February 9th - 13th

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

The boys and girls were so excited leading up to today!  We sat together in a nice circle and each student handed out their Valentines. It was so special.  They said thank you and were so patient waiting for their turn to hand out the Valentines. What a great group of students!

Let the games begin! In PE class, Miss Mann led the charge for the winter Olympics!  The students were able to "pass the torch" and she taught the boys and girls all about curling.  The students had so much fun!  We hope you are able to catch some of the winter games this weekend!

This week we started writing sentences using the Montessori Movable Alphabet that coincided with the stories we are working on in our reading groups.  Some students wrote about building something fun with blocks, magna tiles, and even cardboard boxes.  Another group is working on writing a fun fact about an animal from their story.  Next week we will add more fun sentences from our stories!

"This sentence will be about building a castle and then having it knocked down."

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"This sentence will be about building a sled."

"This sentence will be about building a microscope."

"I built a house with magna tiles."

"I built a castle with magna tiles."

"I built a balance beam with magna tiles."

"Dogs like to dig for fun."

"Foxes are cute."

"Ducks dig for bugs."

EVENTS AND REMINDERS

Monday, February 16th - School Holiday

(President's Day)

Have a great weekend,

Sharon DeBardino

                                                           

February 2nd - 6th

 To conclude our unit on community, the students worked together to create a part of what we see in the community.  We made a nice list of places in our communities such as a library, hospital, restaurants, school, doctor's office, and so much more.  Students worked in pairs using boxes, construction paper, markers, tape, and glue to construct their buildings.  It was amazing to see how well the students worked together discussing and deciding on how their buildings should look and what needs to be included.  Their energy, enthusiasm, and creativity exceeded my expectations! I'm so proud of my students and the work they created! We made trees and roads to add to our community as well!  

Our students are working hard on decoding new vocabulary as we read stories from our reading series.  It's so nice to hear a child read with confidence and the proud feelings they have when they accomplished this special task!

This week we worked on small phonetic words.  We matched the middle sounds of words and created a list of Valentine CVC words!  They are so colorful and fun!

EVENTS AND REMINDERS

Student Holiday:  Frida, February 13th

(Teacher In-Service)

School Holiday:  Monday, February 16th

(President's Day)

100th Day Project: Due by February 12th

Have a great weekend,

Sharon DeBardino