Lead Teacher :: Samia Asif :: sasif@mdpsc.org
Classroom Assistant :: Mary Pedraza
Tuesday February 28th Child As teacher Night
This week our class will be sharing valentines on Tuesday, February 14th. If you child would like to participate, they can bring in a valentine to share with the class. There are 28 students in our class. Please have the child only write their name on the valentine.
Virtue of the Week: This past week our students have been learning about the virtue: Reliability. Students learned that when you are practicing reliability, others can count on you to do your best to keep your commitments.
Music: We have been listening to composer Holst and his composition, ‘The Planets: Mercury’.
Math: Lesson 18 pages 166-169
Daily Reading
Grade 2:
Math: Lesson 20 pages 182-185
Vocab: Lesson 11 pages 122-125
Daily Reading
Grade 3:
September 30th, 2016
Calendar: Oct. 7th, District in Service Day- School Closed No Extended Care
Vocabulary- Unit 4
Math- Lesson 5
Reading Comprehension-pages 36 and 37
2nd Grade-
Vocabulary-Unit 3 Pages 32 -33
Comprehension: page 27
Math- Lesson 5
1st Grade
Math lesson-4
Updates: September 23rd, 2016
Virtue: The past two weeks the children have learned the virtues of accountability and tact. The children have been taught the importance of being responsible for their actions. In addition, they have been given instruction on how important it is to be conscious of how we talk to each other.
Math: The children have been given instruction using Montessori materials on polygons (many sided figure), closed curve (circles and oval shapes), how to label triangles and squares, and solid shapes like prisms and squares. The children have been given individual lessons on math concepts using Montessori materials (i.e. stamp game, large bead frame, checker board etc.). Each child is encouraged to use these materials until understanding of mathematical concept is achieved. Every day the children are given equations respective to their level of understanding to work on using Montessori materials,
Language: The children have been introduced to masculine/feminine nouns, identification of nouns, verbs, and articles using Montessori materials, alphabetical order, and are given a daily journal topic to write about. The children have also been instructed on phonetic pairs like (“ci” and “sh”).
Science: We have been reading the book: From Lava to Life: The Universe Tell our Earth’s Story.
Music: We have been listening to the music from the composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Book: Every afternoon the children are being read the book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.
3rd Grade
Vocabulary- Unit 3
Math- Lesson 4
Reading Comprehension-pages 22,23,26 and 27
2nd Grade-
Vocabulary- Pages 22 -27
Comprehension: page 23
Math- Lesson 4
Math lesson-3
Virtue: This week the children have been learning about the importance of self-discipline. The children are encouraged to use this virtue in the classroom by being responsible for their work.Language: The children are learning, using class materials, how to identify nouns and articles. The Montessori materials used are forms of the triangle. An article (i.e. “the” and “a”) is symbolized by a small light blue triangle and a noun (i.e. person, place, thing) is symbolized by using a large black triangle. The children have also been taught root words and prefixes. They have also been taught the difference between singular and plural nouns, and how to change the ending of the plural noun (i.e. elf would become elves).Math: The children have been given individual lessons on Montessori materials. The children also do TenMarks on the computer.Word of the Day: Each day the children are given a word and the definition of that word. Then, the word is put into a sentence for greater understanding.
Culture: The children have been taught the definition of biome and the different types of biomes that make up our world.Music: We have started our music program this week. This week’s feature composer was Franz Joseph Hayden (1732-1809).Homework:
3rd Grade
Vocabulary- Finish unit 1
Math- Lesson 2
2nd Grade
Vocabulary- Finish lesson 1
Comprehension: Finish page 13
Math- Lesson 2
Math lesson 1
This week we covered the following:
Virtue: We read from our book of virtues the importance of responsibility. The children were taught how important it is to follow through with commitments that have been made. The children were encouraged to be responsible in their school and home life.
Math: This week the children learned about the geometric definition of lines (endpoints, ray, origin, line segment). Using the Montessori class materials the children were introduced to the geometric shapes of triangles, circles, and squares. According to the child’s understanding, they were taught how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using the Montessori materials.
Book: We are reading E.B. Whites’ classic: Charlotte’s Web and a children’s edition biography of Maria Montessori’s life; since her birthday was celebrated this past week.
Culture: The children were introduced to their outside surroundings. We discussed the biome of our local region. The children were taken outside to discover what makes up our local biome. Then they drew a picture of what they discovered.
Spelling 10 words of vocab unit 1
2nd Grade
Vocabulary- 1 Pages 10 and 11
Spelling 10 words from unit 1 of Vocab
Math- Lesson 1
Week of Aug. 15th 2016
Calendar
August 24th, Early Release @11:30 am
September 5th, Labor Day, School closed
Virtue of the Week
Virtue of the week was Respect. Children learned that respect is an attitude of honoring people and caring about their rights. Being respectful is reflected in the courtesy with which we treat one another, the way we speak, and the way we treat each other belongings.
Supplies
If you have not already dropped off your child’s school supplies, please do so by next week. Thank you to those who have already handed them in.
Book Money
If you have not already paid the book fee please do so by next week. Thank you to those who have already paid.
We had a great first week of school! We started off the week getting to know each other, our new students, and our classroom. We learned the rules and routines for our classroom and for the playground. We had several lessons focusing on grace and courtesy. Each student was assigned a classroom job and will be responsible for this task; each job will rotate every 2 weeks. These jobs help the students integrate into the classroom community and understand the importance of each person’s contribution for the good of all.
We are looking forward to a great year!
5/16/2016
Upcoming Events:
- Monday, May 23rd – Friday, May 27th – Last week of school activities
- · Monday 5/23 – Crazy Hair Day
- · Tuesday 5/24 – Pajama Day
- · Wednesday 5/25 – Water Day (JE levels only)
- · Thursday 5/26 – Game Day
- · Friday 5/27 – End of the Year Celebration, Early Release 11:30
Virtue of this week was Modesty, this virtue concentrates on how important it is to remain humble and modest. The children are being taught to have modest dress, not to be conceited, and to not allow people to touch us in inappropriate ways.
Book: 100 People Who Changed America
We have been reading about the people who have made this country great. We have been reading about the following people: Juliette Low (founder of the Girl Scouts), Thurgood Marshall (first African American Supreme Court justice who worked for racial equality), Sandra Day O’Connor (first woman who served on the Supreme Court), John D. Rockefeller (founder of Rockefeller Foundation).
