The Blossoms Buzz – week of 8/26/24

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Our Focus Lesson:

What a beautiful first two weeks of learning in the Cherry Blossom classroom! We have spent these first 8 days discussing our classroom’s “Expected Behaviors”. These are our classroom expectations for the school year, such as being respectful to materials and being kind to others. We read books, held classroom discussions, and looked for all the ways we use these Expected Behaviors all day long!

Kindergarten Corner:

Our Kindergarteners returned ready to LEARN! They jumped right back into their addition equations as if they hadn’t been away from school all summer! They excitedly began Reading Groups and Writer’s Workshop this week, are stepping into their roles of leaders within the classroom, and are assisting their teachers throughout the day. We have a feeling that this is going to be an amazing group of kiddos!

Pre-K and Preschool Corner:

Our returning preschoolers have proudly claimed their Pre-K status, and jumped right back into their work activities as well! There has been handwriting, teen numbers, beginning sound isolation, and so much more this week! Our newest learners, or Preschoolers, have spent a wonderful few days learning our classroom routines, exploring Practical Life trays, and enjoying some partner works with older friends.

Enrichment Corner:

We started both Music class with Ms. Lisa and Art class with Ms. Lindsey this week. We were also very excited for our first science experiment of the year with Mr. John!

A Peek at our Week:

We have two very hungry monarch caterpillars growing in our classroom. Ask your child about what stage of the life cycle these insects are in! We also spent so many beautiful days outside exploring our new blacktop play area, running around in the grass, playing basketball and soccer, jumping in puddles, and enjoying popsicles with Ms. Sarah! Also, meet our new neighbors!

Peeking at Next Week:

Our Focus Lesson: Living/Non-Living & Emotions

Important Dates:

Monday, September 2: Labor Day – No School

Monday, September 9: Taekwondo Demo Day

Friday, September 20: Ramseyer Farm Field Trip

The Blossoms Buzz – April 2024

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We have had such a busy month in the Cherry Blossom classroom! We have been preparing for the upcoming International Festival where we are representing South America. Your child has been practicing their fact that they will present during the festival, as well as singing our special songs in Spanish! We can’t wait to share our songs and facts with you next week!

Speaking of the Festival, here is some important information for you! Our Rehearsal will be on Wednesday evening, this is not a dress rehearsal so your child can wear whatever they wore to school that day. On Friday, for the show, your child should come dressed in an outfit that represents the country that they studied. If you have any questions about this, please ask me asap.

Here is a flashback from International Festival 2022 when we studied Africa. Recognize any little faces?

We have been lucky enough to have some visitors this month teach us about countries all over the world! We have learned about Pakistan, Japan, Brazil, and China!

Our ASL lesson even followed the theme! Mrs. Thompson has traveled through South America. She shared her experience with us, as well as taught us how to sign South America, anaconda, condor, and many other words!

Coming Up Next Week!

Our Focus Lesson: South American country presentations

Monday, 4/22 – Earth Day!

Wednesday, 4/24 – International Festival Rehearsal – arrive by 5:45pm

Friday, 4/26 – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL – arrive by 5:30pm

The Blossoms Buzz – week of 3/11/24

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Our Focus Lesson: Our Galaxy, Rainbows, and South America

Our group lessons this week were a mixture of topics! We continued our exploration of space by learning about our galaxy, the Milky Way, discussing the Universe, seeing what Earth looks like from space, and then exploring what astronauts do! This completes our Outer Space unit, we’ll be taking a closer look at our planet Earth next week! Rainbows can be found all around our classroom this week as the children buzz with excitement over the possibility of a leprechaun visit. St. Patrick’s Day may be over the weekend, but I have a feeling that a certain sneaky leprechaun will cause some chaos in the classroom anyways this week. Ms. Sam also introduced us to the continent we’ll be studying for International Festival. We took a look at South America books, were introduced to our songs for the performance, and started our research!

That Sneaky Leprechaun!!!!!

That silly leprechaun did surprise us on Friday! Just take a look at the mess that he made! At least he was kind enough to leave us a little surprise though!

Enrichment Spotlight!

We have completed our study of Peter and the Wolf with Ms. Lisa in Music, and are now learning about jumpy and smooth music. Children were introduced to the piano and got to play a few notes!

