Welcome!
Replicating what happens in our classrooms is not something we can achieve during this period. Our goal is to work in collaboration with families to keep alive the culture of learning that is unique to Montessori and provides families with support and activities that match the developmental needs and characteristics of the child.
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6-9 Year Old Specific Needs and Characteristics
❖ Respect the stage of development - many Lower Elementary students are at a “concrete level” and require the Montessori materials to complete certain task. Teachers will guide you regarding what works make sense for your child
❖ Develop ideas that allow the opportunity for Lower Elementary students to build from their interests. Examples may include projects, journals, creative writing, geometry constructions, Practical Life at home
❖Encourage socialization. Lower Elementary students are extremely social; they will need to feel connected to their friends
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The Uninterrupted Work Cycle
Establishing a routine that works for your family is an essential first step to creating a successful learning environment at home. Children are very familiar with this framework from school. In a Montessori classroom, children are given large blocks of time in order to explore their work deeply. This contributes directly to the development of concentration and provides opportunities to collaborate and problem-solve. It is the framework that fosters child-centred as opposed to teacher-directed learning.
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Live Circle Times - SUPER SPECIAL GUESTS this week!
LES 11am Tuesday Meeting ID: 694 786 434 Password: 501658 & 12pm Thursday Meeting ID: 145 848 730 Password: 658608
LEE 11am Monday & Thursday Circle Link
LEN 11am Wednesday & Friday: Circle Link meeting id: 934-505-229 password: 517374
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LIVE OFFICE HOURS ***
LES- Schedule a time here
LEN- Schedule a time here
LEE- Schedule a time here
New & Important Items are Highlighted in Yellow: if you find yourself bored... sit still and create in your mind! You can also go back to old material and do what you did not complete before.
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Montessori Specific Activities******
Week 5 & 6 - Printable (Suggestion: Print and cut out each activity. Place all options in a jar and pull 1-3 new activities per day to complete.)
Virtual Field Trips! - scroll to April!
Printable Bead Bars , Checkerboard , Large Bead Frame , Stamp Game , Test Tubes ***To help with math operations you have had lessons on.
Video Math Instruction:
Stamp Game Multiplication Video with Homemade Material
Stamp Game Subtraction Video
Double Digit Checkerboard Example Video
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| Any-day Choices | Monday Choices | Tuesday choices | Wednesday choices | Thursday choices | Friday choices | ||||||
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| Listening & Language |
**Listen to 1 podcast and draw a picture or write about what you heard. Funny Fill-In Mad Lib Inventor
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| Measurement, Time, Geometry, Math |
Perimeter Dice Game - Printable Graph Paper **Play this fun game about shapes and perimeter
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| Math Facts |
computation problems for the level you have had lessons on ---> |
Printable Dynamic and Static Addition Problems Printable Dynamic and Static Subtraction Problems |
At-Home Addition / Subtraction - Printable | At-Home Multiplication / Division - Printable | |||||||
| Art / Music |
**Chose at least 1 project to do from this website this week! Share your project with your teacher or at circle |
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Nature Paintbrushes | |||||||
| Yoga |
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| Language & Writing |
work on your research project for your Asia or Oceania Topic 1st/2nd Year Rough Draft Lesson
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Respond and send to your teacher if not completed before: 1. If you could change something about how you're learning now, what would you change? 2. If you could design how your learning looks for the next month, what would it look like? What would you do differently? What do you like and should stay the same? 3. What have you learned about yourself now that we have been learning at home for 4 weeks? 4. What types of projects are your favorite? Least favorite? |
Make one of the recipes in Practical Life and write about it's smell, taste, the process of making it, how it sounds when you eat it. | Watch one of the ODE videos and answer the prompt below the videos. |
Go outside and smell a tree, smell another tree, and a third tree. How do they smell? What is similar about the smells? What is different? |
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| Practical Life |
**Chose at least 1 project to do from this website this week! Share your project with your teacher or at circle |
set the table before a meal write a message to your neighbors on your sidewalk |
Sweep or vaccuum something in your home draw and write a letter to an elderly person in a nursing home |
organize your clothing drawers offer to walk your neighbor's dog
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match and fold all the socks in the house pick up trash in your neighborhood |
water plants pull weeds for your house or a neighbor's house |
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| Cultural |
Have you written your rough draft of your Australia or Asia Research Project?? Editing and Revising is next! |
watch and write down 3-5 fun facts you learned |
Historical Australia - Aborigines - Follow Up Questions watch and illustrate a picture with a sentence describing your illustration |
research an Australian or Oceanian food that looks yummy
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Write a 3 line poem about what you watched |
Tell your family 3 interesting facts about this video |
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Handwriting |
practice 5 words 5 times each |
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| Outdoor Environment / Science / PE | 1 Month PE Challenge |
Outdoor Environment Montessori Videos After each video think about what it would be like to be in the video, doing the things the host is doing. Share your thoughts with your teacher or family member. |
In the Garden w/ Ms Renee | Rose Garden Scavenger Hunt | Crystal Egg Geode | ||||||
| Literature | read your literature book on your own each day |
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| Reading LES |
These are available but not required
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| Reading LEE |
These are available but not required
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12:30-1:10 1st years 1:30-2:10 2nd years 2:30-3:10 Final years |
