Line Time: This week the students were introduced to the continents in preparation for the International Festival.
Did you know you can get your eyeballs tattooed?: If you’re looking to get your entire body tattooed, you don’t need to stop at your eyeballs! Many hardcore tattoo fans are getting the whites of their eyes injected with ink of all kinds of colors ranging from green to purple. However, there are some risks involved such as pain and prolonged blurred and double vision.
I am officially freaked out!!!!!!!!!
Message From Mr. John (9.5 days off):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 27 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Hindi, Farsi, Turkish).
Our high school intern Allie:
Allie will be with us for the month of April. I remember her when she was in preschool. Allie is an alumnus of AMMS!!!
Peek In The Classroom:
He is learning how to exchange and is reinforcing his knowledgeable of the 1, 10, 100, 1,000 columns.Team work! At the end of the daythe students stack tables and chairs.Math is in the air…Notice the focus with the boy at the table and the girl carrying a tear the correct way.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Practicing International Festival
Letter Of The Week- No Letter Of The Week
Rhyming Word Of The Week- No Rhyming Word
No new language will be presented
Academic Weekly Theme: Nouns and Verbs Next Week: Articles
Synonym Of The Week: No synonym of the week.
Sight Words Of The Week: No sight words of the week.
Kinders acting out their favorite verb.
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: -No School: SPRING BREAK- March 27 through April 2 — Returning Monday April 3 -Early Release/No Aftercare: Good Friday April 7. ***** Dismissal 12 noon/NO AFTERCARE ***** -No School: Easter Monday, April 10
OTHER STUFF: International Festival (REHEARSAL): Wednesday, April 26 at 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm … Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)
International Festival (MAIN EVENT): Friday, April 28 at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm … Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Again, a voice in my head says “Don’t ask.” And a photo bomb.I am not sure if this is mud make up or Lord Of The Flies.New Miles and old Miles.Don’t dare sing a Beatles song near her or you’ll get an eye roll.
Your Children Say The Darndest Things (The reason I do not like jellybeans):
Line Time: This week we took a look at life cycles of humans, frogs/toads, and butterflies/moths. Humans have relatively boring life cycle compared to the butterfly/moth and toa d/frog. As humans we are born, we live, we die. YAWWWWN. The toad and frog start with being jelly eggs in the water. They hatch into tadpoles and eat algae, then they turn into a froglet which has a head of a frog and a tail. Then the tail falls off and an adult frog/toad lives the rest of its life on land. The butterfly/moth starts as an egg. The a caterpillar is hatched and it eats A LOT. Then a caterpillar spins its (butterfly) chrysalis/ moth spins a cocoon. Then a buttery comes out of its chrysalis and moth comes out of the cocoon. I posed the question “which came first the egg or the butterfly?” This created some heated conversation!
Did You Know? (Cotton Candy was invented by a dentist) It is not known whether William Morrison had an ulterior motive for inventing the soft confection, but the dentist no doubt helped ensure others in his profession continued drawing in plenty of customers. In 1897, he partnered with candy-maker John C. Wharton to develop the Cotton Candy machine (which at the time was known as “Fairy Floss”), and it’s been bringing kids cavities ever since.
A Message From Mr. John (I think I got the crud)
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 27 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Hindi, Farsi, Turkish)
Know Your Languages (Turkish):
Enrichments, sort of (upper elementary’s experiment):
These Upper Elementary students performed an experement to see the effects of talking nicely to moist rice and talking meanly to the other cup of rice.There is definitely a difference.For International Festival a mom came in and talked to the school about Pakistan.
Shaun O’Keefe (our reappearing class leprechaun):
Shaun O’Keefe causes a quite a ruckus! That cheeky leprechaun.
Views from the Shamrock Classroom:
The shenannigans of Sean O Keefe!
Peek In The Classroom:
She is working on the Pink Rhyming found in the Language area. This reinforces knowing 3 word, short vowel sounds (cvc). She is working on a pre reading work called Phonics Folders. This concentrates on the (cvc) short vowels words.She is composing numbers with the 9 tray. As you notice she is composing a number with an empty column. Composing numbers reinforces the relationship between the symbol and quantity. She can now compose numbers from 1 to 9,999.She is working on the Number Rods which reinforces the relationship between symbols and quantity. Do you see the attempted photobomb?
