Ms. Jazmin & Ms. Marion
Week of August 15, 2016
A Note from Ms. Jazmin:
This week was a busy one with language, reading, word study, arithmetic, penmanship lessons as well as the first Great Lesson; the Coming of the Universe also known as God with No Hands. The first Great Lesson is a story of how the earth was created and serves as a spring board into deeper study of matter, rocks, minerals, land forms, weather, magnetism, heat, energy, the universe/space, etc. It is a beautiful lesson and one of my favorite Great Lessons. This link may provide more incite:The Great Lessons
Next week we will continue with language, reading, word study, arithmetic, and penmanship lessons and add on geometry and paragraph writing. Science research topics will be selected Monday, and due dates will be given to each child/group. I generally give two to three weeks of time to complete research and presentations, as the research projects are to be completed in class as well as at home if need be. This first time I will extend due dates to four or five weeks as students, especially new to the class, will need time to acclimate and learn how to balance their time. The week after next a Social Studies topics will be chosen as well.
We will be making our green smoothies Friday!! Please read this entry Classroom Cooking. The students are very excited for this as am I! A few parents have mentioned that they will bring in the items needed, thank you! If we get more than we need this time, we will save the ingredients for next month. We could also used some canned organic coconut milk.
I have a brand new Donors Choose project in the works. I am waiting for the approval and then a Tom's of Maine match offer that may take up to two weeks to receive. Hopefully we will receive the offer and that will cut the project cost in half, once that happens I will share the project with our families. I can tell you that the new materials we received from last year's projects are being LOVED by students. When I hear multiple students exclaim, "This looks like fun!" during a lesson, my heart sings!
This Friday all field trip money and forms for the year are due! Thank you to all that have turned yours in!
We are continuing our initial assessments in SRI(Scholastic Reading Inventory), MAP(Measure of Academic Progress-in math), and DIBELS(first year students). This year students will be taking the assessments three times: fall, winter, spring. This first go around gives a sort of baseline to go off of, but remember that in most cases there is summer backslide, so please do not be shocked, especially with SRI, as it is the first time second year students are seeing this type of assessment, if I call you in for a quick conference to share the results with you, as we are just making sure that you are aware of the results of the fall testing, and also the gateway benchmarks for end of year. If your child scored far below end of year benchmarks I will request a meeting with you early September. If your child scored near, at, or above, the benchmark for the end of the school year we will discuss scores at regular parent/teacher conferences mid October.
We are continuing our study of North America that we began last year, and we will transition into South America mid year. We have received many postcards from throughout North America, but we are still missing some locations! We would love post cards from Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, and Greenland. We are also missing several of the mid western states. We have not received post cards for the states that do not have pins.
Charles Ellis Montessori Academy
Ms. Jazmin Room 20
220 E. 49th St.
Savannah, GA 31405
Wish List
Construction Paper- all colors welcome
This week was a busy one with language, reading, word study, arithmetic, penmanship lessons as well as the first Great Lesson; the Coming of the Universe also known as God with No Hands. The first Great Lesson is a story of how the earth was created and serves as a spring board into deeper study of matter, rocks, minerals, land forms, weather, magnetism, heat, energy, the universe/space, etc. It is a beautiful lesson and one of my favorite Great Lessons. This link may provide more incite:The Great Lessons
Next week we will continue with language, reading, word study, arithmetic, and penmanship lessons and add on geometry and paragraph writing. Science research topics will be selected Monday, and due dates will be given to each child/group. I generally give two to three weeks of time to complete research and presentations, as the research projects are to be completed in class as well as at home if need be. This first time I will extend due dates to four or five weeks as students, especially new to the class, will need time to acclimate and learn how to balance their time. The week after next a Social Studies topics will be chosen as well.
We will be making our green smoothies Friday!! Please read this entry Classroom Cooking. The students are very excited for this as am I! A few parents have mentioned that they will bring in the items needed, thank you! If we get more than we need this time, we will save the ingredients for next month. We could also used some canned organic coconut milk.
I have a brand new Donors Choose project in the works. I am waiting for the approval and then a Tom's of Maine match offer that may take up to two weeks to receive. Hopefully we will receive the offer and that will cut the project cost in half, once that happens I will share the project with our families. I can tell you that the new materials we received from last year's projects are being LOVED by students. When I hear multiple students exclaim, "This looks like fun!" during a lesson, my heart sings!
This Friday all field trip money and forms for the year are due! Thank you to all that have turned yours in!
We are continuing our initial assessments in SRI(Scholastic Reading Inventory), MAP(Measure of Academic Progress-in math), and DIBELS(first year students). This year students will be taking the assessments three times: fall, winter, spring. This first go around gives a sort of baseline to go off of, but remember that in most cases there is summer backslide, so please do not be shocked, especially with SRI, as it is the first time second year students are seeing this type of assessment, if I call you in for a quick conference to share the results with you, as we are just making sure that you are aware of the results of the fall testing, and also the gateway benchmarks for end of year. If your child scored far below end of year benchmarks I will request a meeting with you early September. If your child scored near, at, or above, the benchmark for the end of the school year we will discuss scores at regular parent/teacher conferences mid October.
We are continuing our study of North America that we began last year, and we will transition into South America mid year. We have received many postcards from throughout North America, but we are still missing some locations! We would love post cards from Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, and Greenland. We are also missing several of the mid western states. We have not received post cards for the states that do not have pins.
Feel free to share details on social media as well! This activity really helps bring the children into the research.
Charles Ellis Montessori Academy
Ms. Jazmin Room 20
220 E. 49th St.
Savannah, GA 31405
Wish List
Construction Paper- all colors welcome
Dates to Remember:
8/26 Green Smoothie Day!
8/26 Fall Picture Day-Free Dress Up Day!
8/30 Parent Education-Cosmic and Cultural Education in the Lower Elementary(1-3) Classroom-5:30 Media Center
8/30 PTA 6:30 Multipurpose Room- Lower Elementary will also be performing/singing!
8/31 Maria Montessori's Birthday!
9/5 School Holiday- Labor Day
9/21 International Peace Day-Sing Along
9/22 Fall Equinox
9/30 Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
Here is the link to his story and GoFundMe page:Wyatt's GoFundMe page
10/18 Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28 Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28 Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31 Halloween
8/26 Green Smoothie Day!
8/26 Fall Picture Day-Free Dress Up Day!
8/30 Parent Education-Cosmic and Cultural Education in the Lower Elementary(1-3) Classroom-5:30 Media Center
8/30 PTA 6:30 Multipurpose Room- Lower Elementary will also be performing/singing!
8/31 Maria Montessori's Birthday!
9/5 School Holiday- Labor Day
9/21 International Peace Day-Sing Along
9/22 Fall Equinox
9/30 Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
Here is the link to his story and GoFundMe page:Wyatt's GoFundMe page
10/18 Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28 Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28 Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31 Halloween
Upcoming Healthy and Nutrient Dense snack weeks for 25 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.
8/22 GIANCARLO
8/29 ALEX
9/5 JOHNNY
8/29 ALEX
9/5 JOHNNY
Cultural and Cosmic Focus
Where I Live
Georgia
Georgia
North America
Democratic Process-Government/Voting etc.
Montessori Great Lesson: The Coming of the Universe and subsequent exploration of Earth's materials (soils, minerals, rocks, etc), planet research...
Democratic Process-Government/Voting etc.
Montessori Great Lesson: The Coming of the Universe and subsequent exploration of Earth's materials (soils, minerals, rocks, etc), planet research...
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