This week we looked at the Geometric Solids/ three dimensional shape… cube, pryamids. prisms, cylinders, oviod, ellipsiod, cone!
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 24 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation, Cebuano).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Fractions
Synonym Of The Week: Appropriate: suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper
Line Time: Presidents Of The United States Of America (Wasn’t that a 90’s band? Gunna eat a lot of peaches!) 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 Donald Trump 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.
February Birthdays: The Montessori classroom is comprised of 3 year old to 6 year old students. Here are our newest 4 old student.
Which do you prefer? Salad dressing (Miracle Whip) or Mayonnaise? I am in the Miracle Whip camp. In fact, my parents told me when I was growing up Miracle Whip was mayonnaise.
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).
Peek In The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Ancient Egypt
Letter Of The Week- U u
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bet
Next Language is Serbo-Croation
Upcoming Events: President’s Day: NO SCHOOL Monday February 17th
Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday March 12th: Details to follow and permission slips to follow. Free Event/ Free Parking.
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.
What’s The Diff: What is the difference difference between a bison and a buffalo?
Contrary to the song “Home on the Range,” buffalo do not roam in the American West. Instead, they are indigenous to South Asia (water buffalo) and Africa (Cape buffalo), while bison are found in North America and parts of Europe. … Bison are the hipsters of the two animals, sporting thick beards. Buffalo are beardless.
www.britannica.com
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).
A visit from the Dental Hygienist:
Peek In The Classroom:
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 Polish
Upcoming Events: Valentines Party: Friday, February 14, 2020
NO SCHOOL: Monday, February 17, 2020
Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday March 12, 2020 (morning) … Save the date, it is a FREE field trip! Details to follow.
Weekly Theme: This week we discovered many geometric shapes such as there are 3 basic triangles (scalene, isosceles, equilateral). we discovered the trapezoid, chevron, rhombus, and a square is a special rectangle., polygons, and that all four sided shapes are called quadrilaterals.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 23 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Geometry, Geometric Solids
Synonym Of The Week: Fat: overweight, big, bulky, heavy, plump
Weekly Theme: We were introduced to division with manipulatives (golden beads/static, borrowing).
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 21 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Geometry, Constructive Boxes and Geometric Cabinet
Synonym Of The Week: Skinny: thin, lean, emaciated, scrawny, slender
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 intestines take nutrients out of our food and large intestines gets the remaining water from indigestible food and creates waste (poop) or as I referred to a bowel movement. The kidneys process excess water and creates urine. The liver removes toxins from the body. The liver is my fave internal organ. What is yours?
Did you know? Q) What is the difference between a Cantaloupe and Muskmelon?
A) A Muskmelon is a member of the reticulatus group, characterized by a net like ribbed rind and sweet orange flesh. A Cantaloupe is a member of the cantalupensis group, named for Cantalupo, a former papal villa near Rome. This group is characterized by a rough, warty rind and sweet orange flesh.
The below picture the Muskmelon is to the left and Cantaloupe is to the right.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 15 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).
Peek In The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Pollution and Recycling
Letter Of The Week- S s
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bup
Next Language is Dutch/Flemmish
Upcoming Events: Valentines Party: Friday, February 14, 2020
NO SCHOOL: Monday, February 17, 2020
Akron Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday March 12, 2020 (morning) … Save the date, it is a FREE field trip! Details to follow.
Line Time: 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.
Did You Know: Pteronophobia is a fear of being tickled by feathers. It’s also a fear of feathers themselves. The word “ptero” is the Greek word for feather, and “phobia” is also Greek, meaning fear.
January Birthdays: A Montessori classroom consists of students ranging in age from three years to six years. Here are our newest four and six year old students.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 15 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).
Peek In The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Internal Organs
Letter Of The Week- R r
Rhyming Word Of The Week- but
Next Language is Welsh
Upcoming Events: Valentine Party: Friday, February 14, 2020. Details to follow.
Art Museum Field Trip: Thursday, March 12, 2020. Details to follow.
Weekly Theme: We were introduced to division with manipulatives (golden beads/static, no borrowing).
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 21 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh, Dutch/Flemmish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Division w/ Golden Beads (dynamic / Borrowing)
Synonym Of The Week: Nice: kind, pleasant, delightful, good, helpful
Line Time: To honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we learned a bit about his life and his accomplishments. The students became actresses and actors as they recreated Rosa Parks making her stand on a bus in Montgomery Alabama. The students enjoyed playing the part of the bus driver, Rosa Parks, “the mean guy”, a police officer, Martin Luther King Jr., and passengers on the bus. We discussed our differences such as skin color, eye color, hair color, and gender. Then we discussed how we are similar. We talked about discrimination and segregation. We talked about if someone with red hair wouldn’t be allowed to do art “just because” they have red hair or if anyone who had blue eyes would have to go to a different classroom with less materials, broken crayons, or no books “just because” they have blue eyes. I had only boys fetch the chairs for the skit and brought that to the attention of the class. We had some very sad girls…. I did let the girls take the chairs back after the skit.
Meet my Fire Belly Toads: They really ham it up for the camera!
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish).
Peek In The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Skeletal System
Letter Of The Week- Q q
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bub
Next Language is Kiswahili
Upcoming Events: MLK Day: We are off Monday, January 20th, 2020 ***** NO SCHOOL *****
Weekly Theme: We were introduced to subtraction with manipulatives (golden beads,dynamic/ borrowing).
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Division w/ Golden Beads (Static/No Borrowing)
Synonym Of The Week: MEAN: selfish, unkind, malicious, hurtful