November 6, 2020

 

November 6, 2020

Over the course of the next few weeks the children will be experiencing the black strip and timeline of life lessons on Thursdays.   During this time the children will be given the opportunity to study early life including Prokaryotes and dinosaurs.  This is an exciting time in the Montessori curriculum including the study of fossils, dinosaurs and the coming of humans.  Please follow your child's interests during this            time.  We are happy to branch out of lessons to accommodate work that the children create.  

AMIRA!   The children should have their Amira assessments completed by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 10th.   If you have not had the opportunity to see the video regarding the assessment, it can be accessed here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-WX5ScPpVni_CRvrOpKCn6FeWK4eC1oJ/view

ANGEL TREE

Sometimes families need a little extra help with the expense of holiday gifts and this year has been especially hard for so many.  Like everything else, we are trying to be as safe as possible while we support our Ellis family.  If you would like to donate a gift card please find the procedure at the link below. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094aaeae2ea6fe3-ellis

Fox and Bear Classroom Adjustments

Often times, children need review or preview before participating in new lessons.  To address this, and to make the best use of lesson times, please encourage your child to complete any Pregame Lessons that are assigned on Wednesdays (this week no school on Wednesday).  Additionally, children that would like additional assistance or lesson reviews are invited to log into the afternoon meeting from 2:15-3:00.  All children are welcome to join at this time with questions or needs.  We look forward to spending this time with your child.  

We are excited to announce we are beginning a new study of words!  Based on previous assessments, students were gathered into groups to begin working with the Waseca words.  Each student will have a weekly learning path based on a specific phonological sound.  Students will begin with an Epic book relating somehow to the words being studied.  The next assignment will be a list of words following the weekly rule with 2-3 assignments.  All assignments must be completed before submitting this assignment.  The last assignment will be students looking around and asking those nearby to come up with additional words that follow the rule.  For the first few lessons/weeks assignments will be designated.  As we continue, students will be able to choose 2-3 assignments from a choiceboard.  We are really looking forward to seeing all of their hard work.

Weekly Overview for November 9-13

Monday: 

*Journal:  This weekend I…                                  Self select a work from each area: Mathematics Small Group Lessons                       *Language *1st year students-golden beads  8:45                   *Choose Geology Learning Path                                      *2nd year students-stamp game  9:15                    *Read 20 minutes             *3rd year students-stamp game  9:45

Tuesday:

*Journal: What is a fossil?                                    Self select a work from each area: Language Small Group Lessons                           *Math *1st year students-Making Inferences  8:45           *Choose a Geology Learning Path *2nd year students-Making Inferences 9:15           *Read 20 minutes        *3rd year students-Making Inferences  9:45

Wednesday:

Veteran’s Day-No School

Thursday:

*Journal: How did the world begin?                                                                             Self select a work from each area:                                                     Large Group Lesson-Cultural                                   *Math/Geometry Black Strip Lesson                                                 *Language *Opinion Writing Rough Draft Due (end of day)          *Read 20 minutes

Friday:

*Journal: Free Choice Journal Small Group Writing Lessons                                  Self select from each area: Opinion Writing:  Final Draft Lesson                        *Math/Geometry 1st year 8:45                                                         *Cultural---Geology Learning Path 2nd year 9:15                                                        *Read 20 minutes 34d Year 9:45

Additional Weekly Expectations:

• Word Study
• Epic Reading
• Khan Mappers
• Amira Reading
• Equations (most challenging operation)