Mrs. Elliott's Montessori Classroom

We did a group activity where we had to rotate through tables writing our opinions on our thoughts on each question asked.  We also started creating posters for the school Terry Fox run (happening Sept. 24).  The students also had their first health class today where they talked about the brain. Homework tonight:  - home reading  - word study dictation tomorrow morning  - All About Me if not completed Have a wonderful night! 

Today we talked about Terry Fox.  Our school run is coming up in a couple of weeks and the community run is this Sunday.  We also started working on our class beliefs.  We have been talking a lot about our class and school community over the past week and we will be slowly creating a list of items that are important to us in our classroom.   Homework tonight:  - home reading  - word study (dictation Friday)  - Friday wear red for dyslexia awareness  - Sept. 16 is the PAC Welcome Back BBQ Have a wonderful evening! 

Today the students had their first gym class.  The grade five and six students sang the alphabet song in French.  They did a wonderful job!  The students also enjoyed some personal reading when they came back in from a warm lunch hour!  Our library blocks will start hopefully next week. Homework tonight:  - home reading  - gym tomorrow  - word study  - forms if not returned Have a wonderful evening! 

We started our new novel, Fatty Legs today.  The students had to summarize the first part that we read in their own words.  We did our first Math Monday of the year today.  Please ask your child to tell you about it.  We have also started our Word Study for the year.  We are starting the year with review words.   Homework tonight:  - home reading  - word study   - gym tomorrow morning Have a wonderful evening! 

Today we did collaborative art.  Each student is colouring a piece of a puzzle that we will put together in our hallway.  We also reviewed what we did this week and did a core competency reflection as to the skills we used throughout the week.  We also enjoyed some personal reading time.  I love how much this group enjoys books! Homework this weekend:  - forms coming home.  Please return ASAP.  - home reading Have a wonderful weekend! 

Today we reviewed our RoaRS expectations and made flowers to contribute to our school mural.  Some of the grade fours started doing bead chains.  We also did a Get to Know You Bingo to make connections with our classmates.  Agendas will be coming home soon!