Mrs. Elliott's Montessori Classroom

We did some reading on Remembrance Day today.  The children were reading newspapers that shared stories of Canadians during war times.  The year fours went to the other Montessori classroom today and their grade sixes joined ours.  The grade sixes looked at a menu and figured out how to find subtotals and add 5% tax to the bill.  It was a lot of fun!  Homework:  - library tomorrow  - rough copy of independent letter  - literacy rotations tomorrow  - home reading Have a good night! 

November already!  We started our literacy rotations today.  The children will cycle through six stations throughout the week focusing on grammar, morphology, spelling patterns, typing skills, writing and fine motor skills.  We will carry on with these for the next six weeks. We also did some brainstorming for letter writing.  The students will each choose a perspective and write a war time letter.   Homework:  - home reading  - return library books  Have a good night. 

 We had another Roots of Empathy lesson today.  We learned about crying and why some babies might cry and how to soothe them.  I have asked your child to ask you about what helped to soothe them as a baby.  The students also started working on designing a poster on Canva today. Homework:  - photo retake is tomorrow  - home reading  - unfinished work  - PAC dance tomorrow evening  - Friday costumes in afternoon ONLY please Have a good night! 

Today we learned about colour theory and created our own colour wheels.  We also worked on rough copies for our perspective writing letters. A reminder that tomorrow is our buying day at the book fair.  If you child comes with money, they will be able to purchase tomorrow afternoon.  The book fair is also open at lunch and after school. Homework:  - home reading  - unfinished work Have a great night! 

Today we went to our viewing day at the Book Fair.  Our purchasing day is Wednesday.  The fair is open after school for students to purchase with their parents.  We joined another class for gym today.  We played bean bag tag and Not In My Yard. Homework:  - home reading  - NO library book exchange  - unfinished work  - picture retakes are Thursday  - art card order forms went home today Have a good night! 

Today we had a wonderful day.  We started with gym, had a Roots of Empathy presentation and ended the day helping out our little buddies.  A reminder that tomorrow is a Pro D day and there is no school. Homework  - home reading  - no school tomorrow  - any unfinished work  - gym Monday outside  - book fair viewing schedule  - parent teacher interviews start Monday after school Have a wonderful weekend!