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.

12/01:  Parts of a Animals

• Parts of a mammal, amphibian, and bird
• Parts of a reptile and fish
• Working with animal puzzles and control charts

12/08:  Parts of Arachnids/Insects

• Parts of a spider
• Parts of a wasp

12/15:    Use of a Ruler

• Inches and Centimeters
• Measuring with a ruler– practice with many different objects
• Recording measurements

12/21—1/4       Christmas Break—School Resumes Monday, January 5th

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

• Practice measuring different objects at home and recording those measurements.

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.

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.

11/03:     Telling Time to the minute

• Review previous lessons on telling time
• Introduction to the minute
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

11/10:     Currency/ Coins

• Monday 11/11 NO SCHOOL/ Teacher In Service Day (Parent//Teacher Conferences All Day 8am-7pm)
• Introduction to coins (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters)
• Identifying coins and amounts
• Working with coins and worksheets

11/17: Currency

• Introduction to dollar bills
• Identifying dollar bills
• Working with money and worksheets

11/24: Parts of Animals

• Parts of the mammal, reptile, amphibian,
• Parts of the bird and fish
• Working with the animal puzzle and control chart
• Thanksgiving Feast 11/26th (11:00-12:00pm) 12:00pm Early Dismissal (No Aftercare)
• Thursday/Friday NO SCHOOL—Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday!

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

11/03: how, each
11/10: said, by
11/17: been, down

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

11/03: OLD, ancient, elderly, used, seasoned, mature
11/10: BIG, vast, gigantic, huge, large, enormous, colossal
11/17: SMALL, tiny, miniature, minute, little, petite,

 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 telling time on the clock at home. When you sit down to dinner, ask them to tell you what time it is, when they go to bed, have them check the clock.  Have fun with Time!
• Practice exchanging money with your child. When you go to the store, have them help you pay!

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. 

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.

11/3: Telling Time to the minute

• Review previous lessons on telling time
• Introduction to the minute
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

11/10: Currency/ Coins

• Introduction to coins (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters)
• Identifying coins and amounts
• Working with coins and worksheets

11/17: Currency/ Coins

• Introduction to dollar bills
• Identifying dollar bills
• Working with money and worksheets

11/24: Parts of Animals

• Parts of the mammal, reptile, amphibian,
• Parts of the bird and fish
• Working with the animal puzzle and control chart

Synonyms of the week

11/3: OLD, ancient, elderly, used, seasoned, mature
11/10: BIG, vast, gigantic, huge, large, enormous, colossal
11/17: SMALL, tiny, miniature, minute, little, petite

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.
• Practice telling time on the clock at home. When you sit down to dinner, ask them to tell you what time it is, when they go to bed, have them check the clock. Have fun with Time!
• Practice exchanging money with your child. When you go to the store, have them help you pay!

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.

 9/29: Biggest (Solar System) to Smallest (your home)

• Review hemispheres
• Introduction to solar system and planets
• Our continent, our country, state and county
• City, street, address and phone numbers

10/6: Landforms

• Island/Lake, Isthmus/Straight
• Bay/Cape, Peninsula/Gulf
• Archipelago/Chain of Lakes
• Use of landform cards, and water trays

10/13: Telling Time

• Parts of the clock
• Telling time to the hour
• Telling time to the half hour
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

10/20: Telling Time

• Telling time to the quarter hour (quarter past/ quarter till)
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

10/27: Telling Time

• Review telling time to the hour, half and quarter hours
• Telling time to the minute
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

Letters of the week
9/29: Dd
10/6: Ee
10/13: Ff
10/20: Gg
10/27: Hh

Synonyms of the week
9/29: ACTIVE, lively, energetic, dynamic, vigorous, hasty
10/6: CALM, peaceful, quiet, inactive, serene, slow
10/13: HOT, burning, scorching, blazing, boiling, sizzling
10/20: COLD, freezing, chilly, frigid, frozen, cool
10/27: NEW, novel, fresh, original, unique, current, unused

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

• Practice telling time on the clock at home. When you sit down to dinner, ask them to tell you what time it is, when they go to bed, have them check the clock. Have fun with Time!

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.

09/29:      Biggest (Solar System) to Smallest (your home)

• Review hemispheres
• Introduction to solar system and planets
• Our continent, our country, state and county
• City, street, address and phone numbers

10/06: Landforms

• Island/Lake, Isthmus/Straight
• Bay/Cape, Peninsula/Gulf
• Archipelago/Chain of Lakes
• Use of landform cards, and water trays

10/13: Telling Time

• Parts of the clock
• Telling time to the hour
• Telling time to the half hour
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

10/20: Telling Time

• Telling time to the quarter hour (quarter past/ quarter till)
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

10/27: Telling Time

• Review telling time to the hour, half and quarter hours
• Telling time to the minute
• Flashcards, Clock & Worksheets

Sight Words of the Week:
09/29: from he
10/06: you his
10/13: for with
10/20: she were
10/27: use your

Synonyms of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
09/29: ACTIVE, lively, energetic, dynamic, vigorous, hasty
10/06: CALM, peaceful, quiet, inactive, serene, slow
10/13: HOT, burning, scorching, blazing, boiling, sizzling
10/20: COLD, freezing, chilly, frigid, frozen, cool
10/27: NEW, novel, fresh, original, unique, current, unused

Things to do at Home this Month:

• Practice telling time on the clock at home. When you sit down to dinner, ask them to tell you what time it is, when they go to bed, have them check the clock.  Have fun with Time!

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.