We are at our midyear point and we are moving along quickly with new units and lessons. This week we have introduced new work to word study, geography, and math. Our new word study unit is on homonyms. Homonyms are words that sound the same but may be spelled differently and have different meanings. For...Read More
We began the week by adding another geography unit; my school. Students discussed how outside their home community they are also part of another special community within MSBG. Works from this unit explored our unique school and reflected our classroom. Students discovered magnetic vs. non-magnetic through our new science unit on magnets. In Practical...Read More
Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed a peaceful winter break. We began our week reviewing our classroom procedures, including how to carefully use our classroom rugs and walk safely in our environment. The students seemed very happy to be back in the classroom! Our first new work of January was drawing snowy scenes...Read More
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season and restful break. We reviewed our classroom responsibilities this week as we welcomed one another back to our community. Bouncing on an exercise ball was added to the movement shelf for some large gross motor work! In art we cut snowflakes out of coffee filters...Read More
Happy New Year! We can’t believe it’s January, 2023! The students returned from Winter Break remembering the routines and working diligently. They have become very normalized and we are happy to see them working and learning. Each day they make a plan for the day and get straight to work. Most will choose a work from each subject...Read More
Welcome back, families! We’ve started our shortened week strong with hard work on Spelling, Language/Grammar lessons, and Math Work. This includes activities such as spelling words using Scrabble pieces, organizing the words according to syllable counts, and writing a letter with the words. For Language, we’re working on appositives, review of sentence analysis (identifying...Read More
Happy New Year! We can’t believe it’s January, 2023! The students returned from Winter Break remembering the routines and working diligently. They have become very normalized and we are happy to see them working and learning. Each day they make a plan for the day and get straight to work. Most will choose a work from each subject...Read More
Hello families! This week, the fourth years started with long division. We use Montessori Materials called “Racks & Test Tubes” to make a tangible path to understanding the logic behind long division. The students practice grouping beads from Test Tubes onto a wooden board that represents the place value of each divisor. The purpose...Read More
We began studying the traditions and customs of the Christmas holiday. We explored the Nativity story, and students could recreate a Nativity scene. Decorating a Christmas tree was also a new work added to our science and culture shelf. In practical life, we decorated a sugar cookie, spreading icing and using colored sprinkles. Our class explored wrapping, addressing,...Read More
As we continue learning about Holiday customs and traditions, we introduced our Christmas unit this week! Students could retell the story of baby Jesus and set up the nativity scene, and decorate a mini Christmas tree. Other festive works this week included making paper chain decorations, and frosting and decorating a cookie. We demonstrated the...Read More
