Peek In Our Week ^^^ Thee Buckeye Room ^^^ Week Of September 5, 2022

Posted on September 10, 2022 at 7:50 pm.

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Healthy Habits- This week we learned how stay healthy. We learned that we need to wash our hands thoroughly and keep our whole bodies clean by taking shower, baths, washing our hair, and brushing our teeth. We now know how long to wash our hands by singing the ABC’s which is a good idea but we decided it would be too difficult to sing while brushing out teeth. Another way to keep healthy is to cover our sneezes and coughs with the inside of our elbow to trap germs from flying all over the place. Another healthy habit is to get enough sleep to rest our bodies and our minds. Exercise such as running, biking, climbing, and even walking leads to a healthy body and mind. We discovered if we eat healthy food like fruits, vegetables, protein, and limited sweets that is good for our bodies. More on that next week.

A Message From Mr. John (What you talkin about Willis?):

Fun Fact:
Honeybees flap their wings 230 times every second. That is A LOT of cardio!!!!

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 6 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French) Also, I will be posing a video with the language added for that week. Oh ya, take a gander at the video below.

Know Your Languages (Greek):

Lets grab a gyro (pronounced year-o)

New Addition to the Classroom/ Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches:

Enrichments (Science):

Peek In The Classroom:

He is working on the Trinomial Cube found in the Sensorial area. The direct aim of the binomial and trinomial cubes is for the child to practice the steps to properly disassemble and build the cube, while refining dexterity and visual acuity.

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.

The constructive triangles are used to demonstrate that all plane geometric figures can be constructed from triangles.

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 memorization.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Food Groups

Letter Of The Week- D d

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bag

Next Language is Japanese

Upcoming Events:
Picture Day: Wednesday September 21, 2022

Just In… Ramseyer Farms on Friday, September 30, 2022.

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Hemispheres- The kindergarten students and I went over hemispheres, The Equator, and The Prime Meridian. Actually, the hemispheres are made by The Equator and the Prime Meridian. The North and South Hemisphere are created by The Equator and the East and West Hemisphere are created by the Prime Meridian. We delved further and identified the Northwestern, Northeastern, Southwestern, and Southeastern Hemispheres. That was not as daunting as one would expect.

Just a really nice picture of the kinders

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: North America/surrounding waters/bordering countries

Synonym Of The Week: SLOW, unhurried, gradual, sluggish, stagnant, lethargic

Sight Words Of The Week: see her

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Your Child says The Dardest Things (Didn’t your mom say NOT to put things up your nose?):

Peek In Our Week === The Buckeye Room === Week Of August 29, 2022

Posted on September 1, 2022 at 10:59 am.

Written by John Kotradi

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Ground Rules:
Week Two… Everything is fine! We continued learning about the ground rules in our classroom. We learned the expected behaviors for work time and were introduced to new work trays in the Practical Life area so that we can strengthen our fine motor skills. We learned how to get a teacher’s attention by putting a hand on the teachers shoulder instead of yelling across the room. We have been practicing when a teacher calls a student’s name they reply “Yes, Mr. John?” instead of “what?” or “ya?”

We also have been practicing placing shoes and slippers nicely on the their mat.

I expect this every time they change shoes/slippers.

A Message From Mr. John:

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 5 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French)

Know Your Languages:

August Birthdays:
A Montessori Classroom consists of 3 to 6 year old students. Here are our newest 4 and 5 year old students.

Fun Fact:

Drivers, in their life time, will spend on average of 6 months waiting at red lights. That’s a lot of time to catch up on your FaceBook page.

Peek In The Classroom:

He is working on the Vowel Tree which is a pre-reading material found in the Language area. As you can see the child uses a card with consonants on each end with a cut out in the middle. The student slides the card exposing a vowel to make a real word or a nonsensical word. This develops the ability to string letters together to form words.

She is rolling PlayDo which mirrors rolling dough with a rolling pin. This activity is found in Practical Life and strengthens fine motors skills and concentration.

