Newsletter November 9

Ms. Jazmin & Ms. Marion

Week of November 9, 2015

A Note from Ms. Jazmin:
We had an enriching Friday morning baking apples together! Thank you for donating the needed items!  

We also had the opportunity of presenting the second Great Lesson: The Black Strip, this Friday. We had the pleasure of hosting Dalton State University education students during the lesson. This serves as the springboard for many more lessons and research such as the Timeline of Life, in which we have a brand new, beautiful material, to our school, that is now available to us! Eventually students will create their very own timelines of their lives as well. I am interested and excited to see what peeked their interest during the lesson and what they will choose to research and learn more about. Click here for a sample of The Black Strip lesson: Sample of the Black Strip lesson 

The Black Strip

      

The 1st and 2nd year student field trip was canceled, once again, due to the rain and it being a walking field trip.  We have rescheduled for April 26, 2015. Forms will go home in March for that date.  We also have our field trip to Skidaway Island State Park on Wednesday November 18, 2015.  Remember to send your child in appropriate clothing for the outdoors/woods such as pants, tennis shoes, etc. You must apply any desired bug spray at home, as we are not allowed to apply at school.   

I am hoping to pick up the new classroom guinea pigs this weekend. If you are interested in keeping them over the Thanksgiving break, please let me know via email or a note and I will put your child's name in the drawing.

The Children's Book Festival at Forsyth Park is this coming Saturday. For more information, follow this link: Children's Book Festival Post

In case you missed the post about the classroom Harvest Feast, please follow this link for more information. We need a lot of items! Harvest Feast Post  

PTA Read-A-Thon is well underway! You should have received information on Tuesday from your child. Please help us with our goal of 100% participation! Even $1 raised counts as participation. Proceeds this year will go towards readers theater that will be housed in the media center for all to use. Readers theater provides fluency practice for students and is also always enjoyed by the students! 

This week we continued our Montessori certification and focused on the cultural/cosmic aspects of Montessori.  

Geography Impressionistic Charts

Follow up lesson for solstice and equinox after the initial impressionistic chart presentation/lesson (the yellow and green items represent the sun)

Interdependence Chart

Economic Interdependence Chart

Below are some fall activities in our area to enjoy with your children.  Make sure to go to the respective websites for more information and details:

Madrac Farms-Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maize-Rincon, GA

Holiday Farms-Pumpkin Patch, Hayrides, and Pig Races- Ridgeland, SC

Savannah Children's Museum and Scribble Art Studio (story time and art workshops)

Oatland Island- Harvest Festival (November)

Children's Book Festival (details in an earlier post)

Wish List

Construction Paper (thank you to those that have sent some in)

Dates to Remember:
11/17       Montessori 101-Human Needs & Tendencies-The Montessori Cultural                      Curriculum

11/19       PTA Meeting 6:30 Multipurpose Room

11/20       Dress Down $1 Pennies for Patients

11/25-29  NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Holiday
12/4         MESS Holiday Party- fundraiser for teacher Montessori training
12/7-11    Book Fair
12/10       PTA Holiday Bake Sale & Student Festival of Lights
12/18       Bobcat Dads Reading Day (Holiday Stories)
12/18       Dress Down $1- 8th Grade Bridging Ceremony Fund 
12/18       Holiday Sing-Along

12/21-1/4 Winter Break (students return on the 5th)

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 26 students: We do have a low level peanut allergy in the classroom, so we prefer peanut free snacks so that the student may also participate in snack with the class. 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack. 

          

11/16   DOROTHY

11/23   EVAN (2 day week)
11/30   SOPHIA

This Week's Lessons : (students continue to work on previous lessons)

Language/Reading

Writing- Paragraph Writing
Main Idea
Predicting Outcomes
Making Inferences
Verb

Penmanship/Cursive

Letter "k"

Arithmetic

Checker Board x

Stamp Game +x-/

Golden Beads- Dynamic Addition

Subtraction Strip Board

Geometry

Cultural and Cosmic

Asia

Georgia-Our State

United States Geography
Land and Water Forms

Students are also beginning their own research projects and presentation in both cultural and cosmic education that also align with the Common Core Curriculum.  If they wish to extend these projects to their home environment, they are more than welcome to and encouraged.   

Practical Life/Jobs

Arithmetic Materials Specialist

Geometry Materials Specialist