In Art with Ms. Varela, children have completed their self portraits! Aren’t they adorable?!?

This week was Ms. Tonya’s favorite experiment in Science with Mr. John! I just love the dancing raisins!

Coming Soon!

Next Week’s Focus Lesson: Our planet Earth

Important Dates:

Tuesday, March 19 – Elementary Science Fair @ 6:00! All are invited!

March 25 – April 1 – Spring Break! School resumes Tuesday, April 2.

The Blossoms Bulletin – week of 3/4/24

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Our Focus Lesson: Outer Space

We have had a busy few weeks as we’ve begun our newest unit of study – outer space! We studied the planets of our solar system – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. We discussed characteristics of each of these planets and learned about the rocky planets vs the gas giants. We also talked about dwarf planets so Ms. Tonya could include Pluto in our discussions. We learned what the word orbit means, and discussed asteriods, comets, the Moon, the Sun, and stars. Did you know that stars come in four colors? Yellow, white, blue, and red!

Right to Read Week!

What a fun week celebrating reading within our classroom! Right to Read week encourages everyone to read books for fun, and what books are more fun than Dr. Seuss books! We read many Dr. Seuss books this week, noticed rhyming words and nonsense words along the way, and had a blast with our dress up days!

Work Time is the BEST!

Coming Up Next Week!

Focus Lesson: Space – Our Galaxy and the Universe

Important Dates:

Tuesday, March 19 – Elementary Science Fair

March 25 – April 1 – Spring Break! School resumes Tuesday, April 2

Peek In Our Week <><> Thee Buckeye Room <><> Week Of February 26, 2024

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Line Time:
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?

People used to say “prunes” when taking pictures. In the 1840s, it was considered childish to smile for pictures so it became popular for people to say “prunes” instead of “cheese” in order to keep their mouths taut.

A Message From Mr. John (Corroborating My Dad’s Story):

Corb sent a letter to NBC telling them that the guy was his dad. NBC sent him a 8×10 autograph picture of Ted Danson, LOLOLOLOLOL
Mr. Corbin the blonde in the middle.

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

Know Your Languages (Serbo-Croation):

Nature Center:

Spots first shed in the classroom.
Meet the newest addition the Pac Man Frog named Jabba!

Know your languages (Serbo-Croation):

Peek In The Classroom:

They are exploring the “Tree Bin” where they can find and feel different nuts and branches.
She traced and labeled Elvis the Pelvis.
He is working on the 9 Tray. The aim of the 9 Layout lesson is to help children understand number placement (1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s) as well as reiterate the association between quantity and numeral. It’s one of the lengthier mathematics activities and is good for encouraging concentration.
He is making creations with the Geometric Construction Boxes.

Letter Of The Week- W w

Rhyming Word Of The Week- beg

Language- Serbo-Croation

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (to the minute)
Math.. Multiplication Facts
Language.. Preposition
Geometry.. Review Triangle Box 1

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Coins
Math.. Multiplication Facts
Language.. Interjections
Geometry.. Review Rectangle Box 1

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

Sight Words Of The Week: they that

Future Happenings:
Spring Break: From March 25 to April 1/ RETURNING April 2

Upcoming Full Eclipse: Closing Monday 4/8/24

International Festival Rehearsal: Wednesday April 24 Cuyahoga Falls High School

International Festival Show: Friday April 26 Cuyahoga Falls High School

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

It is a homemade twister board.
I am not sure what was going on but I am glad I caught it.
Go gas and no electric car.
Who wore it better?

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (The Story Of A Gigantic Booger):

Peek In Our Week [][][] Thee Buckeye Room [][][] Week Of February 19, 2024

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Line Time:

Line Time:
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. 

                       

The first time I saw this video was at The Ohio State University with my roommate. When Susanna Hoffs did that side eye my roommate was never the same after viewing that. And, how much hairspray did they go through in a week?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vth-T1u7A58



Did You Know?

Creed from The Office was in the sixties band called The Grass Roots and they scored 2 top ten hits. Creed is the guitarist in the blue at the beginning of the video.

A Message From Mr. John (Water and waves):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 22 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish).

Nature Center:

Our newest addition to Thee Buckeye Room’s Nature Center. Spots the Leopard Gecko! More to come.

