We’ve had an eventful beginning of our week. Many of us are working on complex sentence analysis work. Some of us are working on squaring. We are all enjoying the little warmer weather outside for recess because Lake Montessori is still there. In Spanish we learned about the Three Wise Men, or Three Kings, that...Read More
In history, we are exploring Native American cultures. On our shelves, we have realistic props that give students a tactile and visual sense of important topics-from replicas of a tepee and a canoe to an authentically detailed totem pole. Students are learning where the tribes were located, what tools they made, what their shelter was...Read More
Early childhood introduced two new science units this week! East studied animal tracks as they watched the snowfall outside and West discovered items that were magnetic or non-magnetic. Speaking of snow, a winter snow scene, cutting a snowflake and positive/negative snowman were additional art works and concepts explored. Both classrooms added the cubing chains to...Read More
Dear Parents, It’s the first week back from break! Everybody has a full schedule again. This week is a normal week. We have Music on Monday, Writer’s Workshop on Tuesday, P.E. and Writer’s Workshop on Wednesday, Spanish, Art and History on Thursday, and on Friday we have Writer’s Workshop again. -Nora Vanneman”Read More
Welcome back from break and to 2022! We hope that you all enjoyed your time with family and were able to stay healthy. The students were excited to share some of their experiences and activities with us. They were also excited for our new unit on the Zoology shelf. We are exploring with the next group...Read More
Hello, and Happy New Year! We haven’t had a full class yet because some people are out sick or still on trips for winter break. On Monday we started our lessons like a normal day. Monday is always math lessons for all grades and biology for the 4th and 5th graders. After winter break we...Read More
Welcome back from break and to 2022! We hope you all enjoyed your time with family and were able to stay healthy. The students were excited to share some of their experiences and activities with us. They were also excited for our new unit on the Zoology shelf. We are exploring with the next group...Read More
Happy New Year! EC began our week with new cutting and tracing work, using snowflake shapes! We introduced a new Geography unit: My School. In East, new work on the art shelf included cutting a positive/negative space snowman, and using chalk to draw a snowy scene. Metal insets were demonstrated as well, using only the inset...Read More
