Lead Montessori Teacher ::
Youla Farah :: yfarah@mdpsc.org
Montessori Assistant ::
Sunny Geavaras :: sgeavaras@mdpsc.org
Welcome to our class. We are glad to have your child learn and grow with us each day. We have so many wonderful things to share and are happy to guide your little one on their daily journey. Every day and month we explore new topics and cultures from around the world. Take a look below to see what we are investigating now.
ARCHIVED INFORMATION:
UPDATE – January 2016
Monthly Curriculum Areas
Science:
Growing Seeds
Parts of the plants
Citrus plants
We will touch on nutrition
Geography:
Study of Antarctica
Art:
Project – the landscape in Antarctica
Making a Penguin
Make a peninsula
Create Watercolor Paintings
Study Monet
Other Topics:
Martin Luther King Jr
The New Year in North America
Winter
Literature Study:
Jeanette Winter – author of the month
Discussion about autobiographies and biographies. This includes the definitions of what each is and a variety of books by a variety of authors.
Books about Snow
Books about the changing of the seasons and hibernation
Books about seasonal fruit
Books about Martin Luther King
Books about Antarctica
Books about Peace Makers – Rosa Parks, MLK
Music:
Classical Music Program
Cooking Projects:
Soup, Seasonal Fruit, Smoothies
Show and Tell / Every Friday
Wk 1 – Bring in a photograph taken during Winter Break (1/8 Friday)
Wk 2 – Bring in a picture of Antarctica / specifically one of the peninsulas. This is a piece of land with water surrounding it on 3 sides (1/15 Friday)
Wk 3 – Bring in a book about Martin Luther King JR (1/22 Friday)
Wk 4 – Bring in a seasonal fruit (1/29 Friday)
All month – Bring in quarters to save the Polar Bears after doing chores to earn them
Math:
Learning to identify the quarter
Discussion about the bar graph
Discussion about shapes
Discussion about patterns
Writing Projects:
Writing facts about Antarctica
Write facts about the penguin
Write about a favorite story by Jeanette Winter
Starting a short sentence with a capital and ending it with a period, an explanation point, or a question mark
Our discussions will include explaining what a period, an explanation point, and a question mark mean
Handwriting:
Practice two o’clock letters: a, c, o, e, s, and below the line hanging letters: q, g, p, y, j,
Please remember dates listed below:
January 4 (Mon) ……… School Resumes from Winter Break
January 18 (Mon) ……… NO SCHOOL / Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 21 (Thurs) …… Parent Partner Education Night
January 29 (Fri) ……….. NO SCHOOL / District In Service Day
February 5 (Fri) ………… Open House at 2:45afterschool & Child As Teacher Night at 4:00pm
THANK YOU
Thanks for being so involved in your child’s life!!!
Thank you for signing up as parent volunteers!!!
Thank you for being supportive!!!
HELPFUL LINKS:
www.childpeacebooks.org
www.nwf.org/Kids.aspx
www.earthrangers.com/wildwire
www.starfall.com
www.ixl.com/math
www.forsmallhands.com
www.montessoriservices.com
www.lakeshorelearning.com