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Preparing For The International Festival
Letter Of The Week- Y y
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bac
Next Language is No New Languages will be Introduced
Academic Enrichment: This week we learned all about vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and consonants (the rest of the letters).
Next Week’s Lesson: Weekly Theme: Nouns/Verbs
Synonym Of The Week: No synonyms this week
Sight Words Of The Week: have this
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: -No School: SPRING BREAK- March 27 through April 2 — Returning Monday April 3 -Early Release/No Aftercare: Good Friday April 7. ***** Dismissal 12 noon/NO AFTERCARE ***** -No School: Easter Monday, April 10
OTHER STUFF: International Festival (REHEARSAL): Wednesday, April 26 at 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm … Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)
International Festival (MAIN EVENT): Friday, April 289 at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm … Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Ms. Angela hearding cats as the students are making the Leprechaun Trap.I sensed someone was looking at me. I looked up and saw this. Should I be concerned?You shouldah seen the other guy.Thats some thick bread
Line Time: We had fun this week looking into the world of art. 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, Monet, and Andy Warhol.
Who can name this album cover? Free tuition for the first to identify it….. OK, no free tuition. Kelly and Brandy just scolded me! 🙁
Did You Know? (Ringo Star played only one drum solo while he was with The Beatles):
Ringo would never do drum solos, Paul Mcartney said. He hated drummers who did lengthy drum solos. We all did. And when he joined the Beatles we said, ‘Ah, what about drum solos then?’ and he said, ‘I hate ’em!’ We said, ‘Great! We love you!’ And so he would never do them. Except one which was done on the last song (The End) of the last album (Abbey Road) of The Beatles. Truly an end of an era!
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 26 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Hindi)
Enrichments (Music):
Ms. Lisa utilizes movement in her music class. For example this picture shows the students raising their hands in response to a high note being played.
Akron Art Museum Field Trip:
If it ain’t messy It ain’t fun. If it ain’t fun, it ain’t art. I call the piece “The Crime Scene”
March Birthdays: A Montessori classroom prides itself on a mixed aged classroom of ages between 2 1/2 and 6. Here are our newest 4 and six year old students.
Notice the two photobombs. I didn’t see them when I took the photo.
Peek In The Classroom:
These mazes are getting more sophisticated.Working in Practical Life with pippetes to strengthen her pinscher grip and concentration.Students will use the beginning and ending sounds the read words created by changing the vowel sounds as they move through the vowel tree.He is doing equations in division, with carry overs in all columns with manipulatives.
Next Week’s Lesson: Weekly Theme: Consonants/Vowels
Synonym Of The Week: Wet: damp, moist, soggy, drenched, soaked
Sight Words Of The Week: have this
Upcoming Events: DAYS OFF: A few days off and other stuff. -No School: SPRING BREAK- March 27 through April 2 — Returning Monday April 3 -Early Release/No Aftercare: Good Friday April 7. ***** Dismissal 12 noon/NO AFTERCARE ***** -No School: Easter Monday, April 10
OTHER STUFF: International Festival Line Request: This communication was sent via email and Remind.(( Any questions just ask )).
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Oh! The drama!!!Thats a big slice.You shoulda seen the other guy.Offering for our roaches.
I am so excited that spring is just around the corner. We celebrated our first week of March with celebrating wonderful Dr. Seuss. We had the best time wearing silly socks, wearing crazy clothes and hair, wearing their favorite hat, and picking their vocation (OH! the Places You Will Go) Wow! what a fun week.
Crazy SocksHat Day
Wacky Wednesdaybrought in some interesting hair and outfits.Green Eggs and Ham day not Billy Joe Armstrong Day.Top to bottom…. Doctors and Nurses, Science Teacher, Surveyor, a mom, and two artists.Left to right…Toy Maker, A Buckeyes, a dog??? Magician, Businessman.Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here!
