The end of the school year is quickly approaching! With only a couple of weeks left, teachers are presenting lessons less, and students are working more on finalizing projects along with reviewing works in language, math, and culture. The second-year students are wrapping up their State Research projects, and the third-year students are busy working...Read More

Our classroom has been busy this week! First, our third-year students visited the BG Community Center for the Bike Safety Program and saw some neat performances. We also got to celebrate the Festival of the Arts by watching our friends perform and then perform ourselves on Wednesday.  In Math, we started learning about story problems...Read More

  Students continue to learn about Famous Americans in History, contractions in Word Study, and graphing for our Math Unit.  Our new unit this week was in Zoology.  We have concluded our study on fish and are now learning about mammals.  It is the last classification of vertebrates that we have in our course of study. We...Read More

This week we studied contractions for Word Study. The students are learning how to write words as contractions and go from a contraction to two separate words.  We continue to explore Simple Machines for Science and the Western States for Geography. Next week, the 2nd year students will have a separate lesson on the Western...Read More

Only a couple of months of the school year are left, and still many units for the students to be presented with and explore! This week students were given new history lessons. Students were given a lesson on Famous Americans. As this history unit is out, students will have the opportunity to learn about different...Read More

Have you stopped in to visit our classroom?  If not, we invite you to schedule a time to see what your child is doing and how learning happens in a Montessori room.  You will also be able to experience the use of many of the Montessori materials.  We are a busy group, and there is...Read More

This week was exciting!  We planned special events for the week-long observance and celebration of Montessori Education Week.  Our students enjoyed everything from wearing our favorite color to pajama day!  Thank you for being a part of our school community! In word study, our older students received a lesson on using the dictionary.  These students are becoming...Read More

Thank you for meeting with us for conferences last week. We appreciate your support and your time! This week your child began studying a new vertebrate, the bird. With this unit, children discover the parts of a bird, the different kinds of beaks, nests, and other interesting facts. We have also begun studying prefix, suffix,...Read More

This week students were presented with a new history unit on famous Americans. As this unit is on our shelves, students can learn about U.S. Presidents. Students learned about Presidents such as Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and many more. In addition, students will explore various works on the shelf, from making...Read More

  Students have begun work with fractions for our new Math unit. They have started using fraction metal insects to discover 1 whole, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and 1/5. Later on, students will work to identify a shaded fraction and an unshaded fraction of a shape. As the work progresses, they will order fractions on a...Read More