Hello LEW Families!
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It was nice to have a full week. It feels like it has been a while. This gave us time to meet with all of our specialists in the afternoon for art, music, and handwork. Detailed portraits, guitar playing, drum beats, and knitting ... beautiful things to witness the children practicing and mastering.
Also, next week on Thursday, February 16th, Lower Elementary will be taking a field trip to Dodge Nature Center. We've been preparing the children by studying and focusing on topics they will be exploring further at the center. Each group will get to do 2 activities. Here's what they'll be doing at Dodge:
- First years will be focusing on reptiles and amphibians and studying animal tracks and signs.
- Second years will be focusing on milk makers and animal adaptations.
- Third years will be dissecting owl pellets and learning about winter survival.
We started the tradition of going to Dodge Nature Center last year and the children that attended are very much looking forward to returning.
Lessons from the week
First Years
- Constructive Triangles
- Animal tracks work session
- Verb Grammar Box
- Mammal Study
- Rocket Math +
Second Years
- 7 Triangles of Reality
- Animal Adaptations work session
- Preposition Grammar Box
- Platyhelmithes (flatworm study)
- Rocket Math +
Third Years
- Owl Study
- Our connected waterways models (ask them to present this to you!)
- Invertebrate Classification
- Skip counting practice by 2, 3, 4, and 5 (it would be great if you could help them practice this at home - just up to x 10)
Reminders and Announcements
We hope that you will all make it to the Soiree tomorrow night at Como Dockside from 7:00pm-10:00pm. Thank you all so much for your generous donations for our homeless shelter basket. It's getting packed and ready for the event. It promises to be a fun time! A parent and occasional substitute teacher, Heidi Grayden-Kangas, wanted me to put the following Great Gathering on your radar. You can sign up at the Soiree - event likely to sell out. Click below for more details...
Enjoy your weekend!
Warm regards,
Jessy Eaton Fabel
Lower Elementary Guide"Our aim therefore is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his inmost core." ~ Maria Montessori
