Hi parents,
We had a great day today! As you can probably gather, today was our first "Montessori Monday", which is a new thing that we'll be trying out each Monday. Although our school is Montessori every day of the week, I thought it would be fun to dedicate some extra time towards explicitly learning about Montessori values, materials, and history, and to try our best to emulate a "traditional" Montessori classroom. Each week we'll learn about a different aspect of the Montessori philosophy on Monday, and then spend the rest of the week incorporating it into our regular classroom activities wherever we can.
Today's topic was 'caring for the places in which we live and learn'. We spent a lot of time discussing and brainstorming ideas of how we take care of different environments. We talked about how to effectively clean and organize the classroom, as well as cubbies and coathooks. The students took home a lot of old work, water bottles, lunch containers, and other things that were cluttering up our workspace.
The students went outside with Ms. Brown for gym, and also visited the library for a book exchange. They wrote in their journals about their weekends. We did not use any electronic technology today - for Morning Math, the students explored a wide range of Montessori math materials.
At the end of the day, we practiced Spelling. I'm slightly changing the way we do spelling quizzes. Even though I really appreciate how students have been challenging themselves to do all three lists, I think it might be more helpful for them to just focus on one list at a time. I think they may be trying to learn too many words at once and getting overwhelmed. I'm also planning to send home the quizzes so that you can go over them at home if you like.
Tomorrow is our first day of Guest Reader! The easing of school restrictions has inspired me to bring back a whole bunch of awesome activities and routines that have been a big hit in the past, and I'm so excited to share them with this class. I think the second half of the year is going to be even better than the first.
Some students participated in a "Sand Castle STEM Challenge" today in the library, and asked me to upload some photos:
Have a nice night!
Zac
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