Apart from Individual lessons:
In Math we continued with a review of right angles, obtuse angles, acute angles, squares, trapezoid, and parallelograms.
Language: Introduced the definite and indefinite adjectives. The children used them in sentences. In addition, the children learned to write a formal letter.
Culture: We have continued our discussion on Australia. We learned about the tropical forest of Australia and life on the sheep stations in Australia. The children have also started their presentations on their respective Australian topic.
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5/1/16
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, May 4th – Early Release 11:30
Book: We continue reading the book, “Who is Albert Einstein?” It is a biography of his extraordinary intelligence and his overcoming life’s hardships.
Language: This week in language we have focused our learning on sentence structure and order. Parts of speech in a simple paragraph: such as identifying adjectives, nouns, verbs, prepositions, and conjunctions, etc. We have been learning how to divide words into syllables. In addition, we have been naming different pronouns.
Math: We have been going over number patterns starting from a certain digit and adding a constant such as starting at 7 and continually adding by 3. We have reviewed angles and degrees of angles. The children have been using Montessori materials in this regard.
Culture: This week we have continued our study on Australia. We have been studying the different types of animals of the region. We have been discussing the life in the grasslands of Australia in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Lastly, we have been going over the importance of taking good care of our planet and relating this idea to the projects that are due next Wednesday.
Homework:
1st Grade:
Math: Lesson 24
Math: Lesson 30
Vocabulary lesson 18
This week JE 3 has covered the following topics:
Virtue: Courage
Students have been given instruction on the importance of courage and how it should be lived out in daily life.
Math: We have discussed commutative, associative, and distributive properties of multiplication. We have studied the solid form of geometric objects (i.e. rectangular prism, cube, sphere). We have gone over place value of numbers and have discussed the value of 1 million to 1 decillion. The students have been taught how to multiply 1 decillion by a single digit. In addition, the children practiced counting by 2-12.
English Language: We have discussed the difference between the adjectives transparent, translucent, and opaque. The students were also taught the difference between small, smaller, and smallest and other adjectives in this context.
Culture: We continue to study the country of Australia and the mammals that inhabit the different regions. We have also been studying the solar system and the difference between rocky and gaseous planets. The students have been very excited to continue their own research on a planet of their choice.
Special topic: Today is Earth Day and we have been discussing the importance of how it is our personal responsibility to take care of our planet. We discussed how important it is to reduce our negative impact on the earth and how to implement better earth friendly choices.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, April 20th – Early Release 11:30
Wednesday, May 4th – Early Release 11:30
Friday, May 6th – Spring Fling 4-7pm
4-18-16
The virtue of the week was “Detachment.” We learned that detachment is experiencing your feelings without allowing your feelings to control you.
The annual Midfirst Bank Coin Contest is in full swing. The deadline of May 6th is soon approaching so keep that change coming! If we all raise $1000 in coins the bank will match it with $1000, so that means $2000 can be raised for the school! In addition, the class that raises the most money wins a pizza party. This fundraiser funds PE and art, so every cent counts.
Apart from individual lessons:
In Language: We discussed homophones and the children had to write the definition to each word (i.e. flu and flew). We went over the of parts of speech (such as nouns, adjectives, articles, and verbs.) In addition, we talked about where to put in commas when writing the address to a particular place.
In Culture: This week the class has been studying the country of New Zealand. The students are using the class atlas and globe to research cities, lakes, and other landmarks. The children also learned about the Compass Rose; so they have an understanding of the directions of north, south, east, and west.
Homework:
ELA Pages 220-226
Grade 2
Math Lesson 28 Identify and Draw Shapes
English Language Arts the first story of Unit 11 “Toys and Games in Colonial Times” Pages 242-247
Grade 1
4-8-14
This week in Language we reviewed antonyms, adjectives, verbs, possessives pronouns, and contractions. Students enjoyed the lessons and mastering the concepts at circle time. As a class we sorted words in alphabetical order. For shared reading we are on the last chapter of the 2nd book of Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The children are thoroughly enjoying the story.
For math this week, students worked on factors of numbers 51 through 100 and thus figured out prime and composite numbers. In geometry we reviewed relationship between lines, common trapezoids and parts of an angle.
Culture
We conducted experiments to complete an electric circuit. We are further going to explore static and dynamic electricity in the upcoming week. In our in depth study of the continent of Australia we learned about states, population, flag, and distance between the cities of Australia.
Our Virtue for this week was Gentleness. Children learned that gentleness is acting and speaking in a way which is considerate and kind to others.
Homework is due on Thursday, April 14th. Homework assigned for this week was as follows:
3rd Grade
English Language Arts Pages as marked in the book 204-211
Math – TenMarks Assignments online
Reading 20 min. daily
2nd Grade
English Language Arts 232 and 233
Math – Lesson 27
TenMarks Assignments online
Reading 20 min. daily
1st Grade
Math – Lesson 21
Spelling Lesson
Reading 20 min. daily
BUTTER BRAID ORDERS -November 6th-Orders due for the Butter Braid fundraiser. Let’s see if one of our student in JE lll to win the contest for most orders. It is for a great cause so keep collecting those orders, and thank you for helping out.
Spelling 10 words of vocab unit 9
Math- Lesson 9
Vocabulary- 9
Spelling 10 words from unit
Math- Lesson 7
Week of Oct. 12 th, 2015
October 22nd and 23rd – Parent Teacher Conferences and Early Release 11:30. If you have not yet signed up for a conference, please do so on the online sign-up sheet.
October 23rd-Annual Character Parade- The children may dress up as a favorite character from a book, and all the classes will participate in a parade around the gym. Please be sure the character your child chooses is from a book; refrain from superhero figures, and please no weapons or potentially dangerous props of any sort. October 24th 10:00-1:00 is our Fall Festival. Our class is in need of parents to face paint for our booth. A short class of basic face painting is offered for volunteers. Please e-mail our classroom parent, Rachele, at mdsje3classparent@gmail.com if you are willing to help.