Specials Spot (ASL):

Know your languages (Polish):

Peek In The Classroom:

Concentrating on stringing pasta strengthens fine motor skills and focus.
Making pyramids. Apropos for the week’s theme.
Skip counting. This activity allows the child to visually see what it looks like when skip counting. Indirectly, the activity prepares the mind for multiplication, squaring, and cubing.
Scissor cutting develops her fine motor skills.

Letter Of The Week- W w

Rhyming Word Of The Week- beg

Language- Polish

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (to the minute)
Math.. Multiplication Math Facts
Language.. Prepositions Diagram Packet
Geometry.. Review Triangle Box 1

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Coins
Math.. Multiplication Math Facts
Language.. Interjections
Geometry.. Rectangle Box 1

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

Sight Words Of The Week: then out

Future Happenings:
Spring Break: From March 25 to April 1/ RETURNING April 2

International Festival Rehearsal: Wednesday April 24 Cuyahoga Falls High School

International Festival Show: Friday April 26 Cuyahoga Falls High School

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Queen Tuts
Two cool girls
Ya shoulda seen the other guy.
I ain’t scared of no bugs.

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (My birthday):

Peek In Our Week {}{}{} Thee Buckeye Room {}{}{} Week Of February 12, 2024

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Line Time:
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 Joe Biden 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. 

Presidents Of The United States Of America (Wasn’t that a 90’s band? Gunna eat a lot of peaches!)…


Did You Know?:

You can now get a headstone with a QR code. Called “Living Headstones”, they show pages with photos, video biographies, and comments from loved ones.

A Message From Mr. John (Just giving up on the weekend):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 21 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish).

Know Your Languages (Dutch/Flemmish):

Peek In The Classroom:

She is learning to recognize numbers from 0 to 9 and put them in order.
Working on the 9 tray where she will learn to identify and compose numbers from 1 to 9,999.
Sewing with real thread and real needle.

Letter Of The Week- U u

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bet

Language- Dutch/Flemmish

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (quarter til)
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Prepositions
Geometry.. N/A

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. M/A
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Prepositions
Geometry.. Square Pythagoras

Synonym Of The Week: APPROPRIATE, suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper
Sight Words Of The Week: would about

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/

Monday 2/19: NO SCHOOL President’s Day

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Nope…… Not even going to try that with medical staff present.
Now that’s a bow! Who remembers The Flying Nun? Maybe your parents do.
Did they plan this?

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (Mari my friend):

Peek into our Week – Cherry Blossoms – weeks of 2/5/24 & 2/12/24

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Our Focus Lesson: Internal Organs

We have had such a fun time the past two weeks learning about the insides of our bodies! We’ve learned about the brain, the lungs, the heart, the stomach, the small and large intestions, and the kidneys. Each of these body parts have a super important job to do, and we learned all about it! We also had fun identifying where inside of our bodies each organ is.

Preschool Corner:

Preschoolers are busy! They’re counting internal organs, using the Moveable Alphabet to isolate beginning sounds, tracing and labeling animals, and completing the 45 layout with the Golden Beads! This time of year is a time of big growth for our preschool students, many of them are entering a sensitive period where their math, language, and handwriting skills will grow immensely in the months we have left. It’s such a magical time of year, full of excitement and pride in their work!

Kindergarten Corner:

Kindergarteners are doing some big kid works! They are gathering data by asking questions of their classmates, telling time on an analog clock, and reading challenging words. In Reader’s Workshop, our older Blossoms have been introduced to the parts of speech – noun, verb, and adjective. In Writer’s Workshop, children have completed their unit on How To Books, and started Personal Narratives as we work on sentence structure, which words should be capitalized, and punctuation.

Check out what we’ve been up to!

We have had so much fun in the classroom over the past few weeks! We celebrated the 100th Day of School with some 100 year old ladies and gentlemen. One of these older gentleman used his walker to give you a hint about which continent we’ll be studying for the upcoming International Festival. We also celebrated Valentine’s Day with Candy Heart Graphing, dancing, a game of Musical Hearts, a treat, and Curious George’s Valentine’s Day.

Peek into Next Week!

Focus Lesson: Healthy Foods (5 Food Groups)

* We will be checking our lunch boxes each day next week to see if we can find the 5 food groups every day!

