the child to concretely see the growth of numbers and the progression through the hierarchy from one level to the next. Children are ready for this work when they can identify numbers 1-9 and after they have been introduced to the golden beads and the language of place value: units, tens, hundreds and thousands.
Handwriting: We practiced cursive… of q, r, s, t, u.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 20 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).
Next Week: Lesson- Division
Sight Words Of The Week- other some
Synonym Of The Week- Bad: incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory, faulty, defective
Lesson: We learned how to multiply with the 9 tray. We learned the terms of equation, addend and sum.
Purpose For The 9 Tray: The Nine Tray is an important lesson in the sequence of the golden bead work. This presentation allows the child to concretely see the growth of numbers and the progression through the hierarchy from one level to the next. Children are ready for this work when they can identify numbers 1-9 and after they have been introduced to the golden beads and the language of place value: units, tens, hundreds and thousands.
Handwriting: We practiced cursive… of Ll, Mm, Oo, Pp.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 20 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, and Welsh).
Next Week: Lesson- Subtraction
Sight Words Of The Week- first than
Synonym Of The Week- Appropriate: suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper
Line Time: This week we looked at the skeletal system and if we didn’t have a skeleton we would be one messy blob on the ground (insert a flagellant sound). We learned the skull protects our brain, the rib cage protects our lungs, and the spine keeps us sitting and standing straight. We learned technical terms for our arms, leg and our digits which is a funny name called phalanges. We brought our life sized foam puzzle into our room. His name is Elvis because we learned about the pelvis and it was a cool rhyming name.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 18 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, and Irish).
Guest Reader:
Peek In Our Classroom:
Next Week: Line Time- Internal Organs
Letter Of The Week- R r
Rhyming Word Of The Week-but
Next Language will be- Kiswahili
Snack will be brought to you by Adelina
Upcoming Events:
<<<<<<<< All School Dance February 9, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm >>>>>>>
(((((((((((( Open House February 24, Sunday 2pm to 4pm )))))))))))
—–Valentine Day Party- Friday February 15th (details to follow)
—–Recess attire…. winter coat, hat, gloves or mittens that are waterproof (not cloth or yarn), boots, and snow pants!
If the child does not have one or all of these items they may be asked to stay in.
The Kindergarten students were introduced to do addition with carry overs (Dynamic Addition).
Handwriting: We practiced cursive… Hopping hippos help. Ill impalas itch. Jazzy Jim jumps. Karma keeps kicking. Lions love licking.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 19 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Greek, Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, and Kiswahili).
Next Week: Lesson- Multiplication
Sight Words Of The Week- now made
Synonym Of The Week- FAT: big, overweight, bulky, heavy, plump