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):
This week we learned all about Outer Space! We studied the eight planets found in our solary system, learned about orbits, talked about the sun and the moon, were introduced to asteroids and comets, and were in awe of pictures of our galaxy. Your children now know that Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are rock planets while Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are gas giants. They know that Saturn’s rings are made of pieces of rock and ice, Venus is the hottest planet, and that Pluto is now one of our Solar System’s dwarf planets. We really loved our lessons this week!
Our Preschool Lesson: Layers of the Earth
Ms. Sam and our preschool students took a deep look at our planet, Earth. They learned the layers of our planet from the crust that we live on to the incrediably hot inner core! We ended the week taking a look at the Stromboli Volcano off the coast of Italy. Preschoolers learned that the mantle is made up of magma, but when it comes out of a volcano we then call it lava!
Kindergarten Lessons:
During Kindergarten Lesson this week, our older Blossoms were introduced to nouns and verbs. We know that nouns are a person, place, or thing and that verbs are action words or something that you do. During Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop, kindergarteners continued their study of poetry with Ms. Kelley and Ms. Tonya. They practiced writing an Alliteration Poem about Spring together as a group, and created a rough draft of their 5 Senses Poem about a topic of their choosing!
“Spring. I see flowers. I hear birds tweet.”
Indoor Recess Skills
We practiced some different gross motor skills in the gym this week during Indoor Recess. We participated in a bean bag toss game, practiced our hula hooping skills, had fun bouncing and catching a ball, and learned how to jump rope! We also danced around to Baby Shark!
One Last Cozy Day Before Spring Break!
We ended our cozy pajama day with a snack and a movie! We watched Space Buddies to celebrate our lessons this week!
Peek Into Next Week!
NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK – SPRING BREAK
School resumes on Monday, April 3!
Focus Lesson & Preschool Lesson: Continents
Kindergarten Lesson: Articles
Important Dates:
Friday, April 7: Early Release 12pm for Good Friday
Monday, April 10: No School for Easter Monday
Wednesday, April 26: International Festival Rehearsal
Friday, April 28: International Festival!
Bring Your Parent to Work Days: There are only 4 more Bring Your Parent to Work Dates this school year! Sign up and come observe your child at work!
This week in Aspen, we dove into the world of color again by exploring rainbows and the light spectrum! The Aspen children investigated why and how rainbows occur; we named the colors within the rainbow, discussed the light spectrum, and engaged in experiments involving bending and refracting light. Each day during group lessons, we took a look at the science of rainbows and the exploration of color. We discovered that rainbows occur when sunlight hits a water droplet. When this happens, some of the light is reflected and refracted creating a rainbow! As we researched this topic, we further discovered that light is made up of different wavelengths and each wavelength is reflected at different angles; therefore, the light spectrum is separated and the result is a rainbow! In order to illustrate this concept while gaining hands on experience, we engaged in an activity refracting light to create our own rainbows using a flashlight and a prism. Aspen also read Pink Is Not a Color and This Book Is Gray by Lindsay Ward. Lindsay Ward a local children’s author from Peninsula, Ohio. The book is hilarious, full of educational information, and encourages kindness and uniqueness. Aspen highly recommends this book, so check it out!!
This week we began or Asia and Oceania studies by having Noah’ s mom, Anum Ali, come in to teach us all about Pakistan. She brought amazing pictures depicting the culture and life in Pakistan, and she brought in many visual aides and items to share as she talked about her culture. Mrs. Ali taught us so much and answered our many, many questions! She even taught us some words! Ask your child about their amazing lesson on Pakistan! A very big thank you to Anum for all of her hardwork and preparation, sharing her knowledge with us, Buckeye, and Cherry Blossom! I also would like to personally thank all of the Aspen parents and children for selecting and submitting their countries for the festival. We have begun our in-class research projects because of this!
This week in Kindergarten lesson, the Kindergarteners began their in-depth lesson with the Function of Words activities, exploring consonants, vowels, and articles. In Readers Workshop, both groups practiced their copy writing skills, fluency, and handwriting with reading comprehension books/worksheets. They practiced finding information within a text while answering comprehension questions. We also practiced writing in complete sentences when answering comprehension questions. Both groups also took a quick look at rhyme, alliteration, hyperbole, and onamatapeoia to explore poetry condepts. In Writers Workshop, both groups practiced writing poetry as a group (picture below).
