February 16th - 20th

HAPPY 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL!

This week we celebrated 100 days of school with our Pre-K friends!  In small groups, we worked in stations to construct something out of 100 craft sticks.  Other stations were create something using 100 shape blocks, 100 red solo cups, 100 Legos, a 100 Days of School headband, and using dot markers, making 100 colorful gumballs! Watching the students work together, share ideas, listen to each other, and come up with such creative ideas was such a treat for the teachers.

The students were all given the assignment to bring in "100" of something for their 100 Day project!  So many original and fascinating projects came in this year!  The students did a wonderful job explaining how they came up with the project and how they made the project.  Each student presented their project to the PreK and Kindergarten classes.  We were able to ask some questions pertaining to the project and the answers were amazing!  Public speaking at its best!  Congratulations PreK and Kindergarten on a fantastic 100 Day of School project!

The students in Miss Mann's class continue to learn more about the Olympic games.  I believe we may have some future Olympic athletes in our presence! The students are very excited to learn and play the fun games.

Happy Birthday, TJ!  We celebrated TJ's birthday by having a special guest reader come to our classroom.  TJ's mom surprised the class with a fun story called, McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger. We hope you enjoyed your day, TJ!

EVENTS AND REMINDERS

Wednesday, February 25th - Parent Visitation Day!

Have a nice weekend,

Sharon DeBardino

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