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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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  We have reached the second month into the 2025 year already! With only a few months of the school year left, there are still many units for the students to be presented with and to explore! This week students were given a new history lesson along with new geography lessons. In regards to the...
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We ended the first month of the year with a big chill, but we are staying warm in the classrooms with activities, lessons, and new work.  We introduced a new science unit on the weather.  Maria Montessori believed that it was important to spark the imagination of the 6-9 year old to open up the...
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As our month of January continues, many of our students are well established and know the routine of the classroom.  We hope you saw this during your visit on Thursday at Curriculum Night.  If you were not able to join us, please take some time to visit during a school day and have your child...
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Welcome to 2025! We hope you all had a wonderful and restful break. It’s nice to be back together again and into a routine again. We have introduced a few new units in the classroom. The Lower North classroom is now working on money. For a Grammar choice, the students have received new lessons. The...
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This week teachers wanted to keep the classroom running as normal as possible. Throughout the week the children worked diligently and strived to get their responsibilities completed. In the classroom, children were given the opportunity to learn about fun holiday facts with a variety of books and activities to finish. At the end of the...
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We’re quickly coming to the home stretch before our Winter Break, but we continue to keep our students busy.  Besides the usual individual lessons in Math and Language, we introduced the students to a new Science Nutrition Unit.  We no longer use the food pyramid to teach about nutrition.  We use MyPlate which is the official...
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