This child is working on the First Introduction Of Decimals found in the Math area. The aim is to introduce the child to the concept of the decimal system and to make the child familiar with the names and quantity of each category.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Healthy Habits

Letter Of The Week- C c

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bap

Next Language is Greek

Upcoming Events:
Labor Day- ****No School Monday September 5, 2022. ***** There is always one family that shows up. Who will it be this year? LOL

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

Weekly Theme:
Cardinal Directions (N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW)

The Kinders pointing in their favorite direction.

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: N. America/surrounding bodies water

Synonym Of The Week: SLOW, unhurried, gradual, sluggish, stagnant, lethargic

Sight Words Of The Week: see her

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Notice the height difference in a Montessori classroom?

A new spin on casual day (see his bath robe?)

Your Child Says The Darndest Things:

Bugs for dinner?

Peek In Our Week — Thee Buckeye Room — Week Of 8/22/2022

Posted on August 27, 2022 at 10:36 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

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Ground Rules:
What a wonderful start to our school year! This week we learned about the ground rules in our classroom. We learned the expected behaviors for work time and were introduced to new work trays in the Practical Life area so that we can strengthen our fine motor skills. We learned how to roll and unroll a mat. The four main rules are 1) No running in the classroom. 2) Listening Ears. 3) Keep our body to our self. 4) Treat people and the room with respect. We are learning how to shake hands, look each other in the eye while shaking hands, and reply with pleasantries when I say good morning (students respond “Good morning Mr. John). What a great start to a great school year!

A Message From Mr. John:

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 4 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish)

Know Your languages:

Fun Fact:
Did you know you can NOT imagine a new/undiscovered color!

Peek In The Classroom:

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time-

Letter Of The Week- C c

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bap

Next Language is German

Upcoming Events:
Labor Day- ****No School Monday September 4, 2023. ***** There is always one family that shows up. Who will it be this year? LOL

!!!! Sign up for Remind and Transparent Classroom. !!!

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

Weekly Theme:

Next Week:

Synonym Of The Week: BORING, drab, dull lifeless, mundane, monotonous

Sight Words Of The Week: will him

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Your Kids Say The Darndest Things:

Peek In Our Week ### The Buckeye Room ### Week Of May 23, 2022

Posted on May 28, 2022 at 7:48 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Solar System- Put on your space suit and get ready to explore our solar system. We started with discussing the planets nearer the sun then worked our way to the furthest reaches of our solar system. Mercury is our first planet and is the closest to the sun. Venus is the second planet. Even though it is further away from the sun than Mercury it is the hottest planet in our solar system. The third planet is near and dear to our hearts. It is the planet earth. It is the only planet in our solar system that has life. The next planet is Mars and is known as the red planet. The next planet is the biggest planet in our solar system and has a big red storm that has been raging for centuries. That planet is Jupiter. Saturn is the next planet and has really cool ring around it that are pieces of rock and ice. Uranus is next and it spins up and down instead of side to side like all the other planets. Neptune is the last planet in our solar system. I did not forget about Pluto. Oh! Poor Pluto. Pluto was once a planet but now has been demoted to a dwarf planet. As a side note learned that most planets were named after Roman Gods and Goddesses. We watched a few video clips about the Solar System and danced to the Sun Song by They Might Be Giants! How cool are these guys??

Did You Know? (More They Might Be Giants):
They Might Be Giants has a really cool children’s CD about science and a parent gave it to me decades ago. Also, a few of their songs were featured in Tiny Toons (see below). I saw these guys circa 1990 during the Flood Tour. They were a fun alternative band! To prove my memory is not shot. Here are a few vids of the cartoons. OH! Remember Malcolm In the Middle? The theme song “You’re Not The Boss of Me” ? YEP… You got it. LOL

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)…

Particle Man…

Not The Boss Of Me …

My hair hasn’t been this long since I was in the 7th grade building my Zep collection:

A Message From Mr. John (My hair and more importantly Angela) :

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, Irish, Kiswahili, Irish, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Farsi, Turkish)

Impromptu Snake Viewing:

Enrichments (Music):

Fire Station Field Trip:

A fire fighter in full dress giving high fives to the children. His purpose was to get the children comfortable with him and not be afraid.

