What a beautiful week! It was nice to see the sunshine. The school year is coming closer to an end, but we still have some exciting work happening in the classroom. This week we began our study of the Eastern/Southern states. Students were introduced to these states with the puzzle map. They also have the opportunity to make and recognize the state flags, along with...Read More
We hope you all had a wonderful break. We are getting moments of sunshine and warm weather, which has everyone looking forward to summer. The end of the school year is near, but we have plenty of units to explore and lessons to give. Our math units are fractions and graphing. The students are discovering...Read More
With spring break right around the corner, students continue to explore many works throughout the classroom environment. Some of the units being studied include, weather/the water cycle, Indigenous People, birds, Africa/North America, story problems, prefixes, suffixes, and root words. This past Thursday the students had a special visitor, The Toledo Zoo! Each grade level was...Read More
We have started a unit on Birds for Zoology. This unit introduces students to the third classification of vertebrates. Much of the work is nomenclature which will cover information on parts of the bird and types of birds. There are different types of feet, beaks, and nests that students can learn about. After some learning...Read More
We are grateful some of the teachers were able to travel to the AMS National Conference in Denver, Colorado while others attended virtually. We took part in sessions and workshops to enhance our professional skills and knowledge in Montessori Education. We are renewed with many ideas and plan to incorporate them in the classroom. This week we...Read More
This was a short but exciting week. We introduced a new word study unit and are now working with prefixes and suffixes. The students are discovering how affixes added to root words change the meaning of a word. We had a wonderful trip to the Hayes Museum on Tuesday. The students were able to explore...Read More
A new week along with a new month! This first full week of March has been filled with new lessons and the hopes of warmer weather coming soon! This week, two units within the science curriculum have been switched amongst the lower classrooms. These units being weather/wind and the water cycle along with clouds. In...Read More
What a fun week! We celebrated Montessori Education Week with lots of enthusiasm. We started off by hanging our posters out in the foyer. These were a class community effort and we were proud of what we accomplished together. On Tuesday, students were entertained by the teachers at a morning assembly. Lower teachers performed a...Read More
Thank you for meeting with us for conferences last week. We appreciate your support and your time. Remember, if you ever have questions, contact us via email and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We want to continue to work together to help your child succeed. The students continue to practice skills in language...Read More
This week we introduced Tangrams for our Math Unit. This work challenges students’ spatial awareness to use 7 specific shapes to create and fit into specific structures. This work allows students to use what they have learned about geometry and problem-solving skills. We have also added to our Word Study shelf with Homonyms. These are...Read More