Mrs. Elliott's Montessori Classroom

In gym this morning the students played handball.  We had a large work block day today.  During this time the children worked on learning about the Digestive System. A permission slip is coming home today.  We were offered a very quick turnaround opportunity to volunteer at the Mount Paul Community Food Centre.   Homework:  - library tomorrow  - gym tomorrow  - please wear white on Tuesday Have a wonderful evening! 

Welcome back!   I hope that everyone had a wonderful Spring Break.  We had a little outside brain break with another class this morning to give some movement to our learning.  Coming back can be difficult!  We are starting another body system this week and started making a title page for our Digestive System work. Homework tonight:  - home reading  - return library books tomorrow  - gym tomorrow  - permission slip for food bank Have a good night. 

We ended the day with lots of laughs and giggle.  Once students had finished their work they were allowed to celebrate with some well earned choice time.  This included what turned into a large game of Apples to Apples. For those students who were away, please ask them to share their finished typed letter to their cause with me once they are done.  We will look at these together when we get back. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Spring Break full of many laughs and wonderful memories made.  See you in two weeks! 

This afternoon we had little buddies and we helped them make leprechaun traps.  In health they did an activity with reptiles and amphibians.  Tomorrow we will be trying to get our letters typed out before the break.  Please make sure your child has started and RETURNED their notes and rough copies. Goals are also being brought home today.  Homework:  - home reading  - permission slip  -  any unfinished work before the break Have a good night. 

Today we worked on planning our letter on our cause.  Many of the children have started their rough copy.  The goal for tomorrow is that our rough copy is done so we can work with a friend and do some peer editing.  If your child does not have their plan complete, it is homework.  In gym today the students played Donut. Homework tonight:  - home reading  -  letter planning and rough copy   - unfinished work Have a good night! 

Today all of the students took part in a practice numeracy assessment.  The fives and sixes will write these after spring break.  They have the students break down a word problem looking at the numeracy cycle to guide their thinking.  The grade fours completed a student learning survey this afternoon. Homework tonight:  - home reading  - gym tomorrow  - library tomorrow  - Causes notes due back in the classroom tomorrow Have a good night! 

This morning we read the book Ada's Violin and learned about an orchestra created from garbage.  We had a work block in the classroom for a large portion of the day.  Many children are not always using time wisely right now and some will be coming home with homework this week in the hopes that they will not have homework over Spring Break. Homework tonight:   - home reading  - library books back tomorrow  - gym tomorrow  - cause research needs to be completed and returned for Wednesday   - Shamrock colouring if not complete  - Paralympian biography if not complete  - any math packages should now be complete Have a good night! 

Today your child will be bringing home some research questions that will require some adult help to complete.  Please support them in answering these questions so that they are able to write a letter next week to show their support of the cause they have chosen. Math packages should all be finished and turned in to me tomorrow by the end of the day. Homework:  - home reading  - research your cause with parent support  - PAC movie night tonight Have a good night! 

Today our "Math Monday" was a Would You Rather...The children had to decide if they would rather have a buy 3 get one free sale.  Or get 20% off their whole purchase.  Ask your child what they chose.  We carried on working on our sewing and art projects.    Homework:  - home reading  - grade 5 should be finished to page 7 on their perimeter and area package  - Respiratory Quiz Tomorrow Have a good night. 

This afternoon we worked on our fine motor skills and our colouring skills.  Many colouring assignments lately have been rushed.  So we are create a Pop Art Shamrock to focus on staying in the lines, not having white space show through and colouring in the same direction.  The fives and sixes also learned/reviewed the days of the week/months of the year in French today. Homework:  - home reading  - Changemaker project  - 4's and 6's math packages  - gym  - library   - bake sale  - Montessori letters for next year  Have a good night!