The well behaved group. The station told us we were the most well behaved group to pass through the station. Be proud of your children.

All About Bees:
We had a parent that is a Beekeeper come in and taught us some really cool things about bees. He had his assistants help as well!

Peek In The Classroom:
Students are tracing a life size outline and then they draw themselves.

The kindergarten students are setting up for lunch/laying down placemats. Do you see a pattern she is creating?

They are scrubbing tables. The tables have never been cleaner.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Safety

Letter Of The Week- That is in the rearview mirror.

Rhyming Word Of The Week- Not anymore!

Academic Enrichment:
Handwriting:
We practiced writing sentences in cursive.

Next Week’s Lesson:
Weekly Theme: Review. Kindergarten Graduation Rehersal

Synonym Of The Week: Done with that popsicle stand

Sight Words Of The Week: Been there done that

Can you identify all the parts of speech? Your kindergarten students can!!!!!

Upcoming Events:
Memorial Day: Monday, May 30, 2022 ***** NO SCHOOL *****

Last Day Of School/Field Day: Thursday June 2, 2022

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Sash heaven. These classroom made creations have been popping up the past week. The students are learning how to sew!!!!!!

I WILL win this competition at all costs!

Juist a friendly game of Chicken with the swings. I’m not sure what actually happened. I just thought to myself “Natural Consequences”

I have no idea…. lifting his pant legs and spinning. Even the boy in the background is fascinated.

Peek In Our Week {}{}{} Thee Buckeye Room {}{}{} Week Of May 16, 2020

Posted on May 20, 2022 at 3:47 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Animals Groups- This week we talked about what groups of animals are called. Here is a list of what we learned…

Pack of dogs
Muster of peacocks
Pride of lions
Gaggle of geese
Murder of crows
School of fish
Pod of dolphins
Heard of cows, horses, and elephants
CONGRESS of Baboons
Mischief of rats (I am tearing)
Not a Flock Of Seagulls (I ran) but a colony of seagulls
And we have a sorority of female Bettas in the room!

I could not get a good shot of my sorority and mine isn’t this impressive.

What do you call a group of children? A stomach ulcer. JK, hehe I love your children!!!

Did You Know? (Tires… Who? What? Read and it will make sense):
If you could win a million dollars just by answering the question “Who is the world’s largest manufacturer of tires?” what would your guess be? Michelin? Goodyear? Bridgestone? Those are all good tries, but they’re all wrong. Surprised?

Well you’ll be even more surprised to know which company does make the most tires every year. It’s LEGO. That’s right. Since 2011, LEGO has held the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest tire manufacturer. “The largest annual volume toy tire manufacturer ever,” and though it includes the specification of “toy,” the numbers surpass regular tire manufacturers. This is really a bit of a misnomer.

A Message From Mr. John (Six steps of separation/Jerry Seinfeld edition):

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, Irish, Kiswahili, Irish, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano, Malay, Farsi, Turkish).

Do you see how mean my coworkers are? They said no donuts unless I wear the sash. YOY!

Enrichments (Science/Soup Souflette):

These boys are touching a piece of soup/Ivory after it has been microwaved for a little over a minute. It went in as a solid piece of soap and came out fluffy.

Peek In The Classroom:

Angela creating a buzz when presenting new materials to the students.

He is working on the Movable Alphabet found in the Language area. The key purpose of the Moveable Alphabet is to prepare children for writing, reading, and spelling. The child’s use of the material progresses from single words, to phrases, and eventually to stories. In this way, the Moveable Alphabet teaches children how to symbolize their own thoughts, and begin to write creatively.

This boy is making sure the correct number of Field Trip Forms were given to us. Ms. Sandy was without error handing them out.

In this early math activity, the child uses coloured bead bars that represent the quantities: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten. Each bar’s length contains as many beads as its corresponding number. The child uses these bead bars to make combinations that equal 10.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Solar System

Letter Of The Week- Uu

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bec

Academic Enrichment:
Line Time: We added the interjection to our plethora parts of speech. YIKES!

Handwriting:
We practiced writing sentences in cursive.

