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. Each month in lower elementary we...Read More
This week we have introduced Story Problems for our Math Unit Shelf. The students are practicing reading information in a short paragraph, recognizing and recording the facts that are needed to solve the problem, and realizing the keywords used to know what process will be used to solve the problem. Thank you for your support....Read More
Within the past two months of school, a lot has happened within the classroom communities. The students have learned so much already, and normalization within the classrooms has ensued. This week, students were presented with geography, language, and botany lessons. For geography, the students were introduced to the “reading a map” unit. Within this unit,...Read More
In the Lower Elementary classroom, Zoology is a favorite among the students because many are interested in the natural world. We follow our study of living things by following the Timeline of Life that was introduced with the Second Great Lesson. We have completed our study of invertebrates and have moved on to the study of fish, the...Read More
Happy October! This is the month that we look for normalization in the classroom. We are well on our way! This week, students were introduced to a new unit in history. This unit stems from the Second Great Lesson, The Coming of Life. On the shelf, students can explore works pertaining to The Timeline of Life...Read More
We continue to move forward with new lessons and continue to build our classroom community. Montessori education focuses on the whole child, so while we have academic lessons, we also work just as diligently on peer interactions and conflict resolution. The Wood County Parks visited us on Tuesday. In coordination with our Botany Unit, we...Read More
The fifth week of school has quickly arrived! Each day the children become more acclimated to the classroom environment. As time goes by, students continue to express their passion for learning! This week both lower classrooms have introduced new units within the math and language curriculum. In regards to math, the students were presented with...Read More
Last week, we mentioned that we completed telling the stories of the Five Great Lessons. The Fifth Great Lesson: How Numbers Began has prompted us to start a new unit in History. This new unit is based on Roman Numerals and Egyptian Numeration. The Romans used seven capital letters of the alphabet to stand for...Read More
We are hoping everyone had an eventful but relaxing Labor Day Weekend. The extra day was well deserved after our two full weeks. The students (and teachers) worked hard. We closed out our Great Lesson stories with The Fifth Great Lesson: How Numbers Began. The students have really enjoyed these stories. They are meant to spark...Read More
Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year. This week has been BUSY! We are very excited and charged to get this year rolling. The students came back ready to be in Lower Elementary! The first few weeks are packed with classroom routines and procedures, as well as assessments and review lessons. We have begun: The First...Read More