Please bring the following for the Fall Festival POTLUCK:
JUNIOR ELEMENTARY – Vegetables, Fruits, and Sides
Field Trip to Phoenix Herpetological Society
Students brought permission slips for the field trip home; please sign and return them to school. We need volunteer drivers for this field trip. We will be leaving at 10 am and plan on returning to school by 2:45. Drivers, please be sure to bring us a copy of your driver’s license and insurance information if we do not already have it on file.
BUTTER BRAIDS SCHOOL FUNDRAISER: Participate and win one of four great prizes:
- PIZZA PARTY: To the classroom who sells the most.
- FOUR TICKETS TO CASTLE AND COASTERS – UNLIMITED RIDES – The student who sells the most
- FOUR MOVIE TICKETS – The student who comes second
- BASKIN- ROBBINS GIFT CERTIFICATE ($25.00) – The student who comes third
Last year this was a very successful fundraiser and enabled us to hire a PE teacher for the second semester. Our aim is to do the same this year. Deadline to turn in order forms and money, is Friday, November 6th. These make great hostess gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas and are delicious.
Apart from reading 20 min. daily, please make sure that your student completes the following homework.
Homework
3rd Grade
Vocabulary- Unit 7
Spelling 10 words of vocab unit 7
Math- Lesson 7
TenMarks Assignments online
Reading 20 min. daily
2nd Grade
Vocabulary- 7
Spelling 10 words from unit
Math- Lesson 5
TenMarks Assignments online
Reading 20 min. daily
1st Grade
Spelling lesson
Reading 20 min. daily
Child as Teacher – Scheduled for next week has been changed. The new date will be Tuesday, November 17th. Please make a note of it.
Parent/Teacher Conferences- Oct. 22nd and 23rd; Early Release at 11:30; Extended Care available for those enrolled in that program.
Vocabulary- Unit 5
Math- Lesson 5
Vocabulary- 5
Math- Lesson 5
TenMarks Assignments online
Week of September 21, 2015
Thank you to those who have already signed up. For those who yet to do so, above is the link. Please notice we need someone to sign up for the coming week of October 5th.
3rd Grade
Vocabulary- Unit 4
Math- Lesson 4
2nd Grade
Vocabulary- 4
Math- Lesson 2
Week of September 14, 2015
Montessori materials for grammar help students practice parts of speech, analyzing and symbolizing phrases and sentences. In the reading lesson, we focused on Key ideas and Details.
Students learned that courtesy means to be polite and to have good manners. It is to be considerate of others and to have gracious ways.
Composer of the Week:
This week’s feature composer was Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) and the composition was The Four Seasons, Autumn.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 6:00-7:00 pm – Parent Partners Education Night
Wednesday, September 23rd @ 11:30 am – Early Release *Extended Care
Friday, October 2nd – NO SCHOOL (District In-service)
Wednesday, October 14th @ 11:30 am – Early Release *Extended Care
Week of Sept. 7th, 2015
We have had another wonderful week at Montessori Day School!
Language
Apart from individual language lessons, for our language lesson we learned about action verbs, identified these parts of speech in sentences, and brainstormed different verbs that we do everyday. We also studied phonograms and the different sounds these letters make when they are next to each other (sh, ee, th, ow, ou). We also studied conjunctions by labeling and identifying them in sentences.
Math
Apart from individual math lessons, we studied the properties of quadrilaterals. We also learned about the difference between a square and a rectangle. Continuing on our lesson on lines this week we learned about horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines We also learned about the zero property of multiplication (7 x 0 = 0), identity property of 1 (7 x 1 = 7), and the commutative property of multiplication (3 x 4 = 12, 4 x 3 = 12).
Culture
We studied in depth the three states of matter.We continue to do our pre-demonstration for our First Great Lesson. After completing our lesson on properties of solid, liquid, and gas, we listened to the song about it to reinforce the concepts. Children in class are going to do their own research and come up with their own conclusions.
Virtue of the Week
Our virtue of the week was ‘Self-discipline.’ We learned the value of self-discipline and when you practice self-discipline, you are controlling your own behavior so others don’t have to. Also, self-discipline brings you more freedom.
Composer of the week
This week’s feature composer was George Frederic Handel. The feature composition was Menuet from the Water Music. Handel composed this music over 270 years ago especially for the King of England, King George I. It was called the Water Music because it was first performed at a party King George gave on barges on the River Thames.
Homework
Homework is due every Thursday. Please make sure your child is being responsible and turning in their Vocabulary books and Reading Logs.
1st Graders were assigned their spelling homework lesson 2 for this week. Directions are located inside their take home folders. They are responsible for completing the tasks using the list. Please have them turn in their spelling homework by Thursday, Sept 17th.
2nd Graders should complete unit 2 and review the spelling words in their Vocabulary workbooks as they will be tested on them every Friday.
3rd Graders
Vocabulary- Unit 2
Math lesson -2
Important Dates
Monday, September 14th, 5:30 & 6:00pm – Parent Committee meetings
Thursday, September 17th – School Picture Day (All students must be in proper uniform)
Tuesday, September 22nd, 6:00-7:00 pm – Parent Partners Education Night
Wednesday, September 23rd @ 11:30 am – Early Release *Extended Care
Friday, October 2nd – NO SCHOOL (District In-service)
Wednesday, October 14th @ 11:30 am – Early Release *Extended Care
Week 3, 2015
We’ve now finished our 3rd week of school and nicely settled into our daily classroom routines. At this time we would like to welcome our parents to our classroom that have volunteered to help with reading. Please notify us of your schedule and what days and times work best for you. We are also currently seeking a volunteer to help with gardening; this is the perfect month to sow our seeds and begin to watch our garden grow!
Language
This week in Language we learned about adjectives and the ways in which we can use them to differentiate between similar nouns. We also created phrases using the entire noun family (article, adjective, and noun). As a class we sorted words in alphabetical order. During circle, we began reading a biography on the life of Dr. Maria Montessori and her influence around the world to honor her on her birthday.
Math
For math this week, we further explored geometric shapes. This week we covered shapes with more than 8 sides, including the octagon, nonagon, and decagon. We practiced our dynamic addition and subtraction using various classroom materials to help. We also learned about the characteristics of a straight and curved line and parts of a e,g, line origin, Line segment, endpoints.
Culture
We conducted experiments to see that oxygen is needed for the fire to burn plus the hot air rises up.