Next Week’s Lesson:
Weekly Theme: Capitalization/Punctuation (end of a sentence)

Synonym Of The Week: SNEAKY, underhanded, dishonest, tricky, secretive, sly

Sight Words Of The Week: there their

You Know the saying “it’s like hearing cats”. This is how it feels like getting them to stand still for a picture.

Upcoming Events:
A few days off and other stuff.

DAYS OFF:
No School: Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day)

OTHER STUFF:
Fire Station Fieldtrip: Friday, May 27th 9:30am
Field Day/Last Day Of School: Thursday, June 2nd

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

This competition is becoming intense but I do feel defeat approaching. Notice the photo bomb?

Peek In Our Week ~ Thee Buckeye Room ~ Week Of May 9, 2022

Posted on May 14, 2022 at 7:30 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Baby Animals- This week we looked at names of baby animals. I started out by saying that most people call human children “kids” and in reality a kid is a baby goat. with that said here are some other baby animal names.

Bear, lion, tiger- Cub
Cat- Kitten
Dog, seal, walrus- Pup
Cow, elephant, whale- Calf
Goat- Kid
Pig- Piglet
Kangaroo, koala- Joey

Did You Know? (They’re The Cheesiest):
Canada eats more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world. When it comes to the consumption of boxed mac and cheese, or Kraft Dinner as it’s better known, Canadians eat a whopping 55 per cent more of it a year than Americans do. Out of the 7 million boxes sold weekly around the world, Canadians purchase 1.7 million of them. The average Canadian was estimated to consume around 27.5 lbs of cheese in 2020, an increase of over 15 percent since 2010, when annual per capita consumption stood at 23.6 lbs.

A Message From Mr. John (My fave time of the school day and not the end of it, hehe)

Enrichments (Library):

Ms. Cat read “I am a Tiger” and “Touch the Brightest Star” in Library Class.

Peek In The Classroom:

She is completing multiplication equations using Color Bead Bars.

This boy is cleaning his table after lunch.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Animal groups

Letter Of The Week-I i

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bud

Academic Enrichment:
Handwriting:
We practiced writing sentences in cursive.

Next Week’s Lesson:
Weekly Theme: Interjection. YOY!

Synonym Of The Week: BRIGHT, shiny, glowing, dazzling, lighted, vivid

Sight Words Of The Week: which what

Upcoming Events:
A few days off and other stuff.

DAYS OFF:
-No School: Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day)

OTHER STUFF:
Mr. John’s Birthday: I can not wait!!!! Ya right. Make me feel better with cream filled donuts with maple frosting and yes I know maple flavor is an old man’s flavor.

Field Day/Last Day Of School: Thursday, June 2nd

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

A boy pretending to sleep and a girl trying to wake him.

Peek In Our Week <><><> Thee Buckeye Room <><><> Week Of May 2, 2022

Posted on May 7, 2022 at 8:17 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

Line Time (International Festival Stuff):

The controlled chaos of the International Festival practice.

Did You Know?
The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona
The Spanish city thought the design was too ugly, so Gustave Eiffel pitched it to Paris instead, as a temporary landmark during its 1889 International Exposition. French critics didn’t like it much either though.

A Message From Mr. John (Where did I put that thing?):

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).

May Birthdays:
The Montessori classroom prides itself on having students from 3 to 6 years of age. Here is our newest 4 year old student.

Good Bye to Miss Emily:
Miss Emily was our high school intern for the year. She did a wonderful job fitting in with our classroom, teaching your children, and being part of Thee Buckeye Room team. She is furthering her education at the University of Akron and majoring in Speech Therapy. We will miss her and wish her luck with her schooling (although she does not need luck, lol). The pics below.. one is a nice calm picture and the other is a group hug resulting in bedlam.

International Festival Festivities (YOUR CHILDREN ROCKED IT!):

Follow the link!

Three children working on the Triangle Construction Boxes found in the Sensorial Area. The Constructive Triangles are used to demonstrate that all plane geometric figures can be constructed from triangles and to prepare the child for later work in geometry. What shapes do you see?

Upcoming Events:
A few days off and other stuff.