Hibernation- During hibernation, an animal’s body temperature, heart rate, breathing, and other metabolic activities slow down significantly in order to conserve energy. While resources are scarce, hibernation allows animals like bears, chipmunks, and bats to use their stored energy much more slowly. Or when Mr. John is on Christmas Break!
Migration- A seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. Such as birds flying south for the winter. Like people who move to Florida for the winter, hehe.
Adaptation- A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. We did an experiment where we dipped our hands in cold water then dipped them again in cold water with butter protecting our hands
We learned about adaptation using butter in a baggy and ice water. A hand in ice water gets cold and a hand in butter stays warm. This explains how a layer of blubber works.
Did you know (My dream. Pun intended) Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
A Message From Mr. John (Fish Fry):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 26 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Farsi)
Know Your Languages (Farsi):
The Office (Why do I hear a certain theme song?):
Kudos to our knowledgeable and friendly office staff.
Peek In The Classroom:
Montessori Tens Board with Beads, also called Seguin Board B or Seguin Board 2 teaches a child (3-5 yo approx.) to associate the quantities and symbols from 10 to 90. Using the Tens Boards, the child explores the number names of the tens and the sequence of numbers 11–99.Do you see the pattern he created by himself.Reading Hooked On Phonics books
In a Montessori classroom movement is very important. This is an action shot of her working on the memory game in the Math area. Playing memory games is not only fun for children of all ages in the Montessori classroom, they also provide an opportunity for developmental growth. Memory games can improve brain functions and lead to better retention, attention, and concentration, all while lengthening focus. She is given a number she the walks or in this care skips across the room and counts the appropriate number of popsicle sticks and brings them back to me.A gathering of girls. I don’t mind this due to they are polishing their social skills, learning to take turn talking, and not interrupting. Look how happy they look.
Peek Into Next Week:
Weekly Theme- Art
Letter Of The Week- X x
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bel
Next Language is Hindi
Academic Enrichment: Weekly Theme: Geometry
Next Week: Weekly Theme: More Geometry – 3D shapes
Synonym Of The Week: DRY, dehydrated, arid, parched
Sight Words Of The Week: they that
Their best right angle (90 degrees).
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: A few days off and other stuff. -No School: SPRING BREAK- March 27 through April 2 — Returning Monday April 3 -Early Release/No Aftercare: Good Friday April 7. ***** Dismissal 12 noon/NO AFTERCARE ***** -No School: Easter Monday, April 10
OTHER STUFF: Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 9 (from 9 am to 12 pm) IT IS FREE! (Forms sent via Remind and in take home folders)
International Festival Line Request: This communication was sent via email and Remind.(( Any questions just ask )).
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
That tooth was hanging by a thread. Then the next day she comes in looking like this.You should have seen the other guy.Just a staged fun pic.The baby roaches are growing. Does anyone want a few for pets?
Your Kids Say The Darndest Things (Going places with the rents):
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 (Barbie): Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie was named after Ruth Handler’s daughter, Barbara, and Ken after her son, Kenneth. She is from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin, where she attended high school.
Punk/Goth Barbies, hehe
A Message From Mr. John (Hair Cuts. Your Hair Knows):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 25 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay)
Know Your Languages (Malay):
Flower measuring and tracking:
We concluded measuring our plant and it turns out it looks like a work in the classroom. The measurements were… 1‐11‐23: 5in and 7cm. 2-3-23: 8in and 20cm. 2-17-23: 21in and 51cm. 2‐24‐23: 22in and 53 cm and notice the photobomb
Peek In The Classroom:
She is working on a Math material called the addition Strip Board. Montessori addition strip board teaches children the mathematical concept of adding numerals 1 to 9 more abstractly as it leads the child through all the combinations in addition. There are no combinations beyond 9+9.This is an extension with the aim of coordination. The children have been walking the maze all year but on this day they discovered a new twist. A beanbag on their head. Now they have to be extra cautious so the beanbag does not fall off their heads. They came up with this all on their own.This boy is learning the symbols (numbers) and the quantity (beads) and their relationship. See how meticulous he is placing the beads neatly in order?She is working on a phonics workbook to support her reading.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Hibernation/Migration/Adaption
Letter Of The Week- W w
Rhyming Word Of The Week- beg
Next Language is Hindi
Academic Enrichment: Weekly Theme: Fractions
Learning fractions they separated into boys and girls. Both girls and boys equals 6/12.