During afternoon circle on Friday, we conducted an experiment using glitter and water to show how the stars came together to form galaxies. They learned that particles are attracted to each other by a force. The students came up with an individual hypothesis, observations, and conclusion based on what they saw in the experiment. Students were exposed to the concept of gravity by this experiment. Our first graders continued to learn about the seven continents by coloring both hemispheres and labeling and coloring each continent.
Homework
Homework is due every Thursday. Please make sure your child is being responsible and turning in their Vocabulary books, Reading Logs, and submitting their online math homework every week.
1st Graders were assigned their first spelling homework this week. Directions are located inside their blue take home folders. They are responsible for completing the tasks using the first (highlighted) list on the back side of the directions. Please have them turn in their spelling homework by Thursday, Sept 10th.
2nd and 3rd Graders should review the spelling words in their Vocabulary workbooks as they will be tested on them every Friday.
Vocabulary books will come home on Friday. Unit 1 homework will be due by Thursday, September 10th
2nd Graders and 3rd graders should review the spelling words in their Vocabulary workbooks as they will be tested on them every Friday.
If you have not yet paid for your workbooks please pay the office immediately. Thank you.
A new reading log was sent home last week, each log is for two weeks of reading (front and back) please have your child return log every two weeks.
Scholastic book orders will be due by Wednesday, September 10th.
Calendar
Monday Sept. 7th School Closed Labor Day
Week 2, 2015
Language
Aside from individual lessons given each day, we learned about compound words, naming words (nouns), and prefixes; as a class we created words by combining the two items i.e. re-cycle, tele-scope, tri-angle. We learned how a suffix does not change the spelling of the root word. We also learned about the three articles as a part of speech (a/an and the) and we looked at examples of what they mean and how they are used.
Math
Aside from the daily individual math lessons given, as a class we went over several different geometric shapes, including the ellipse, oval, curvilinear triangle, and quatrefoil. We also learned concepts of point, line, surface, and solid in geometry. We practiced spelling out our numbers, in order to visualize them not only in their numeric form but also in their letter form. We learned about and traced the pentagon, hexagon, and heptagon in order to see the sides and angles of each shape.
Culture
Five Great lesson are a series of five great stories that give a student an overall impression of the grand topics of the universe, the earth, and the life on earth. These stories form the heart of the Montessori integrated curriculum. Maria Montessori observed that elementary students, in the most critical period of their growth, begin to wonder about these grand topics: where did the world came from? How did humans get here? Why are humans here? Montessori believed that exploring such questions with elementary students would build a strong foundation for their intellectual, spiritual, and psychological development. These students are keen to find out more. To discover detailed answers to their questions, students embrace other subjects in the Montessori curriculum, including history, geography, math, sciences, and language arts. The students think back to the Five Great lessons while studying these other subjects. The students research, discuss, explore, and learn. And most importantly ask questions.
We began learning about the formation of the universe with demonstrations/experiments and read “Born with a Bang: The Universe Tells our Cosmic Story.”
Students reviewed lesson on the 7 continents – North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica – both on a globe and on a puzzle map. They each completed an exercise replicating a continent, helping them to better identify and visualize each continent and its location.
The Virtues of the week were ‘Friendliness’ and ‘ Orderliness‘.
Reminders:
Reading log will go home every 2 weeks on Friday; please make sure that your child is reading each night and keeping track on their log. Please have your child return their log to class every two weeks.
Scholastic book orders are due Thursday, September 10th. Cash orders are preferred.
Remind your child to bring back their Homework folder every Monday.
Week of Aug. 17th 2015
We are excited to be back at Montessori Day School! We would like to welcome JE III’s new teaching assistant– Mr. Ted Davis (tdavis@mdpsc.org). He is new to Montessori Day Schools and is looking forward to working with your children this school year.
Supplies
If you have not already dropped off your child’s school supplies, please do so by next week. Thank you to those who have already handed them in.
Book Money
If you have not already paid the $70 book fee (only for 2nd & 3rd graders) please do so by next week. Thank you to those who have already paid.
We are looking forward to a great year!
Welcome to the New school Year 2015-2016
March 16th-20th-School Closed for Spring Break
This week in Math the children continued to work on area and perimeter. They also had a lesson on how to calculate volume, and enjoyed using the cubes from the thousand cube material in order to figure out the answers. The third graders have been practicing their math skills with lessons on Ten Marks.
In language the lessons included analogies and homonyms. The children also did daily practice of sentence correction which included working on capitalization and punctuation.
We are continuing the study of Asia, and this week we have covered the biomes which included the polar regions, temperate forests, grasslands, deserts, and mountain ranges. They enjoyed coloring a map with different colors to represent mountains, tropical forest, temperate forest, deserts, grasslands, polar regions, and swamps in Asia.
We finished our discussions of the virtue of humility. The lessons the children learned will hopefully stay with them as they continue to practice respecting one another, and respecting that everyone is different. Also, that no one person is better than another. They learned that it is not important to impress, but to just simply do your best.
The classroom also received a new material for science. We now have very colorful picture and story cards to go with our universe books. The children need to read the cards and match them to the proper picture. The stories are about the universe and how it it was born. The children really think about how did they come about, and where did it all begin? Where did everything come from?
Homework
1st grade-Spelling homework, and study for test.
2nd grade-Math p.150-160 TenMarks Assignments
3rd-TenMarks Assignments
All students should be reading everyday and logging their reading information on their reading log. The reading logs need to be returned to class every two weeks once completely filled out.
Updates March 5th, 2015
The class has been very busy working each day. This week in language we have done lessons on sentence structure and identifying the subject and the predicate.
Updates November 21st, 2014
Upcoming Events
Weds. the 26th-JE lll classroom feast for students and parents. We will be eating around noon. Thank you to the parents who have already signed up to bring in items. If you have not signed up to bring something please do so on our online sign up sheet, or see us for items still needed. Also, if you would like to help with set up or clean up please let us know. We appreciate your participation!
Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th-School Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Lessons
The children have been continuing to learn about fractions. They have had lessons on putting them in order from greatest to least and representing fractions on number lines.
The study of Europe continues, and 2nd and 3rd grade students have received their Europe folders. They have been working on locating and labeling various land and water forms on their maps.
We had a lesson on the parts of soil, and what all it takes to make soil good for growing plants – the food life depends on to survive. The children each drew a picture which depicted the different layers of soil.
