Academic Enrichment March 2015 Overview | Tallmadge

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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.

3/2: Geometric Shapes continued

  • Introduction to geometric shapes and constructive boxes
  • Geometric cabinet
  • Hexagon, rectangle and blue rectangle boxes
  • Creating triangles, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram, squares, etc.

3/9: Parts of Speech/ Grammar

  • Introduction to nouns and their rules (name of a person, place, thing or idea)
  • Introduction to verbs and their rules (action word or something you do)
  • Vowels, consonants and their rules
  • Using worksheets, diagramming sentences and sandpaper letters

3/16:  Parts of Speech/ Grammar

  • Introduction to the article (a kind of adjective always used with and gives information about a noun)
  • A definite article is the word “the”
  • An indefinite article is the word “a” or “an”
  • Using worksheets, diagramming sentences and sandpaper letters

3/23: Articles

  • Rules of the articles
  • Worksheets, grammar symbols, diagramming sentences

 

Synonyms of the week

3/2: WET, damp, moist, soggy, drenched, soaked

3/9: HEALTHY, hearty, athletic, sound, strong, fit

3/16: SICK, weak, unhealthy, ailing, infected, frail

3/23: MEAN, selfish, unkind, malicious, hurtful

 

Letter / Sight Words

3/2: Uu / he

3/9: Vv / go

3/16: Ww / we

3/23: Xx / in

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Look for our words of the week when reading a story, cut out pictures beginning with the letters of the week.
  • Practice using the different synonyms of the week in a sentence together.

 

February 2015 Monthly Overview | Tallmadge Campus

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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.

2/2: Introduction to multiplication continued

  • Working with 9 tray / 45 layout
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 square and 1000 cubes
  • Working with stamp game
  • Working with dot board 

2/9: Introduction to fractions

  • Exploring fractions
  • Fractional insets (whole up to 1/12)

2/16: Geometric Shapes

  • Introduction to geometric shapes and constructive boxes
  • Geometric cabinet
  • Monday, February 16th President’s Day- NO SCHOOL

2/23: Geometric Shapes continued

  • Introduction to geometric shapes and constructive boxes
  • Geometric cabinet

 

Synonyms of the week

2/2: APPROPRIATE, suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper

2/9: BAD, incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory faulty, defective

2/16: GOOD, pleasant, fine, honorable, wonderful, valuable 

2/23: DRY, dehydrated, arid, parched

 

Letter / Sight Words

2/2: Qq / am

2/9: Rr / you

2/16: Ss / down

2/23: Tt / a

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Look for our words of the week when reading a story, cut out pictures beginning with the letters of the week.
  • Practice using the different synonyms of the week in a sentence together.
  • You can view this link to give you more information on how the math materials are used in the Montessori classroom http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/index.php?title=Math.
  • You may also google the name of the work to find more videos and information on the purpose of that material.

Ms. Kate’s February 2015 Monthly Overview

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Themes of the Week (in addition to Montessori Work Time)

2/02: Coldacott Week

Introducing award winning books such as Make Way for Ducklings, The Snowy Day, Blueberries for Sal, The Lion and the Mouse, and other various Caldacott award winning books. The children will do different activities with each book.

Afternoon Group Lesson: Reviewing the letter of the week. Reiterating the calendar. Fun activities with Caldacott books.

2/9: Community Helpers: All about Doctors, Mail Carriers, Fire Fighters, and Police Officers

  • How Doctors help us and the special tools they use
  • Fire Fighters and Fire Safety and Stop, Drop & Roll
  • All about the Post Office, mail carriers
  • Learning our phone number and address/ How 911 is important to us
  • How do Police Officers protect us?

**Valentines Day Party: Friday the 13th

Afternoon Group Lesson: Reviewing the letter of the week, the calendar and fun community worker themed activities & crafts.

 

2/17: Community Helpers: All about Construction Workers, Soldiers, Chefs and Bakers

  • Learning about measurement and different tools.
  • Soldiers, different branches of the military, jobs they do and places they travel
  • Who works in a Restaurant/ Bakery?
  • What does a Chef/ Baker do, different types

*Monday 2/16– No School (President’s Day)

Afternoon Group Lesson: Reviewing the letter of the week, the calendar and fun community worker themed activities & crafts.

 

2/23: Community Helpers: Dentists, Teachers, and Veterinarians

  • How a Veterinarian is different from a Doctor
  • All about the importance of brushing, flossing and the different tools they use.
  • Charting what you want to be when you grow up.

Afternoon Group Lesson: Reviewing the letter of the week, the calendar and fun community worker themed activities & crafts.

 

Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.

  • 2/02: Rr 

  • 2/09: 
Ss
  • 2/17: Tt
  • 2/23: Uu

Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

  • 2/02: go

  • 2/09: can

  • 2/17: my
  • 2/23: this

Things to do at Home this Month to reinforce our themes:

  • While reading a book have your child point to all of the letter of the week she/he can find. Have them do this with the sight words as well. Play I‐Spy using things that only start with the letter of the week/ sight words.
  • Write a letter to a family member or special friend. Have your child help you address the letter, stamp it and mail it.
  • Invent your own cake or cookie together…get creative!
  • Create a fire escape plan together or make a blue print of your dream house with your child!