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Geometry
Synonym Of The Week: BAD: incorrect, awful, unsatisfactory, faulty, defective
Sight Words Of The Week: then out
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff. -No School: SPRING BREAK- March 27 through April 2 — Returning Monday April 3 -Early Release/No Aftercare: Good Friday April 7. ***** Dismissal 12 noon/NO AFTERCARE ***** -No School: Easter Monday, April 10
OTHER STUFF: Dr. Seuss Week: Monday 2/27/2023 thru Friday 3/3/2023. A flyer and Remind message already sent. Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 9 (from 9 am to 12 pm) IT IS FREE! (Forms sent via Remind and in take home folders)
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
On Fat Tuesday this boy was ready for Mardi Gras. Nawlins or bust! Oh, and look at the photobombSometimes or more than not you just do not ask in a preschool/kindergarten room.TWINS!!!!!An obvious forced, staged, photo op by Mr. John
Your Kids Say The Darndest Things (swings and making Mr. John nervous):
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.
I actually saw the original airing of this.
How did they get their hair like that?
Did You Know? (Russia is GiNormous): Russia has a whopping 11 time zones within the country, which gives you an idea of just how large it is.
A Message From Mr. John: Your fave Movie(s):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 24 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano)
Know Your Languages (Cebuano):
Tracking and Recording(Flower):
Things are starting to happen.
Peek In The Classroom:
He is working on the Number Rods found in the Math area. The Number Rods also help children learn the names of numbers and their sequence and learn to correctly associate between the spoken number and its quantity. Children grow to understand that each rod represents a unique quantity and that each number is represented by a single object as a whole, separate from others.They are working on skip counting and recording their findings.He is working on the Movable Alphabet and creating words.She is doing equations using the Stamp Game.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Ancient Greece
Letter Of The Week-V v
Rhyming Word Of The Week- ben
Next Language is Malay
Academic Enrichment Weekly Theme: Division with borrowing (dynamic)
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Fractions
Synonym Of The Week: GOOD, pleasant, fine, honorable, wonderful, valuable
Sight Words Of The Week: write them
Just a bunch of cool children.
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: -No School: Monday, February 20th (President’s Day) -No School: SPRING BREAK- March 27 through April 2 — Returning Monday April 3 -Early Release/No Aftercare: Good Friday April 7. ***** Dismissal 12 noon/NO AFTERCARE ***** -No School: Easter Monday, April 10
OTHER STUFF: Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 9 (from 9 am to 12 pm) IT IS FREE! (Forms sent via Remind and in take home folders)
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Another raccoon! Chillaxing reading a book.Now that’s some hair products!Kinder buddies
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!)…
Again… Too much TV and radio.
What’s The Diff? (Supper and Dinner)? Dinner and supper are both used to refer to the main meal of the day, and especially to that meal as eaten in the evening. Supper is used especially when the meal is an informal one eaten at home, while dinner tends to be the term chosen when the meal is more formal.
Chicken Paprikash with heavy cream, dark meat, no “light stuff” allowed. I am waiting (im)patiently for Ms. Angela to make me this dish!!!!!!!!!
A Message From Mr. John (Ear bugs):
Half Birthdays:
Summer birthdays need love too.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 23 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation)
Know Your Languages (Serbo-Croation): Audio only
Enrichments (Music):
In music Ms. Lisa is telling the story of Peter and the Wolf.
Measuring and Recording Data:
They noticed the stem is longer than the ruler. They figured out how to use the ruler in this situation.
