This has been a short week as we prepared for our student-led conferences. Students practiced for hours at a time with peers and teachers, getting ready to present to families. They presented cubing successive squares and squaring trinomials as examples of their work. In addition, they discussed their history packet; for example we have been...Read More

  Our students walked to the local Library, where they were given a full tour, library card applications, and help finding research books for their writing project. Students were respectful and excited during the tour, where they found many great books! The librarians shared that they were impressed with our students. Afterward, we went to...Read More

In math, students are working on fractions. They are working on everything from the subtraction of unlike denominators to the multiplication of decimals. In spelling, students are working on homophones. In writing, students are working on research. In history, students have been working on flag symbolism. In science, we are conducting weather experiments. We have...Read More

  We have started History this week with a focus on colonies and creating their own countries. The fourth years are working on Decanomials, which is a tangible creation of multiplication tables 1-10. We’re excited about science in which we’re learning about atmosphere and pressure, and we have many fun experiments to do for it!...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

  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

  Hello Families! Our students have been presenting their homework projects to the class. A sixth-year student presented a ‘liquid sand’ project, explaining that using an air compressor would expel pressurized air through tubing that had tiny holes drilled into it. This air system lays beneath a bucket full of sand, and when air moves...Read More

  This week we jumped back into our studies for our Math and Language units. Students work with Montessori Materials such as the Large Bead Frame and Peg Board. Three different colors are featured on the Peg Board- green for units, blue for tens, and red for hundreds. Students lay out the pegs to visually...Read More

  We hope Thanksgiving brings you reasons to be grateful! Reflecting on this year, we are grateful for our students, your support and our wonderful community here at MSBG. Happy Thanksgiving! Read More

This week students studied the forces of air and lift in science. They also considered the factors of density, mass, and weight while conducting experiments on buoyance, measurement, and creating paper airplanes. Our students had an airplane contest with their own paper airplanes they constructed. In order to create them, students had to use their...Read More