We started our week by carving a pumpkin into a Jack-O-Lantern. Each child had the opportunity to feel the pulp and sort pumpkin seeds. We roasted the seeds and were able to taste them. Our class also voted on what shape eyes, nose, and type of mouth to carve! We then used our Jack-O-Lantern in...Read More

What a fun last few weeks! It is hard to believe that we were just at camp last Wednesday! Thank you for your help and support in making that trip happen for our students! It was a pleasure to connect with you during the conferences last week. We appreciate all of your support and input. ...Read More

Thank you for meeting with us last week during conferences. It is so important to us to keep communication open for your children’s needs and education. If you still need to, please be sure to send back work notebooks or Writer’s Workshop folders.  This week we introduced our Fish unit for Zoology studies as we...Read More

What a fun last few weeks! It is hard to believe that we were just at camp last Wednesday! Thank you for your help and support in making that trip happen for our students! It was a pleasure to connect with you during the conferences last week. We appreciate all of your support and input. ...Read More

“The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.”                      -Maria Montessori  Children enrich their vocabulary in the classroom by listening to books, retelling the story, naming objects, and...Read More

  It was wonderful meeting with everyone during conferences this past week! We genuinely enjoy collaborating on how we can best serve our students. November is shaping up to be an exciting month for our Middle classroom. National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO) began this week, and nearly all of the students have chosen to set...Read More

  Thank you for meeting with us last week during conferences. It is so important to us to keep communication open for your children’s needs and education. If you still need to, please be sure to send back work notebooks or Writer’s Workshop folders.  This week we introduced our Fish unit for Zoology studies as...Read More

  We began our week with a spooky sensory bowl, where students used a slotted spoon to sift through rice for different objects. Our classroom also carved a Jack-O-Lantern, where students voted on the different shapes for the eyes, mouth, and nose. We introduced two metal insets on our writing shelf to create new shapes...Read More