 

Ms. Kristen’s February 2015 Monthly Overview

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Themes of the Week  (in addition to Montessori Work time)

2/2: Transportation

  • What is Transportation?
  • Discuss trains and how they operate.
  • Discuss airplanes and how they fly.
  • Learning about busses and how they take us different places.
  • Discuss boats and how they are able to float on the water.

 

2/9: Polar Pals/ Valentine’s Day

  • Discussing Penguins – What they eat, where they live and more.
  • Learning about Polar Bears- Where they live, how they stay warm and more.
  • Discussing Beluga Whales- Where they live live, what they eat and more.
  • Discussing Seals-Where they live, how they stay warm, what they eat and more.
  • History of Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s activities.

*Valentine’s Party, Friday, February 13th

 

2/16: Presidents

  • Discussing Abraham Lincoln and his life.
  • Learning about George Washington, the father of our nation.
  • Learning about our current president, Barack Obama
  • Learning about the American Flag, and what the different parts symbolize.
  • Discussing the Pledge of Allegiance and what the words mean.

*Monday, February 16th President’s Day- NO SCHOOL

 

2/23: Dental Health

  • Discuss Dental Health
  • Learn what foods are healthy for our teeth.
  • Learn the parts of the tooth.
  • Why do we loose our baby teeth?
  • Learn about the job of a Dentist.

 

Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.

2/2: Kk

2/9: Gg

2/16: Mm

2/23:Oo

 

Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

2/2: Kid

2/9: Go

2/16: Me

2/23: Off

 

Things to do at Home this Month to reinforce our themes:

  • Make Valentines together with your child. Have them sign their own name to the cards.
  • Practice saying the Pledge of Allegiance with your child at home.
  • Practice teeth brushing with your child. Make a healthy snack together as a family that will promote dental health.
  • Practice the letter of the week with your child by playing “I Spy”. This is a great way to help them learn initial sounds. Remember to focus on the sound of the letter and not the name of the letter.

Mr. John’s February 2014 Monthly Overview

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Themes of the Week  (in addition to Montessori Work time)

2/02: Internal Organs

  • Brain, Heart, Lungs
  • Large and Small Intestines
  • Stomach
  • Kidneys and Liver

 

2/09: Presidents of the United States

  • George Washington
  • Abe Lincoln, Franklin D Roosevelt
  • John F Kennedy, Barack Obama

 

2/16: Ancient Egypt

  • Monday, February 16th President’s Day- NO SCHOOL
  • Egyptian culture and traditions
  • Buildings and contributions

 

2/23: Ancient Greek

  • Greek culture and traditions
  • Buildings and contributions

 

Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.

2/02: Rr

2/09: Ss

2/16: Tt

2/23: Uu

 

Rhyming Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

2/02: BUT, cut, gut, hut, nut, jut

2/09: BUP, cup, pup,

2/16: BED, fed, led, med, ned, red, net, ted

2/23: BET, get, jet, let, met, net, set

 

Things to do at Home this Month to reinforce our themes:

  • Look for our words of the week when reading a story, cut out pictures beginning with the letters of the week.
  • Play “I Spy” with items beginning with the letter of the week, or find things around your home that begin with the letter of the week.
  • Look at a United States map. See if your child can guess which state the presidents we learned about came from.
  • Go to your local library and explore books about the different ancient cultures and read them together.

 

February 2015 Monthly Overview | Cuyahoga Falls Campus

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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.

2/02:     Exchanging

  • Decimal System/Exchanging 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 squares and 1000 cubes

 

2/09:     Introduction to Multiplication

  • Exploring multiplication
  • Operations with the golden bead material
  • Practice with the nine tray and multiplication tables

 

2/16: Introduction to Fractions

  • Monday 2/17– No School (President’s Day)
  • Exploring Fractions
  • Fractional Insets (whole up to 1/12)
  • Monday, February 16th President’s Day- NO SCHOOL

 

2/23: Geometric Shapes

  • Intro to Geometric Shapes, Constructive boxes
  • Geometric Cabinet

 

Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

2/02: first, than

2/09: other, some

2/16: more, these

2/23: would, about

 

Synonyms of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

2/02: APPROPRIATE, suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper

2/09: BAD, incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory faulty, defective

2/16: GOOD, pleasant, fine, honorable, wonderful, valuable

2/23: DRY, dehydrated, arid, parched

 

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Look for our words of the week when reading a story, cut out pictures beginning with the letters of the week.
  • Practice using the different synonyms of the week in a sentence together.
  • You can view this link to give you more information on how the math materials are used in the Montessori classroom http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/index.php?title=Math. You may also google the name of the work to find more videos and information on the purpose of that material.

 

As specified by RIC Publications 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.

