Diary of a First Year Montessori Kindergarten Teacher - Week 25
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Good morning Montessori Kindergarten Families,
Valentines
Day AND cooking and all the learning that occurred in between - what an
incredible week. Your child may have told you we are tracking the
amount of days it takes to 'grow
a first grader' by adding a bean to a jar every day. It is fun to
watch the 'days' add up. I see such growth in the area of reading,
writing and math. Thanks so much for your assistance at home with
counting not just 1-100 but with concepts like 'what
comes before' and 'what are the 2 numbers after...' - very helpful
concepts as we deepen our math skills. For phonics, questions like
'what is the middle sound you hear' or 'what other word do you know that
starts with..." are important to language growth.
We
completed our South America study this week and projects started to go
home on Friday. The other hands on activities associated with this study
are being saved for the Student Led
Conferences coming up - sign up genius link will hopefully be sent by
the end of this weekend. This conference is not mandatory and if you are
not able to attend, I am happy to send home the portfolio your child
created - please allow your child to present
the information inside to you so he/she can experience the pride of
his/her accomplishments. Conferences are held the first week in March.
1/2
day students took some work home on Friday. Because of Picture Day and
Valentines Day, I was not able to cover everything I planned during
class time so I wanted to make sure they
were able to work on the concepts by sending them home.
MONDAY:
- CVC middle sounds
-History: how to read a calendar
-length/measurement using unconventional materials (how many paper clips long is this pencil?). Review of estimation concept
-read/spell/draw spelling
-Create the sun using rays, symmetry, warm colors
-Handwriting: b vs h (lowercase)
-Science: Mars video https://www.youtube.com/
TUESDAY:
-Writers workshop: sequencing FIRST, THEN, NOW - How to build a snowman in three steps
-CVC middle sounds
-Black History Month: Jackie Robinson https://www.youtube.
-Art collage: Jackie Robinson
-Geography: map a part of the room
-Science: Jupiter https://www.youtube.
WEDNESDAY:
-PICTURE DAY
-Science: Forces of motion review
-Government: Study of Abraham Lincoln
-Science: Review of planets, order, rotation, orbit
-Sound table
THURSDAY:
-VALENTINES DAY
-Valentines Box Fashion show
-Practical life: making jam - blackberry and strawberry/taste test
-Artist of the Day: Jim Dine - create 4 Hearts inspired painting https://www.tate.org.
FRIDAY:
-Geography: create a map of the room - north/south/east/west
-read/spell/draw spelling words
-write the room South America
-math journal
-Government/Writers Workshop: Draw Abraham Lincoln, write 2-4 facts about his life
-science: Is Pluto a planet? https://www.youtube.
Thanks so much for all the support our community feels from you all.
Warmly,
Mrs. Norgren