DAYS OFF:
-No School: Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day)

OTHER STUFF:
Mr. John’s Birthday: All gifts will be accepted and appreciated.

Field Day/Last Day Of School: Thursday, June 2nd

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Uh oh! I know I am in trouble when I get this face

The Great Cornholio. Bragging rights to those who get this reference without Googling.

This is how you get EVERY shred of cheese.

Peek In Our Week === Thee Buckeye Room === Week Of April 25, 2022

Posted on April 29, 2022 at 11:24 am.

Written by John Kotradi

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

Line Time:

It was “All About Australia” A parent came in and talked about the flora and fauna of Australia. The children were engaged and happy for the visit.

Did you know? (OK, Now I itch. My eyelashes, eye brows, eyes, scalp, ears, all itch).

What are the mites on your eyelashes?
Eyelash mites are tiny cigar-shaped bugs found in bunches at the base of your eyelashes. They’re normal and usually harmless, unless you have too many of them. Also known as , each mite has four pairs of legs that make it easy to grip tube, shaped things, like your lashes. Just about every adult human alive has a population living on them, and they’re basically impossible to get rid of. Luckily, they’re harmless for most people. Am I freaking you out?

A Message From Mr. John: (Ear Bug! More creepy crawlies, not really)

You know what to do and what to expect!

Enrichments (Art):

This week’s project focused on giraffes.

Peek In The Classroom:

Here are some students help carrying the take home folder box and the snack crate to the room.

He made his creation with the combination of the Brown Stairs and Pink Tower. I t reminds me of the Sears Tower. this creation is referred to as an “extension”. Sensorial extensions provide multiple opportunities to revisit these materials over and over again. Children create interesting patterns, stretch their imagination and usually work in a small group of peers which is a wonderful way to practice sharing and collaboration.

Kinders working on their language workbooks.

She is working on the 45 Layout found in the Math area. 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. It can take time to build the concentration to complete the entire layout.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- International Festival stuff

Letter Of The Week- N/A

Rhyming Word Of The Week- N/A

Academic Enrichment:
Weekly Theme: Adverbs, they describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Handwriting:
We practiced writing sentences in cursive.

Next Week:
Weekly Theme: Conjunctions (they like as a bridge)

Synonym Of The Week: N/A

Sight Words Of The Week: N/A

Kinders looking scared. I think I may have told them that I am giving them homework over the weekend.

Upcoming Events:
International Festival (REHEARSAL): Wednesday, May 4 at 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm …
Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)

International Festival (MAIN EVENT): Friday, May 6 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm …
Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

The Hippy Movement is alive and well. My sister was a hippy and my parents were NOT happy! This picture reminds me of this song…If you’re going to San Francisco – be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. Follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0vkKy504U Do you see the swing photo bomb.

Our game faces. We are in competition with who is getting their haircut first

Peek In Our Week ::::: Thee Buckeye Room ::::: Week Of April 18, 2022

Posted on April 22, 2022 at 6:05 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

Line Time:
Just working on International Festival stuff.

Practicing our songs with Ms. Lisa (Music Teacher)

Did You Know?:
It is impossible to hum while holding your nose?

It is because when you hum, you are actually exhaling, so if both your mouth and your nose is closed, the air can’t escape. So, although you can hum for a very brief few second or two, you will be forced to open your mouth and catch your breath. AND I bet you tried this!!!!! Lol

A Message From Mr. John (Parent Revenge Week Part 2):

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).

Earth Day:

Who Really Runs This Show?:
The office staff has a plethora of tasks that they complete on a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis. They are always smiling and make the school run smoothly. Kudos to Kelly and Sandy.

Peek In Our Classroom:

These are my Kindergarten students setting up for lunch. They set up tables, get chairs, and put out placemats.

He is working on the Blue Triangles found in the Sensorial area. The purpose is to show the “constructive power” (or analyzing power) of the triangle by exploring all possible shapes using only two triangles. Preparation for geometry: to show that all plane figures constructed with straight lines are composed of triangles.

Ms. Angela presenting letter sounds to a preschool student.

