Lesson:
Your kindergarten students have been learning how a pronoun (we learned about 6 of them .. he, she, it, we, they, you) takes a place of a noun. He is a boy, she is a girl, but never ever call a person an “it”. we also learned that the adjective describes nouns and of course can describe the pronoun.
Next Week:
Lesson: Adverbs
No sight words or synonyms due to the International Festival
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We are starting to practice for The International Festival. We are learning our individual lines and learning the songs to be sung at the International Festival. The children are having a good time practicing.
Peek in the Classroom:
The University Of Akron Field Students are working with their “Roo Buddy” This week they are working with letter sounds and the concept of “Land, Air, and Water”.
This student is working on a construction box which falls into the category of Geometry. This student made shapes such as a hexagon, chevron, trapezoid, parallelogram, and isosceles triangle.
Upcoming Events:
International Festival Dates-
Take your child to the restroom before dropping them off (even if they say they do not have to go)
International Festival Practice – Wednesday 4/18/2018 – 6:00 to 7:30 pm
International Festival – Friday 4/20/18 – 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Friday 4/20/2018 **** Early Dismissal at Noon — No Aftercare ****
Moms and Muffins – Friday May 11th – 7:00 to 7:45 am
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We will be learning about the parts of speech until the end of the year. We the learned there are three articles. They are A, An, The and we learned rules when we use those articles. “A” goes with consonants, “an” go with vowels, and “the” goes with both consonants and vowels. Moving along we leaned that a pronoun takes the place of a noun and pronouns sometimes make our lives easier. We went over six pronouns He(boy), she(girl), we( a group we are included), they( a group we are not included), it(we use for non-living things and when we don’t know what gender). We never call a human an “it” because it is rude. “You” was the last pronoun we became familiar with.
Cultural Subjects:
We can now count to ten in 27 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, and Turkish).
Next week:
Line Time: Pronouns
Sight Words of the Week: No words during International Festival Practices
Synonym of the Week: No words during International Festival Practices
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We ended the month by learning about our own state of Ohio. The students were first taught how to spell Ohio. OH-IO ! We learned that the flag of Ohio is the only flag that is not the shape of a rectangle. The official nickname of Ohio is the Buckeye State and the Buckeye Tree is the official tree of Ohio. The white tailed deer and trilobite are the mammal and fossil of Ohio. We found a theme of the color “red/”scarlet for the rest of the official things of Ohio. The flower is the scarlet carnation, bird is the cardinal, insect is the lady bug and the official drink is tomato juice. The official rock and roll song is “Hang On Sloopy”
Peek In Our Classroom:
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can count to ten in 25 different languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, French, German, 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, and Hindi).
Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time Lesson- Returning 4/3/2018 Continents/International Festival
Letter Of The Week- No letter of the week during International Festival Practice
Rhyming Word Of The Week- No word of the week during International Festival Practice.
Adding The Language Of.. No languages during International Festival Practice.
Upcoming Events:
Spring Break 3/26 to 4/2, returning 4/3/2018
Dads and Donuts 4/6/2018 (Friday) 7am to 7:45am
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We had fun this week looking into the world of art. Most of the lessons were a review of what Ms. Renee had taught the students. 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.
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Absorbent Minds Montessori School has a relationship with the University of Akron where Field Students come into the room. This week they are working with their “Roo Buddy” on letter recognition and letter sounds.
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can count to ten in 25 different languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo Croation, Cebuano, and Malay).
Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time Lesson- Landmarks of USA/The State Of Ohio
Letter Of The Week- Y y
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bac
Adding The Language Of Hindi
Upcoming Events:
Spring Break 3/26 to 4/2, returning 4/3/2018
Pizza Lunch 3/23/2018 (Friday). You do not have to bring a lunch !!!! Also pajama day and show and tell.
Dads and Donuts 4/6/2018 (Friday) 7am to 7:45am
Lessons:
This week we learned about nouns and verbs. A noun is a person, place , or thing. A verb is an action word or something that you do.
Cultural Subjects:
We can now count to ten in 27 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, and Farsi).
Next week:
Line Time: Articles and the Rules of Articles
Sight Words of the Week: have this
Synonym of the Week: Mean
Adding Language of Turkish
This week we started our journey into the wonderful world of grammar. This week we started off learning what the vowels ( a, e, i, o, u) and consonants (the rest of the letters) are.
Cultural Subjects:
We can now count to ten in 26 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, and Hindi).
Next Week:
Nouns and Verbs
Synonym of the Week: mean
Sight Words: have this
Language to be added: Farsi
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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, 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?
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can count to ten in 25 different languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo Croation, and Cebuano).
Peek Into The Classroom:
Next Week:
Line Time Weekly Theme: Art
Letter of the Week: X x
Rhyming Word of the Week: bel
Language to be added: Malay
Upcoming Events:
Art Museum Field Trip March 15, 2018 (Thursday)
Parent Teacher Conferences (Pre K and Pre 1st Grade ONLY) Fridays 3/9/2018 and 3/16/2018
This week we reviewed the three different triangles we learned about, quadrelaterals, and polygons. This week we studied the geometric solids, three dimensional shapes such as the cube, sphere, cylinder, ovoid, elipsoid, square based pyramid, and triangular prism.
Next Week:
Lesson– Vowels and consonants
Synonym of the week– healthy
Sight words of the week– then out
Cultural Subjects:
Your children can count to ten in 24 different languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, and Serbo Croation).
We did a time lapse science experiment where we put eggs in vinegar. The result was rubber eggs. The shell of an egg (typically a chicken egg) is made up of primarily calcium carbonate. If you soak this egg shell in vinegar (which is about 4% acetic acid), you start a chemical reaction that dissolves the calcium carbonate shell. The acetic acid reacts with the calcium carbonate in the egg shell and releases carbon dioxide gas that you see as bubbles on the shell.
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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 Posiden 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.
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Next Week:
Line Time: Ancient Rome
Letter Of The Week: W w
Rhyming Word Of The Week: beg
Language Added: Cebuano
Upcoming Events:
Art Museum Field Trip, March 15th, Thursday
Look for information for pre kindergarten and pre elementary conferences.