The students continue their work on the garden with Ms. Nicole each each week, and enjoy planting and tending to it.
In Art class Ms. Mojgan showed the children how to make a dream catcher. We wish you all good dreams, and a Happy Thanksgiving!
Homework
Tenmarks homework will be assigned today
Upcoming Events
Weds. November 4th Early Release-11:30
Tues. November 11th Veteran’s Day- School Closed.
Field Trip
This week the children enjoyed a field trip to the Deer Valley Rock Art Center to see the petroglyph’s. Everyone enjoyed the tour, and enjoyed finding the petroglyph’s that were created by the Hohokam tribe about 7000 years ago.We spotted stick figures, swirls, and zigzag designs which left us all wondering what the meaning was of these ancient art works. The children also had the opportunity to make their very own petroglyph on a clay disk. They created their own designs, and enjoyed “carving” the design into the disk.
Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who helped by driving and chaperoning to make this trip possible. A big thank you to our home room mom, Cassie, for making all of the arrangements.
Math-Tenmarks online assignment.
Updates October 24th, 2014
October 31st-Annual Character Parade- The children may dress up as a favorite character from a book, and all the classes will participate in a parade around the gym.Please be sure the character your child chooses is from a book, no superhero figures, please,and please no weapons or potentially dangerous props of any sort. Please bring “regular” clothes in a bag for your child to wear after the parade.
Lessons
a lesson on the parts of the seed. They enjoyed using the parts of our sprouted seeds to glue on paper and label right down to the embryo.
1st graders had brought home a composition book to practice spelling homework. Please return it with them to school every Thursday.
Math-Tenmarks online
Updates October 10th, 2014
This week in journal the topic was to write about what they are looking forward to learning in school this year, and why.
In math this week the children have been working on rounding numbers to ten, and fractions. Children learned names of parts of a fraction. Using an apple in our lesson, we learned how one whole is always more than a fraction. They have been tracing and labeling fractions using the fraction materials. We have also started studying money, and it’s value. The concept in geometry this week was about the vertex and vertices of triangles.
Telling time has been another activity for the week that they have enjoyed.
In geography we have been learning about the United States. They are working on learning to identify the states. We have talked about which is the largest and the smallest state. We finished off with coloring a worksheet of the United States.
In botany we studied the parts of the leaf. They got to trace and label the different parts. The children enjoyed their first day of gardening with the help of Ms. Mojgan and Ms. Nicole.
In art class they learned about painting a still life. They had the opportunity to paint a picture of beautiful flowers and autumn pumpkins and squash.
Parent Teacher Conferences-October 16th and 17th
You should have received an online link to sign up for a conference. Both days will be 11:30 early release days.
Homework
2nd grade
Vocab- Unit 3 and 4 review, all pages.
Writing books have been sent home for the first time. Students should complete the first 3 pages for this week.
Updates October 3rd, 2014
Wow, it’s hard to believe it is already October. The children our doing beautifully in class and enjoying learning new lessons each day.
Parent Volunteers
Thank you so much to all of you who have been volunteering to help out in one way or another.
Uniforms
Please remember to make sure your child is dressed according to the uniform policy. If you do not have a copy of the dress code, you can find one on the school’s website. We have been talking with the children about it, and will now be enforcing it with warnings, and notes home for infractions of the policy. The main infractions are that of no belt. If your child has belt loops on their shorts, pant, or skorts, a belt must be worn. We are also working with them on keeping their shirts tucked in. If you could help reinforce this with them, it would be greatly appreciated. Please keep in mind that shoes cannot be slip-ons. Shoes should be tennis shoes with minimal color and black or white shoelaces only. Please, no neon or brightly colored laces.
Updates September 19th, 2014
We have had another wonderful week at Montessori Day School!
Language
For our language lesson we learned about action verbs, identified these parts of speech in sentences, and brainstormed different verbs that we use everyday. We also studied phonograms and the different sounds these letters make when they are next to each other (sh, ee, th, ow, ou). We also studied Conjunctions (and, if, because, since) by labeling and identifying them in sentences.
Math
For our Math lesson this week we studied the Metric and Customary systems of measuring length and distance. The United States uses the Customary (also known as the U.S. Standard), while almost every other country uses the Metric system. We learned about all of the measuring units in these two systems, what they are equivalent to and when best to use them. For example, what measurement would be best suited for measuring a door or the size of a playground. We studied Angles this week including acute, obtuse, right, straight,and whole angles. We also learned about the Zero property of multiplication (7 x 0 = 0), Identity property of 1 (7 x 1 = 7), and the Commutative property of multiplication (3 x 4 = 12, 4 x 3 = 12). Students will continue to practice the above concepts using materials in class.
Culture
For our culture lesson we learned about the Periodic Table of Elements and the symbols that correspond with each element. We also conducted a science experiment using water, baking soda, white vinegar, and peanuts. Be sure to ask your child what happened to the peanuts! We learned about navigation and direction this week by identifying North, South, East and West in our classroom and labeling the corresponding walls. As a class we created a make-shift compass using a cork and needle in a bowel of water. When you place a magnetized needle on top of the cork it will always change direction to point North. This is a great experiment to try at home! The children also created their own compass rose using rulers and metal insets.
Virtue of the Week
Our virtue of the week was ‘Honesty.’ We learned the value of honesty and how important it is to be truthful with one another and honest with our work. We discussed times when telling the truth may have gotten us into trouble but it was better than lying and not to make false promises. We also discussed ways in which we can be honest while not hurting others’ feelings.
Reminders:
1. No school next Friday September 26th. No hot lunch fundraiser this week.
2. Homework is due every Thursday. Please make sure your child is being responsible and turning in their Vocabulary books, Reading Logs, and submitting their online math homework every week.
3. 1st Graders were assigned their first spelling homework this week. Directions are located inside their orange take home folders. They are responsible for completing the tasks using the first (highlighted) list on the back side of the directions. Please have them turn in their spelling homework by Thursday, Sept 25th.
4. 2nd and 3rd Graders should review the spelling words in their Vocabulary workbooks as they will be tested on them every Thursday.
Updates September 12th, 2014
What a week it has been! We started the week out with a lot of rain and a school closure. While it was a shorter week the students accomplished a great deal of work.