Matching Uppercase and Lowercase letters!
Learning how to find information in books. Practicing our research skills researching life in our Asian country!
Guiding and helping our friends during the work period! The combined age groups of a Montessori classroom provides opportunities for children to exercise independence while assuming leadership roles guiding younger peers.
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
This week, we learned about Weather in the Cherry Blossom classroom. We discussed what types of weather we find here in Ohio, such as sunny, rainy, snowy, and windy. We learned that countries closer to the Equator have different weather patterns than we do and that we live in a temperate climate. We spent our week keeping a Weather Journal and were lucky enough to witness 5 different types of weather this week! Yay Ohio!
We also learned about the Water Cycle. Ask your child about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. We ended the week learning about different types of clouds and the messages that they give us. Cumulus clouds tell us that the weather is good, and Stratus clouds tell us it is either going to rain or snow. But did you know that if you see Cirrus clouds that it will rain or snow within 24 hours?
Look at this beautiful snowflake one of our preschoolers drew!
Preschool Lesson: Colors
Our younger Blossoms learned about Colors this week. We reviewed Primary and Secondary colors, discussed hues and shades, and practiced our Rainbow order. We built rainbows, colored rainbows, mixed paint, and ended our week with a Green Scavenger Hunt!
This child is receiving a lesson with the Color Puzzle where we learned about mixing colors and creating new colors.
Kindergarten Lessons:
Our older Blossoms learned to differentiate between consonants and vowels this week during Kindergarten Lesson. In Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop, our kindergarteners have started their poetry unit. They worked as a group to write these poems about a butterfly and flowers!
Enrichment Spotlight:
In Music class with Ms. Lisa, our Blossoms were introduced to the piano. They each had a turn to play a duet with a classmate!
Special Visitors:
We had two special visitors to our class this week! Elementary students came to show us their Science Experiment. They put rice into cups and then spoke nicely to one cup of rice and spoke meanly to another cup of rice. The cup they spoke kindly too grew a little bit of mold, the cup they spoke meanly to grew a lot of mold! Next, they are going to try the same experiment with plants!
One of the parents of an Aspen student gave us a presentation about Pakistan! She showed us the map of Pakistan, the clothing people wear there, what their schools and vehicles look like, and what sort of food they eat. We loved learning more about this country found in Asia as we begin preparing for the International Festival!
If you or someone you know would like to also come talk to us about another country, we would love to have them come visit us!
Indoor Recess:
As much as we love to go outside and play on the playground, we also have so much fun in the gym during Indoor Recess! This week we built an obstacle course! There was balancing, jumping, and running!
St. Patrick’s Day Shenanigans!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Cherry Blossom Classroom! We built a trap as a class to catch that pesky leprechaun but Sean O’Keefe tricked us again! He ate all of the Lucky Charms we left for him, and left us a pot of chocolates to share! He also pulled out all of the green materials in our classroom and threw them all of the room!
Peek into Next Week!
Focus Lesson: Outer Space
Preschool Lesson: Layers of the Earth
Kindergarten Lesson: Nouns and Verbs
Important Dates: Spring Break – No School – March 27-31
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):
This week in Aspen it was all about rhyming, word play, and having fun exploring the literary world with Dr. Seuss Week! As we dove into the literary world, we explored rhyming, alliteration, and vocabulary! Aspen learned that in order for a word to rhyme, they need to have the same ending sounds! After learning this, we all practiced rhyming words during our group lessons. The Aspen children quickly became rhyming experts! We discovered that sometimes rhyming words are not spelled the same but have the same ending sounds! For example, dance and pants follow this rule. At the same time, we also read various Dr. Seuss books, discovering that he is the true Rhyming Expert. We spent the week searching for rhyming words and alliteration; in the process, we made an interesting discovery! We realized that occasionally Dr. Seuss would create nonsense words! This prompted follow-up work with vocabulary and thinking of words that make sense (real words) and words that don’t (nonesense words)! Dr. Seuss also happens to be a Nonsense Word Expert!