 

Ms. Courtney’s February 2015 Monthly Overview

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Themes of the week for the month of February (In addition to Montessori Work Time)

2/2: Farm Animals

  • The children will learn about different farm animals
  • The children will discover all of the products that come from farm animals
  • The children will understand all of the responsibilities of a farmer

2/9: Pets/Valentine’s Day

  • The children will learn about a variety of pets
  • The children will learn about caring for a pet
  • We will discuss the differences and similarities between different pets

2/16: Presidents

  • The children will learn how Washington was a great man, the father of our country, who led in war and peace
  • The children will discover that Abraham Lincoln is on the penny
  • The children will talk about what life is like for the Obama family in the White House
  • Monday, February 16th President’s Day- NO SCHOOL

2/23: Dental Health

  • The children will practice teeth brushing using an egg soaked in tea
  • The children will see how a little hole in your teeth can get pretty unpleasant on the inside by watching how a hole in an apple rots
  • The children will talk about what foods are good and bad for their teeth

Letters of the week

2/2: Qq

2/9: Rr

2/16: Ss

2/23: Tt

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Take a trip to a local farm
  • Allow your child to help care for your pet
  • Take a trip to McKinley Presidential Library & Museum
  • Take your child to watch you get a dental checkup
  • Find objects around the house that start with the letter of the week

January 2015 Monthly Overview | Tallmadge Campus

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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.

1/5: Introduction to 9 Tray/ 45 layout/composing numbers

  • Learning what is and says ( 1, 10, 100, 1000)
  • Reinforce by placement and identification of numbers within each decimal place
  • Reinforce number placement with creation of numbers

 

1/12: Introduction to addition

  • Working with 9 tray / 45 layout
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 square and 1000 cubes

 

1/19: Introduction to exchanging

  • Introduction of exchanging 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 squares and 1000 cubes

 

1/26: Introduction to multiplication

  • Working with 9 tray / 45 layout
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 square and 1000 cubes

 

Synonyms of the week

1/5: LOUD, noisy, piercing, deafening, booming, crashing, boisterous, raucous
1/12: QUIET, peaceful, mute, calm, silent
1/19: SKINNY, thin, lean, emaciated, scrawny, slender
1/26: FAT, overweight big, bulky, heavy, plump

 

Letter / Sight Words

1/5: Mm / I

1/12: Nn / is

1/19: Oo / up

1/26: Pp / see

 

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Look for our words of the week when reading a story, cut out pictures beginning with the letters of the week.
  • Practice using the different synonyms of the week in a sentence together.
  • You can view this link to give you more information on how the math materials are used in the Montessori classroom http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/index.php?title=Math
  • You may also google the name of the work to find more videos and information on the purpose of that material.

Ms. Courtney January 2015 Monthly Overview

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1/5: Polar Animals

  • The children will be making their own snow.
  • The children will talk about ice fishing and then do their own ice fishing in the classroom.
  • The children will experience what it is like to be a penguin.
  • The children will learn about all of the different polar animals.

1/12: Ocean Animals

  • The children will learn about the ocean habitat.
  • The children will compare their length to a blue whales length.
  • The children will create waves in a bottle.

 

1/19: M L King

  • Monday, January 19th– NO SCHOOL (MLK DAY)
  • The children will learn what a hero is.
  • The children will create a classroom “I Have A Dream Book”.
  • The children will learn that even though everyone is different on the outside, we are all the same on the inside, through an egg experiment.

1/26: Zoo Animals

  • Learning about different animals we find at the Zoo.
  • On Thursday 1/29 each child is invited to bring their favorite stuffed animal. The animal should be one commonly found in a zoo. They can have snack or lunch picnic style with their stuffed animal.
  • The children will create zoo cookies.

Letters of the week

1/6: Mm

1/13: Nn

1/20: Oo

1/27: Pp

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Go to the pet store together and have fun exploring different animals.
  • Try and spot all the different animals outside during winter.
  • Have a birthday party for M L King.
  • Talk to your child about what his/her dream is and share yours.

January 2015 Monthly Overview | Cuyahoga Falls Campus

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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.

1/05:     Introduction to decimals/ columns

  • Intro to decimals
  • Learning what is and says ( 1, 10, 100, 1000)

 

1/12:     Introduction to 9 Tray/ 45 layout

  • Recap of decimal system
  • Reinforce by placement and identification of numbers within each decimal place

 

1/19: Composing Numbers

  • Working with 9 tray / 45 layout
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 square and 1000 cubes
  • Reinforce number placement with creation of numbers

 

1/26: Addition

  • Introduction of addition
  • Using single units, 10 bars, 100 squares and 1000 cubes

 

Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

1/05: oil, people

1/12: come, number

1/19: could, who

1/26: now, made

 

Synonyms of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

1/05: LOUD, noisy, piercing, deafening, booming, crashing, boisterous, raucous

1/12: QUIET, peaceful, mute, calm, silent

1/19: SKINNY, thin, lean, emaciated, scrawny, slender

1/26: FAT, overweight big, bulky, heavy, plump

 

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

  • Look for our words of the week when reading a story, cut out pictures beginning with the letters of the week.
  • Practice using the different synonyms of the week in a sentence together.
  • You can view this link to give you more information on how the math materials are used in the Montessori classroom http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/index.php?title=Math. You may also google the name of the work to find more videos and information on the purpose of that material.

 

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.