Peek In The Classroom:
She is proudly showing her favorite color as she works on Color Box 2. The primary purpose of the Montessori color tablet box 2 is to develop visual discrimination of color using primary, secondary and tertiary colors. The secondary purpose of this activity is to help the child develop a sense of visual order.She is working on the Sandpaper Numbers. The direct purpose of the Sandpaper Numbers is to teach children the symbols that represent each number, allowing them to visually identify any number from 0 – 9. In Montessori education this is specifically taught separately to counting from 0 – 9, where children often fall back on rote memorisation. He is working on the Teen Board. The traditional Montessori Teen Board is used to show children how tens and ones make teens; it is a visual and physical application of building numbers to enable understanding.She is working on 5he Ten Board. Montessori Tens Board with Beads, also called Seguin Board B or Seguin Board 2 teaches a child to associate the quantities and symbols from 10 to 90. Using the Tens Boards, the child explores the number names of the tens and the sequence of numbers 11–99.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Ancient Egypt
Letter Of The Week- U u
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bet
Next Language is Cebuano
Academic Enrichment: Weekly Theme: Division without borrowing (static)
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Division with borrowing (dynamic)
Synonym Of The Week: Appropriate: Suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper
Sight Words Of The Week: would about
Peace!
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: -No School: Friday, February 17th (Teacher In Service day) -No School: Monday, February 20th (President’s Day)
OTHER STUFF: Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 9 (from 9am to 12pm) IT IS FREE! (Details To Follow)
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Our little matryoshka doll wearing her babuska.Tell me boy’s brains are not wired differently than girls.Boys wrestling.You should have seen the other guy.Tell me girls brains are not wired the same as boys. Girls doing ballet.
Your Kids say The Darndest Things (Cupcakes):
Did you hear her say Mr. John’s fave cupcake is chocolate? Just saying.
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.
Did you know? (I Really Don’t Know Clouds, At All)…One of my guilty pleasures. Originally written by Joni Mitchell at age 23 she stated that her lyrics were way beyond her years. Lyrically this is an awesome song. I digress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPoWpkBzmM A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds. Clouds are not as light and fluffy as they appear. In fact, researchers have found that a single clouds weigh more than 1.1 million pounds. How do they know? Well, that number is calculated by taking the water density of a cloud and multiplying it by its volume. Fortunately, the cloud can still “float” at that weight because the air below it is even heavier.
A Message From Mr. John: Audio Only video Not Working
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 22 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish)
Know Your Languages (Polish): Audio Only video Not working
Chinese New Year: ( (新年好) /Mandarin) | ( 恭喜发财/Cantonese)
A visit from our favorite Dental Hygenist, Taylor from Dr. Pollock’s office.
Peek In The Classroom:
He is very proud completing the 45 layout. This layout will help your child to visualize and develop an understanding of place value, order of numbers, and concentration. This work is very large and can take some time. We are practicing exchanging and we exchange at 10. That is why 10 is the magic number!He is practicing identifying symbols and writing what he found.Continuing to measure, track, and draw our data.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Presidents Of The USA
Letter Of The Week- T t
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bed
Next Language is Serbo-Croation
Academic Enrichment: Weekly Theme: Subtraction with borrowing (dynamic)
They are not in the Vogue video but demonstrating the Subtraction sign.
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Division without borrowing (static).
Synonym Of The Week: FAT: overweight, big, bulky, heavy, plump
Sight Words Of The Week: more these
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: -No School: Friday, February 17th (Teacher In Service day) -No School: Monday, February 20th (President’s Day)
OTHER STUFF: Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 9 (from 9am to 12pm) IT IS FREE! (Details To Follow)
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
These past few weeks we’ve experienced the faces of sickness.Happy Ground Hog’s Day.He is ready for summer.I have no idea how you get food on your forehead. It is probably in my best interest not to ask.
Line Time: This week we learned a bit about the internal organs. We started with the brain which is like the computer of the body. It tells our body how fast to breathe and how fast our heart should beat. We discovered the lungs help us breathe and puts oxygen in our blood. Our stomach digests food, the small intestine take nutrients out of our food and large intestine gets the remaining water from indigestible food and creates waste (poop)(that word produced laughter) or as I referred to a bowel movement. The kidneys process excess water and creates pee (more laughter) or urine. The liver removes toxins from the body. We found out that the largest organ of the human body is the epidermis. The liver is my fave internal organ. What is yours?
A Message From Mr. John (Perception of time): AUDIO ONLY VIDEO NOT WORKING
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 21 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish)
Know your Languages (Dutch/Flemmish): AUDIO ONLY VIDEO NOT WORKING
Did You Know?: Dead skin cells are the main ingredient for household dust. Here’s an interesting science fact for you: According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour—and they have to go somewhere when we’re indoors and it becomes dust.