A very special thank you to all of the Aspen families participating in Dr. Seuss Week! The outfits, creativity, and participation was amazing! We could not do what we do without you!
In Kindergarten Workshop, the kindergarteners explored Geometry! They looked at two-dimensional shapes with the Geometric Cabinet and three-dimensional shapes with the Geometric Solids. At the same time, the Kindergarteners discussed angles, vertices, and the geometric names of triangles. In Readers Workshop, the kindergarteners began their introduction into the world of poetry and began the process of becoming poets themselves! We took a look at poems that rhyme, reading Shel Silverstein’s “Where The Sidewalk Ends” and Dr. Seuss books. We discussed how poems are written in rows or lines and how there are different types of poems. The Kindergarten Reading groups also discussed alliteration, and we practiced this concept together. Finally, both groups discussed how to brainstorm: to think of ideas to create their own poems. The kindergarteners wrote word lists and then found their rhyming words so that they can create their very own rhyming poem! All of the kindergarteners had amazing ideas! In Writers Workshop, the Kindergarteners practiced their handwriting skills by “copy writing” information off a white-board, practicing for Elementary expectations!
It was another fun- filled, amazing week in Aspen! Have a great weekend! Next week our thematic topic will be Amphibians and Reptiles!
Here are some of our Crazy Socks from Crazy Sock Day!
Dr. Seuss Letter Rescue! Rescuing letters from the tangled web and matching them to lowercase and uppercase cards!
A group picture of our outfits representing our future goals of what we would like to be when we grow up.
“Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to great places! You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights!
Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.
And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed!)
KID, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting.
So… get on your way!
– “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ by Dr. Seuss
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday to our newest 4 year old!
It’s Time for International Festival!
The Cherry Blossom Class will be studying the continents of NORTH AMERICA and SOUTH AMERICA for the International Festival. We have already started our research so make sure your child signs up for the country that they would like to represent by Friday, March 10th!
For the past couple of weeks Aspen has been exploring the Western Hemisphere! We started this adventure by traveling to South America! We learned the names and locations of countries in South America, explored culture, studied the geography of South America, became Amazon Rainforest experts, and listened to relaxing South American pan flute music during the work period. As we discussed South America, we explored the topography and different biomes found within the continent. We learned that South America has humid rainforests, tall mountains, and dry deserts. We further discovered that parts of South America are very close to the Equator and are very hot while others are cold and dry. Did you know that part of Antarctic belongs to Chile? As we explored culture, we learned that Carnival, a huge celebration, was happening the same week we were studying South America! The Aspen kids spent the week completing the South American puzzle maps, coloring the countries in South America, learning how to identify South American flags, and engaged in classification work with animals and life within the continent of South America.
This week the Aspen classroom learned all about Presidents Day and the presidents of the United States. We learned all about the work a president does, explored U.S. landmarks, and engaged in classification work with identifying Presidents and placing them in linear sequence according to their Presidential terms. As we were discussing the United States of America and Presidents, Aspen decided to investigate other countries within the continent of North America. We then engaged in classification work with the flags of North America, learned all about the topography of North America and its different biomes, and learned all about North American culture while learning the names and locations of its countries. Aspen sure had a busy two weeks exploring the Western Hemisphere.
In Kindergarten Workshop, the kindergarteners have been exploring Fractions and Math with Fractions. They experimented with putting different fractions together to make a whole and learned how to identify different fractions. In Reading Workshop, both groups have been reviewing lessons focusing on phonics, phonemic awareness and phonograms. At the same time, the have worked on Reading Comprehension skills, sounding out words and then writing them on paper, and practiced how to S.A.N.D our worksheets and papers with subject, name, and date. In Writers Workshop, the Kindergarteners finished up their books and then held Authors Share where they published their books and then read them aloud to their classmates! Each kindergartner has shown so much growth writing their books! They completed entire words and put their whole thought down on paper while using punctuation and capital letters at the beginning of each sentence!
Putting the Presidents in chronological order by their presidential term(s)!
Fun with phonics and the Snowman Phonetic Object Box!
Cleaning pennies with salt and vinegar!
Working together to complete the Alphabetical Order puzzle!