Math
For our Math lesson, we dived deeper into geometry. We studied intersecting, parallel, divergent and convergent lines, using our classroom materials to depict what each line looks like. The students were shown physical examples of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines using yarn and a pitcher filled with water (as the water shifts the surface of the water remains in a straight, horizontal line. Our 2nd and 3rd graders worked at solving expressions using parenthesis. Students were also given lesson on number patterns and skip counting.
Language
For our language lesson we practiced spelling ‘aw’ and ‘ow’ words and studied prefixes and their meanings (anti, bi, post, pre, and re). We encouraged the children to find other words using these prefixes in the dictionary. We also finished reading “Mammolina: A story about Maria Montessori.” The children found this book fascinating and were able to relate many of the materials in our classroom to those in the first Montessori classrooms.
Culture
We conducted an awesome experiment using milk, four different types of food coloring, and dish soap in order to see how dish soap works and the reaction it creates. Be sure to ask your child what they saw happen to the food dyes in the milk. Our first graders brought home their maps of the world today and they all turned out wonderful!
Virtue:
Our virtue of the week was “orderliness.” We discussed what this virtue means and how we can incorporate it into our daily lives both at home and at school. It is important to keep our bedrooms clean and organized as well as our classroom. We discussed ways orderliness can help us with our school work.
Reminders:
Fall Pictures will be taken on Wednesday and Thursday of next week (Sept 17 & Sept 18). Students must wear uniform.
TenMarks (2nd and 3rd graders) homework has been assigned. Please make sure your child completes their assignment by Thursday, September 18th. An envelope went home this week with all of the necessary information to log in.
Vocabulary books went home on Friday. Unit 1 homework will be due by Thursday, September 18th. If you have not yet paid for your workbooks please pay the office immediately. Thank you.
A new reading log was sent home, each log is for two weeks of reading (front and back) please have your child return log every two weeks.
Scholastic book orders will be due by Wednesday, September 17th.
No school on Friday, September 26.
Updates September 5th, 2014
We’ve now finished our 4th week of school and nicely settled into our daily classroom routines. At this time we would like to welcome our parents to our classroom that have volunteered to help with reading. Please notify us of your schedule and what days and times work best for you. We are also currently seeking a volunteer to help with gardening; this is the perfect month to sow our seeds and begin to watch our garden grow!
Language
This week in Language we learned about adjectives and the ways in which we can use them to differentiate between similar nouns. We also created sentences using the entire noun family (article, adjective, and noun) and learned that sentences tell what someone or something did or does. As a class we sorted words in alphabetical order. During circle, we began reading a biography on the life of Dr. Maria Montessori and her influence around the world to honor her on her birthday.
Math
For math this week, we further explored geometric shapes. This week we covered shapes with more than 8 sides, including the octagon, nonagon, and decagon. We practiced our dynamic addition and subtraction using various classroom materials to help. We also learned about the characteristics of a straight and curved line.
Culture
This week we also studied the atom (from which all matter is formed), including the various parts of an atom -the nucleus, protons, neutrons, and negatively charged electrons. During afternoon circle on Friday, we conducted an experiment using glitter and water to show how the stars came together to form galaxies. We learned that particles are attracted to each other by a force. The students came up with an individual hypothesis, observations, and conclusion based on what they saw in the experiment. Students were exposed to the concept of gravity by this experiment. Our first graders continued to learn about the seven continents by tracing both hemispheres and labeling and coloring each continent. They are excited to bring these home to show you!
Our virtue this week was Courtesy. As a class we came up with ways in which we can be more courteous, including saying please and thank you, not interrupting while others are speaking, and practicing politeness to our elders and others.
Reminders:
On Monday, we will be sending home important information regarding TenMarks. Be sure to get the envelope from your child.
Next week, we will begin our vocabulary homework and distribute the workbooks.
Wednesday, September 10th, is an early dismissal day. School will be released at 11:30.
Jeans’ Day, which happens every first Friday of the month, has officially begun. Bring $1 if you would like to wear jeans to school! Money collected will be used for classroom material.
Pizza order forms are due by Wednesday.
Updates Aug. 29th, 2014
The Virtue of the week was ‘Caring.’ We discussed what it means to be caring and the many ways we can show that we care. Our discussions included that helping our parents is one way we can show that we care. We stressed the importance of caring for others and our environment, and reflected on what it means to have a caring society.
Language
Apart from individual lessons given each day, we learned about prefixes and suffixes; as a class we created words by combining the two items (i.e. recycle, quadrilateral, triangle…). We learned about the masculine and feminine versions of words. We also learned about the two articles that we have in the English language (a/an and the) and we looked at examples of what they mean and how they are used.
Math
Apart from the daily individual math lessons given, as a class we went over several different geometric shapes, including the ellipse, oval, curvilinear triangle, and quatrefoil. We practiced spelling out our numbers, in order to visualize them not only in their numeric form but also in their letter form. We looked at different examples of squares and rectangles, and the differences between the two. We learned about and traced the pentagon, hexagon, and heptagon in order to see the sides and angles of each shape.
Culture
We took a journey to the center of the Earth this week and explored each layer on our way to the core. We learned about the 4 layers beneath the Earth’s surface, including the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. Children were able to visualize this information by cutting an apple in half allowing them to see how thin the crust of the earth is in comparison to the mantle and outer core. We began learning about the formation of the universe and read “Born with a Bang: The Universe Tells our Cosmic Story.”
Our 1st graders were introduced to the 7 continents; North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica both on a globe and puzzle map. They each completed an exercise replicating a continent, helping them to better identify and visualize each continent and its location.
Reminders:
1. There is no school on Monday, 9/1, in observance of Labor Day.
2. Reading logs will go home every 2 weeks on Friday. Please make sure that your child is reading each night and keeping track on their log. Please have your child return their log to class every two weeks.
3. Scholastic book orders are due Wednesday, September 17. Cash orders are preferred. Our class code is NBMZM. Parents can order books using this code. This code is for our class and the more points we get, the more books we can get for our classroom!
4. Pizza Forms are in the take home folders; if you wish to order pizza for your child please have the form and money turned in by Wednesday.
Remind your child to bring back their Homework folder every Monday.
Updates Aug. 22nd, 2014
We had an exciting 2nd week of school and quite a bit of rain! This week we continued to settle into our routines and adapt to the daily flow of our class.