Miss Angela helping a Kindergarten Student with a preschooler proudly photo bombing the number 9.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- International Festival

Letter Of The Week- N/A

Rhyming Word Of The Week- N/A

Next Language is not until the International Festival

Upcoming Events:
International Festival (REHEARSAL): Wednesday, May 4 at 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm …
Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)

International Festival (MAIN EVENT): Friday, May 6 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm …
Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)

Academic Enrichment:
Weekly Theme: Adjectives, they describe nouns and pronouns.

Handwriting:
We practiced writing sentences in cursive.

Next Week’s Lesson:
Weekly Theme: Adverbs (describes verbs {adjectives and other adverbs})

Synonym Of The Week: N/A

Sight Words Of The Week: N/A

My Kindergarten Students acting out an adjective.

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Most of the time you just don’t ask. This time I did. She was seeing how long her hair was.

Just look at their expressions on their faces.

Peek In Our Week %%% The Buckeye Class %%% Week of April 11, 2022

Posted on April 16, 2022 at 4:41 pm.

Written by John Kotradi

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

Line Time:
More International Festival stuff!

Did You Know? (Yellow Stop Signs, are you kidding me?):
In 1922, the American Association of State Highway Officials met to determine a standard design for stop signs, and that’s where they decided on the color—yellow. Wait, what? Yes, according to Business Insider, because they thought that yellow would grab drivers’ attention. They’d also considered red, but there was no dye available at the time that wouldn’t eventually fade. By 1954, however, sign makers had access to fade-resistant porcelain enamel, and could finally start making stop signs the red color we recognize today.

A Message From Mr. John (It is a Family Affair):

FYI… My dad despised this show. For what reason I do not know.

Know Your Languages (Turkish):
Faked you out again. Not until after the International Festival

Room Visitors:

Lower Elementary let us use a sheep brain 🧠

We had Sonic the Hedgehog. Actually, her name is Daisy.

Peek In The Classroom:

Ms. Emily, our high school intern reads to a couple of boys. Emily’s time with us is winding down.

These students are raking turns walking in the maze. One of the most popular extension works is making the Maze with the Red Rods. Using a laminated card that shows the picture of The Maze, the children build a winding path that uses the longest rods first and then the smallest rods to make the interior. The students have to use visual discrimination skills to decide where the rods need to be placed in order to make The Maze work. Once completed, the children may quietly take off their shoes and walk inside The Maze taking careful steps to ensure that they do not bump a Red Rod out of place. Taking turns and waiting patiently are also important parts of doing this work cooperatively with a classmate, as only one child at a time is allowed inside The Maze.

This girl is sewing. Sewing is a wonderful Montessori practical life activity. Not only is it great for developing skills such as fine-motor coordination and concentration, but many sewing projects have added value as “real work” projects children can complete.

These students are working together “setting a table” activity. Setting up the table for a meal is an easy job for children to accomplish. If you model how to do the job and have all the things easily accessible, children will quickly take over how to do this themselves. Some people like to use template mats to show younger children where to place things. For example, with an outline of a fork, spoon, knife, and bowl/ plate.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- International Festival stuff

Letter Of The Week- No letter of the week

Rhyming Word Of The Week- No rhyming word of the week

Next Language is Turkish but not until after the International Festival

Academic Enrichment:
Weekly Theme: Pronouns. Pronouns take the place of a noun and at times makes are lives easier. The pronouns we went over were he(boy), she(girl), it(not used for people because it is rude), we(a group of two or more we belong two), they(a group of two or more we do not belong to), you.

Handwriting:
We practiced writing sentences in cursive.

Next Week’s Lesson:
Weekly Theme: Adjectives (describes nouns)

Synonym Of The Week: No synonyms this week

Sight Words Of The Week: No sight words of the week

Upcoming Events:
A few days off and other stuff.

DAYS OFF:
-No School: Easter Monday, April 18

OTHER STUFF:
International Festival (REHEARSAL): Wednesday, May 4 at 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm …
Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)

International Festival (MAIN EVENT): Friday, May 6 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm …
Cuyahoga Falls high School/Big Auditorium (details to follow)

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Who has not done this at least once in our lifetime?

You should’ve seen the other guy.