Grandparents Day:
Scenes with grandparents in the classroom.Science!!!!!!!! a well cleaned out Mr. John, lol
Enrichments (Sign Language):
Our Sign Language mascot is the Rainbow Raccoon.
Peek In The Classroom:
This boy is alphabetizing name tags.He is working on the Constructive Triangles. The constructive triangles are used to demonstrate that all plane geometric figures can be constructed from triangles. There are five boxes: 2 rectangular, 1 triangular, and 1 large and 1 small hexagonal. Each box contains triangles of different sizes, shapes, and colors.These students are comparing the Bead Cubes with the Pink Tower.In a Montessori classroom seasoned students guide younger students.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Pollution and Recycling
Letter Of The Week- S s
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bup
Next Language is Polish
Academic Enrichment: Subtraction without borrowing (Static). We also learned the terms of subtraction. 9 (minuend) – 4 (subtrahend) = 5 (difference)
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Subtraction with borrowing (Dynamic).
Synonym Of The Week: skinny
Sight Words Of The Week: other some
I think they are being silly but don’t quote me on this.
Upcoming Events: A few days off and other stuff.
DAYS OFF: -No School: Friday, February 17th (Teacher In Service day) -No School: Monday, February 20th (President’s Day)
OTHER STUFF: -Readiness Conferences (Incoming Kindergarten Students/Incoming First Graders): (Details To Follow)
Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 9 (from 9am to 12pm) IT IS FREE! (Details To Follow)
Frolic, Friends, and Fun:
I thought he was a Kansas City Chiefs fan but he said he represents ketchup/catsup and mustard. Then I realized he dressed like Winnie the Pooh.This is not an optical illusion. Look at the height difference.BFFs She says it is a racoon. I’ll take what I can get. Actually, it is a Rainbow Racoon!
Your Kids say The Darndest Things (My sister Lydia):
Line Time: Skeletal System- 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.
A Message From Mr. John (The Food Thief):
Did You Know? If you chill your onions you won’t cry when you cut them…..
There’s nothing worse than chopping and onion and bursting into tears. Not because you’re sad for the onion, but because your eyes sting from a chemical reaction. A simple solution is to stick your onion in the freezer for about 15 minutes beforehand. This will prevent the acid enzymes working properly and stop you from tears! ***** P.S. It doesn’t work. I tried it and still felt like I got pepper sprayed *****
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 19 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh)
Know Your Languages (Welsh):
Enrichments (Science):
1) Preparing for the inevitable.2) Took off his glasses to prepare more. 3) Getting wet. 4) Recooperating with much laughter in the background.
Peek In Our Week:
Kindergarten students measuring a sprout and recording the data. We will track the progression of this flower’s growth.When a new work is introduced it causes quite a stir. A warm welcome for Elvis the Pelvis. Also, the students having Elvis chillaxing.Comparing Elvis to themselves.Playing memory games is not only fun for children of all ages in the Montessori classroom, they also provide an opportunity for developmental growth. Memory games can improve brain functions and lead to better retention, attention, and concentration, all while lengthening focus. I showher a number and she walks across the room, counts the appropriate number of popsicle sticks, and returns to me. We do this for numbers from 0to 10.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Internal Organs
Letter Of The Week- R r
Rhyming Word Of The Week- but
Next Language is Dutch/Flemmish
Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten: This Week’s Theme: Multiplication, stamp game with and without carrying overs (including 0).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Subtraction (without borrowing)
Synonym Of The Week: NICE: kind, pleasant, delightful, good, helpful
Sight Words Of The Week: first than
I had some chippy Kinders this day.
Upcoming Events: Grandparent’s Day: January 26, 2023
No School: Friday, February 17 (Teacher In Service day) No School: Monday, February 20 (President’s Day)
Fun, Frolic, And Friends:
3 dapper boysWhere did his arms go?Ya…… I can not tell them apart.We have a cape wearing super hero doing math.
Your Kids Say The Darndest Things (My brother Theo):
