The month of April has quickly come to an end and May is in full swing! The lower elementary teachers and students have been hard at work in preparation for this final month of the school year. New to our word study shelf is the abbreviations unit. Though this unit may sometimes be a challenging concept for students to grasp, it is still a popular interest. While studying abbreviations children learn how to shorten many words within their vocabulary from names of months, days, types of measurement, and much more.
Aside from the new language unit, the final zoology unit was presented to students. This unit obtains a variety of animal stories for children to explore. Each story is made up of a riddle or information describing a specific animal. The goal is for students to correctly match up each animal to their corresponding story. The animal stories unit is a fun and exciting way to review the five animal classifications for vertebrates along with a review of invertebrates, too.
In addition, the third year students have been presented a lesson on a special Montessori material, pin maps. These maps are an extension of the geography unit. They allow children to locate and review state capitals/cities, landforms, water forms, etc. on each western state pin map. This material tends to be a favorite for many third year students from year to year.
Lastly, this week all the third year students had the opportunity to visit the Bowling Green Community Center for a special bike safety assembly. This assembly is hosted by the Bicycle Safety Commission. During this fun presentation, The Right Direction BMX team performed a demo for the students showing off exciting tricks along with discussing important bike safety information. The third year students look forward to experiencing this safety program each year!
Hoping you have a wonderful weekend along with sending happy thoughts to all the mothers in our MSBG community as you celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend!
-The Lower Team