Apart from individual Math and Language lessons, we have learned about nouns (singular, plural, proper and common)-using examples from our classroom to better understand what a noun is and its purpose in a sentence. We discussed the differences between common and proper nouns. Students identified proper nouns using the various maps in our room; each student located cities, states, countries and landmarks as examples of proper nouns. For our math lesson, the fundamentals of geometry were introduced including point, line, plane, and solid. Students were able to see the characteristics of each concept and how they appear.
In culture we learned and observed the different States of Matter including solid, liquid, and gas. We conducted an experiment to discover what happens when an ice cube (colored with red dye) is placed in a glass of warm water. Children learned that heat from the warm water begins to melt the ice cube. This creates a movement in the water by the warm water drawing the cold water away from the ice.
The Scholastic Book Orders that were sent home last Friday are due by Wednesday September 17th. Cash orders are preferred. If you have already submitted a check that is fine.
If you have not already dropped off your child’s school supplies, please do so by next week. Thank you to those who have already handed them in.
If you have not already paid $35 book fee (only for 2nd & 3rd graders) please do so by next week. Thank you for those who have already paid.
We are looking forward to a great year!
Updates 4/24/14
Field Trips
Phoenix Fire Station-April 29th; We will be needing drivers for this
field trip, but the station is close to school. Forms will be going home on
Monday.
Orpheum Theater-May 9th; still need drivers, and please have your
child’s permission slip in no later than Monday.
Next week the children will receive their assignments for their South
America research project. These projects will be due on May 9th, and
will be presented to the class the last two weeks of school.
We would like to thank all of the parents for all the help and
donations of food that were provided for the Stanford and AIMS
breakfasts.The children really enjoyed the food and the social time
they had together before school. We would especially like to thank
Cassie for organizing both.
Homework 2nd Grade
No new homework assigned for next week. Please take a minute to look
at your child’s homework books. If there are pages that are not done
from past dates please have them work on those.
Updates 4/7/2014
We also had a lesson on poems starting with couplets. The children enjoyed taking turns reading poems to the rest of the class.
We have continued our study of the human body, and currently are learning about the skeletal system. The children are enjoying learning about and identifying the different bones in the body.We also read a book about x-rays.
Important Dates:
Next week April 8th and 9th will be Stanford testing for 2nd grade students. If you have not already done so please be sure to check out the online sign-up sheet for items needed for the breakfast.
April 14th,15th, and 16th will be AIMS testing for 3rd grade students. Please watch for the online sign-up sheet for the breakfast that week as well.
Important test week tips for parents of 2nd and 3rd year students.
Breakfast will be available at school on the mornings of testing. You may want to have your child eat something at home as well. Please keep in mind healthy food is essential to keep the brain at it’s peek performance.
Also, enough sleep is very important. Please make sure your child is getting enough sleep so they are ready for testing.
April 18th-School Closed – Spring Holiday
We are excited that next Tuesday the Phoenix Zoo will be coming to school to do presentations for the Junior Elementary students.We are anxious to see what they have in store for us.
Homework
2nd grade
Math-p.147-157
Writing-Voice p.113-116
Vocab-164-167-Final Review pages
3rd grade
We are continuing our study of the nervous system. The children are enjoying learning about the brain, CNS: central nervous system and PNS: peripheral nervous system. We were able to take a look at a MRI image of it.
We have started with the nervous system. The children are enjoying learning about the brain, the different parts of the brain, and how it works.
Our virtue of the week was obedience. We talked about what it means to be obedient, and how to practice it.
This week’s composer was Johann Sebastian Bach, and the composition we listened to was Brandenburg Concerto #4.
Homework:
2nd grade
Math-p.141-146
Vocab Unit 14
Writing Week 1 Day 1 Voice (p.103-107)
3rd grade
Math-p.184-193
Vocab-Spelling test on words from Unit 1.
Writing-Week 1 Day 1, Voice
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We have been learning all about circuits and how they work. The children have enjoyed testing different materials (such as penny’s, paper clips, etc.) to see if they are conductors or insulators.
Week of September 30th, 2013
Upcoming Events
Week of September 23rd, 2013.
Geography
This week we started our continent study. We have been learning about North America, starting with countries and flags of North America. Children have been researching about the different countries, and they are enjoying drawing the flags to go with their research.
Thank you for your help and support.
Week of September 9th, 2013
September 2nd, 2013
Language
Dated: August 26th, 2013
Apart from individual lessons, children had group lessons on the following areas.
Dated: 8/24/2013
The children have been busy and happy, working and settling into the class routines. They are reviewing and practicing the classroom and playground rules.
Dated: August 16th, 2013
Week of February 1st, 2013
Updates
Our week was off to a great start with our field trip to the Phoenix Recycling Plant. Thank you to all of the parents who were able to help with driving and chaperoning the children on the trip.
The children, as well as the adults, really enjoyed learning about recycling. They learned about what is and is not recyclable, and how the process of sorting all the recyclable garbage is done. We encourage you to ask your children about what they learned, and to support recycling at home.
We are currently planning our next field trip to the zoo next month. We will send out information closer to that time.
Lessons
Apart from individual lessons in math and language the children have had lessons in the following areas this week.
Language
They learned about the concept of fact or opinion. They learned that some things are actual verifiable facts, and others may be simply one person’s opinion on a matter.
They also had a lesson on poems beginning with couplets. They enjoyed making up their own, and were very creative with their ideas.
Math
A lesson was given on the commutative and distributive properties of addition and multiplication. 1st and 2nd grade students learned to write related addition or subtraction facts.
Geography
This week to continue our study of the continent of Australia we had a lesson on its flag. The children learned why there is a Union Jack and what the seven pointed star represents, along with the southern constellation and its significance in navigation in the southern hemisphere.
They also have been working on learning about the biomes and animals of Australia, and have been researching these.
Our virtue of the week was ‘Compassion’.
Homework
2nd Grade Writing -pages 88-92
Math- pages 52-54
Vocabulary-Unit 10 pages 106-113
3rd Grade Writing Week 3 Sentence Fluency pages 90-92
Math-Week 18
Vocabulary Unit 14 pages 140-149
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1st Grade Spelling Homework
Each week your child will be bringing home a collection of spelling words that have been introduced in class. Each night of the week your child is expected to do a different activity to ensure that these words and the spelling principles they represent are mastered. These activities have been modeled and practiced in school, so your child can teach you how they are to be done.