*We will also be preparing our own snack next week, eating one food group each day! Thank you to all the parents that are providing food items for us! Your child does not need to pack a snack next week!

Important Dates:

Monday, February 19 – No School, President’s Day

March 25 – April 1 – No School, Spring Break

Peek In Our Week ”’ The Buckeye Room ”’ Week Of February 5, 2024

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Line Time:
Pollution and Recycling
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.


Did You Know?:
Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories. This is better than going Keto. lol. Those heavy metalers have got something here.

A Message From Mr. John (Do I need a haircut?):

I am going for the Joey Ramone look!

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 20 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh).

Know Your Languages (Welsh):

February Half Birthdays: A Montessori classroom prides itself on having a multi-aged classroom.

Specials Spot :

Peek In The Classroom:

Working together on the 100 Board. This material you put the numbers in order from 1 to 100.
Teamwork!
He is working on the Vowel Tree or Vowel Substitution. This is a pre reading material. The Vowel Tree helps children develop the pre-reading skill, word blends. If a Vowel Tree is new to you, here are a few tips. Start by placing one consonant from your moveable alphabet, such as ”r” in front of “a”. Say “ra” to the child.
She is peeling and cutting carrots for a “real purpose” of providing food for the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches.

Peek Into Our Week:
Line Time- Pollution and recycling

Letter Of The Week- T t

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bed

Language Welsh

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (quarter after)
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Conjunctions
Geometry.. Square Pythagoras

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (quarter til)
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Prepositions
Geometry.. Square Pythagoras

Synonym Of The Week: APPROPRIATE, suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper
Sight Words Of The Week: would about

The tracking has ended since the flower bloomed and it looks suspiciously like a work in the classroom.

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/

Thursday 2/15: Valentines get together

Friday 2/16 : NO SCHOOL Teacher training/In-Service Day

Monday 2/19: NO SCHOOL President’s Day

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

I thought this was a “You should have seen the other guy” moment but the scratch was only Nutella.
This is some fancy dancy hair.
Up close and personal with our Ball Python, Milky Way.

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (My brother and sister):

Peek into our Week – Cherry Blossoms – week of 1/29/24

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Our Focus Lesson: The Skeletal System!

We began our study of the Human Body this week – beginning with our skeletons! Our skeletons are such an important part of our body since they hold us up, help us move, make our blood, and protect some very important organs inside of us. After this week, your child should be able to show you where their skull, spine, ribs, pelvis, femur, and humorous bones are. They can also wiggle their philanges! We put skeletons together this week, traced and labeled them, and created some extremely cute artist renditions of them!

Preschool Corner:

Preschoolers continued with their very big works this week! Our older preschoolers completed their Continent Maps that you can see hanging up in the hallway. They worked hard on these and it shows! Some of our other preschoolers tried new work activities for the very first time – like tracing a fish and completing 1-20 on the 100 Board! We’re so proud of them!

Kindergarten Corner:

Kindergarteners are busy in Writer’s Workshop! Our current unit is How To Books, and they are busy teaching their readers how to build snowmen, how to make hot chocolate, how to grow flowers, and how to be kind. Within the classroom, each Kindergarten chose a continent puzzle to trace and label as well. We’re getting ready for our upcoming in depth continent study that’s coming soon!

99 Days of School!

We are so excited to be 100 Days Smarter on Monday! Our class has been counting the days of school each day during Line Time. We practice exchanging when we get to ten units (ones) and moving them to the tens place. We practice counting by tens and ones each day. We can’t wait to rubber band all of those tens and move them to the hundreds place!

Groundhog’s Day!

We were so lucky to be able to get outside this week and introduce the concept of shadows with the sun! We learned that shadows are created by objects blocking the light source. We then furthered this study within the classroom using a flashlight and one of our geometric solids. We learned that the light needs to be behind the object to create a shadow in front of it. That if the objects gets closer to the light, the shadow gets bigger, and it gets smaller as the object moves farther away. We wrapped up our study by watching Punxsutawney Phil predict an early spring by not seeing his shadow on Friday!

Peek into Next Week!

Focus Lesson: Internal Organs

Important Dates:

February 5 – 100th Day of School!

February 15 – Valentine’s Day Celebration

February 16 – No School – Teacher Inservice

February 19 – No School – President’s Day