On the 1st of April, April Fools, Mr. Dave wrote on our morning schedule that we had to write at least 20 pages on how wonderful our teachers are and there would be no lunch and recess. Then he pulled up the real schedule and said, “April Fools!!!!”        In my writer’s workshop class we...Read More

Last Thursday, we got to see the quintet symphony play. The bassoon and the french horn were the instruments  with the lowest pitches. The flute, clarinet, and oboe had the highest pitches. The quintet played a few songs for us and then it was done. In writers workshop the 4th and 5th year students are...Read More

  This week in Upper West, many of the 4th and 5th grade students worked on fractions, while some, along with the 6th grade students worked on decimals. Unique to Montessori are the fractions circles and insets, which offer concrete ways to find equivalences, add/subtract/multiply/divide, reduce, and many other fraction concepts before they are done...Read More

This week was Montessori Education week. On Monday morning the teachers line danced in the Oberheu room. Also, our agendas changed. You get to write down what you want to do on the lines instead of choosing from a list. For Moving Up Day, the 3rd grade came to our class and sat with some...Read More

     On Monday all of the 3rd-6th years went to the Performing Arts Center at the Bowling Green Middle School. There we met Tony Diterlizzi. He talked about his book, “Kenny and the Dragon”. On Tuesday the students were notified that next week would be Montessori Education Week. We were all excited, especially since...Read More

With the short week, our main focus was preparing for our student-led conferences on Thursday and Friday, finishing our literary essays, as well as having our classroom party.  Next week, the 4th and 5th year students will begin a writing workshop centered on poetry. Looking forward to seeing you all at conferences.Read More