Saturday
Remind your child to sort the words into categories like the ones we did in school. Your child should read each word aloud during this activity. Ask you child to explain to you why the words are sorted in a particular way-what does the sort reveal about spelling in general? Ask your child to sort them a second time as fast as possible. You may time them, for fun!
Sunday
Do a blind sort with your child. Lay down a word from each category as a header and then read the rest of the words aloud. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it. Lay it down and let your child move it if he or she made a mistake. Repeat if your child makes more than one error.
Monday
Assist your child in doing a word hunt, by looking in a book they have already read for words that have the same sound, pattern, or both. Try to find two or three words for each category.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Do a writing sort to prepare for the Friday test. As you call out the words in a random order, your child should write them in categories. Call out any words your child misspells a second or even third time.
Thank you for your support. Together we can help your child make valuable progress.
Vocabulary books for second and third years will come later.
Homework will be sent home every Friday, and is to be returned to class no later than the following Thursday morning.Please continue to read with your child everyday. Also, please use the Monthly Reading Log to record their daily progress with reading.
September 7th, 2012
Here it is September already. The children have been busy working hard and learning new things each day.
Just a reminder about some upcoming events for this month. This coming Monday the 10th will be the Parent Committee organizational meeting from 6-7 p.m. Attending the Parent Committee meetings will help you to learn more about how you can be involved in the school and support its continuing success and that of your child.
Picture Days will be September 19th and 20th. We will let you know, by next week, which day our class will be having pictures taken. The order forms went home today in your child’s folder.
Following are some of the lessons given this past week:
Language:
This week we have covered Similes, Capitalization, and Verbs. The children enjoyed working on the similes, and figuring them out. Ex.” as light as a ____”. They also enjoyed learning about what to capitalize by answering questions such as,”What continent do we live on”? The answers to the questions were all words that needed to be capitalized.
Geometry:
In geometry they learned about the different Types of Lines, and the Parts of a Line.
Measurement:
We began presentations covering Length and Distance.
Geography:
We talked about the different Biomes of Africa. We will be doing more in depth study of this continent in the next couple of weeks.
Additional notes:
The children were enthusiastic about the introductory lessons on Money and Time.
Our virtue for the week was respect. We talked about what respect is and how can we practice it. In the coming weeks we will talk more about practicing it and signs of success with practicing it. We encourage you to include discussion of respect during your family time, and how you show respect at home.
A reminder: please help us and the children by not allowing them to bring any items to school unless they are specific items for show and tell, and then only on Fridays. Your support with this will help ensure that the children have the most positive and least distracting environment for learning. We talked to the children about the May basket, which will be brought out next week. If there are items brought to school that are not in keeping with policy, the items will be put in the May basket to be returned at the end of the school year. This includes toys, trinkets, jewelry, other items that cause distraction in the classroom. Also, please review the dress code. The only jewelry items permitted are small earrings (no dangling), and a plain watch. No necklaces, bracelets, or rings. Also, no distracting hair items, or hair items worn on the wrist, as these items are distracting if worn as bracelets. If these items appear, even in cubbies, they will be put in the May basket.
Also, please keep in mind that any notebooks, pencils, folders etc. that your child may need are provided at school. They have no need to bring in anything further.
Thank you so much for your cooperation with these things. It helps in creating a peaceful, harmonious, happily focused learning environment.
August 31st, 2012
We have now reached the end of August; the past three weeks have gone by quickly with the children being so busy in the class. Please remember, there will be no school on Monday in observance of Labor Day.
Next week will include a new virtue of the week, which will be respect. We will be talking about how and why we should practice respect. You can also talk about it at home with your child. You can share ideas with them about how to practice it everyday.
Language:
This week the children learned about singular and plural nouns. Also, they learned to match multiple adjectives to nouns. They also learned to practice reading comprehension in class by using SRA’s and other reading comprehension programs we have in the class.
Geography:
The children made a replica map of the oldest map found on a wall in a cave in Turkey. They were also introduced to Africa for our continent research. Next week we will be studying about the biome’s of Africa.
Music:
This weeks featured composer was Antonio Vivaldi. We listened to his composition, “Summer”.
Reading Log:
Those children who have not returned their Reading Log for August need to have it back in by next week. A new log for the month of September will be going home in the Friday folders. Please help your child to read everyday and record it on their reading log. Then the log should be returned to school at the end of each month.
August 24th, 2012
This second week of school has gone by so quickly as the children are so busy learning new lessons and doing their work.
This past week we have focused on the following:
Virtue of the Week-Responsibility
We talked about the meaning of being responsible, and how we can practice being responsible. Also, we discussed that if we are not responsible it can lead to mistakes, but that’s ok. However, it is important to fess up to our mistakes, and be more responsible in the future. Please continue to talk about responsibility at home with your children, and talk about ways they can practice it. For example, by remembering to turn in Friday folders on Monday, to turn in homework on time etc.
Language
In language children had lessons on compound words and prefixes. We also reviewed nouns both common and proper. The children had a chance to write out some nouns that they came up with on their own. Next week we will do a review of articles and adjectives.
Math
In math the children have been having individual lessons on math materials. Some are reviewing stamp game while others our onto the division board.
Geometry
In geometry we have had a lesson on basic concepts.
Geography
This week in geography the children learned about map keys, and the meaning of the symbols on a map and how to unlock them. Next week we will begin some map making.
History
In history we have a read a book about the theories of the creation of the Earth. We will soon begin working with some timelines to show different events in history.
Reminders:
Please remember to send in $15 for your 2nd and 3rd year students for their workbooks. This money should be sent in as soon as possible if you have not already done so.
The first pizza forms went home in Friday folders. Please remember the money and filled out form need to be turned in by Weds. if you your child would like pizza for lunch on Friday. The money needs to go in the basket marked Pizza on top of the cubbies in the classroom. Do not send the money in your child’s folder as it may get over looked, and not make it’s way into the basket.This is a good way to help your child become responsible and have them be sure to place it in the basket.
Show and Tell:
Our class has show and tell each Friday in the afternoon. If your child would like to bring something in to show the class they may bring it on Friday morning.
Please make sure they follow the guidelines