It was wonderful meeting with everyone during conferences this past week! We genuinely enjoy collaborating on how we can best serve our students. November is shaping up to be an exciting month for our Middle classroom. National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO) began this week, and nearly all of the students have chosen to set...Read More
Thank you for meeting with us last week during conferences. It is so important to us to keep communication open for your children’s needs and education. If you still need to, please be sure to send back work notebooks or Writer’s Workshop folders. This week we introduced our Fish unit for Zoology studies as...Read More
We began our week with a spooky sensory bowl, where students used a slotted spoon to sift through rice for different objects. Our classroom also carved a Jack-O-Lantern, where students voted on the different shapes for the eyes, mouth, and nose. We introduced two metal insets on our writing shelf to create new shapes...Read More
A lot has happened in the past two months within our classroom communities. The students have learned so much already, and normalization within the classrooms has begun. This week students were presented with new math and language lessons. On the math unit shelf, children could start exploring work on expanded notation. Some of the works...Read More
A lot has happened in the past two months within our classroom communities. The students have learned so much already, and normalization within the classrooms has begun. This week students were presented with new math and language lessons. On the math unit shelf, children could start exploring work on expanded notation. Some of the works...Read More
This week for our practical life lessons students worked on tonging and wet pruring. This this work students learn pouring skills and gain fine motor strength in their fingers and hands. Together we explored the woods and the trail looking for signs of autumn. It was a great week! Read More
This week our students had the opportunity to learn in various settings. In math, students learned about numbers that were greater than, less than, or equal to through various materials such as the binomial cube. We also introduced blue constructive triangles to help students use their different sizes and explore other shapes. To help...Read More
We’ve exercised our minds and bodies by playing strategic ‘capture the flag’ in our Woods property. Ms. Sam’s P.E. curriculum has focused on using Montessori practices of grace, courtesy, and sportsmanship in our activities. We’ve elevated physical education into social habits and advanced learning skills. The students hold group discussions on their rules and...Read More
This week we began our new special Math Unit, Fractions! Students explore different parts of a whole to understand this new concept. The Montessori Fraction Skittles allow the students to feel 1, ½, ⅓, and ¼ and compare the parts. We also introduced the Numerical Rods and Numerals to our Math shelf – a concrete...Read More
This week was a busy one for our Middle School Classroom! We finished up the Geography unit on Africa with a poste gallery tour of several different nations of Africa. Next on our list is South America. As the weather cools, we plan to spend more time around our outdoor classroom firepit for Literature...Read More