9:00-9:45 1st years 10:00-10:45 2nd years 12:00-12:45 Final years |
12:30-1:15 1st years Ms Keerat's Zoom 1:30-2:15 2nd year literature Ms Keerat's Zoom 2:30-3:15 Final years literature Ms Keerat's Zoom |
9:00-9:45 1st years 10:00-10:45 2nd years 12:00-12:45 Final years |
10:00-10:45 1st years 11:00-11:45 2nd years 12:00-12:45 Final years |
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| Reading LEN |
These are available but not required |
Click Here to Schedule with Ms Jazmine |
Click Here to Schedule with Ms Jazmine
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Parent Requested Materials
Weekly Work Plan Link
Daily work plan link
As requested, here are a few book suggestion links:
https://www.readbrightly.com/
https://kids.scholastic.com/
Research How-To Videos
Writing Prompts for Journal or Research
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Describe a place you like to go to be alone. What does this place look like? Why is this the place you choose to go to for quiet? How does it make you feel to be in this place? Write about it. ______________ Make a list of 30 things that make you happy! For more fun, cut them out and alphabetize them. ______________________ Day I - Choose a place to sit. Close your eyes and listen. Keep listening until you hear at least 5 sounds. What did you hear? Write what sounds you heard. Then spend some time looking and describing where and how each sound was created. For eg: I hear a bird chirping. The chirp sounded like sweet singing to my ears. The bird was sitting on a low branch of a tree in my backyard. This small bird has brown feathers and a red breast. It flits from branch to branch. For brainstorming, you can draw 3 boxes on a page. In each box write one sound you heard. Under the sound, write a few details of where and how this sound was heard. ____________ last week: Write down a story about your favorite thing from the weekend |
When you go outside which of your senses are you most thankful for having? (sight, touch, taste, hearing) What do you experience outside when using this sense? Explain why you are most thankful for this sense. _____________ Imagine you are sitting peacefully at the top of a mountain. You are looking down on your city... describe all the things you see. _______________________ Day 2 - Spring is around us. Go outside to observe nature. What do you smell, touch, see or hear? Write about it. You can also add your feelings about this time of the year. For brainstorming make four boxes on a page. In each write one sense that you are using to observe nature. Then write details about spring you notice using that sense. ______________ last week: Call a relative relative and ask them to tell you a story from their childhood |
Choose a natural object that you can see when you look out a window and write about it. Describe how it looks and moves. Write about how you think it might sound and feel. _____________ Write a story from the perspective of a rabit going down it's hole. What does the rabbit experience? _____________________ Day 3 - Share a recipe you cooked this week/last week. How was your experience making it? Who did you share it with? How did each person experience the taste? ____________ last week: Write a letter to someone at school, email a picture of it to your teacher.
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Would you rather live in a secret forest or a desert island? Give reasons for your answer. What would you do and see in your chosen biome? You could write a story about what your life might be like in one of these places. Think about what you already know about forests and deserts. ____________ Write a poem about something you experienced yesterday. Start with: Yesterday, yesterday... _____________________ Day 4 - Write about one person or pet in your family. Describe this person or pet first. Then tell us why you enjoy them. _______________ last week: sit in silence for 10 minutes and write down every sound you hear |
Cut and paste a few pictures you find beautiful in a magazine to make a collage. Write 3 sentences about your finds. __________________________ Day 5 - Now that you have been away from your class for a while, what are the three things/experiences you miss most? Why? For brainstorming, make three boxes on a page and write each thing/experience you miss in one box. Don't forget to write all the reasons you miss it. _____________ last week: make a video of you telling a story or reading a book
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Free Choice Options that Align with Montessori
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Older Listening and Language
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Digital Citizenship Family Discussion **Please discuss as a family** |
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Older Art and Music |
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Older Practical Life |
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Upcycled T-Shirt Tote **send a picture of yours to your teacher set the table before a meal write a message to your neighbors on your sidewalk |
Sweep or vaccuum something in your home draw and write a letter to an elderly person in a nursing home |
organize your clothing drawers offer to walk your neighbor's dog |
match and fold all the socks in the house pick up trash in your neighborhood |
water plants pull weeds for your house or a neighbor's house |
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Older Outdoor Environment and PE |
**Find a seed from a plant in your garden, or from something you ate. Carefully slice the seed in half to examine the inside. Draw a pricture of what you see.** |
50th Anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2020! Here are some ideas of how to celebrate!
| *******Plant the seeds you received in your cubby bag somewehere special in your yard or house. Take a picture and email to your teacher to share with the school!******** |
Turn into artists and explorers to celebrate Earth Day. NatGeo is asking parents to create safari scenes, display them where others can see, then encourage others in your community to participate (at a safe distance!) so everyone can spot animals on their personal safari. Get the details, then show us what your family did. #NatGeoEarthDayAtHome |
Make a Homemade Hummingbird Feeder Printable Project Here |
Earth Day is all about protecting the planet. For kids, that often means protecting wildlife. Start by meeting some amazing animals that need your help, along with tips on how to save some of them. |
These tips will show how your family can work together to help protect the planet from things like habitat destruction, pollution, and declining biodiversity. |
Freckle Logins
1. Visit: http://student.freckle.com
This is where your students will login everytime
2- Enter Class Code
Every student’s password is the class code below:
1st year- GT7F6N
2nd year- EE84JA
3rd year- 2XY6G4
3- Enter Student Username
Your student’s username is their first name and first initial
Example: Emily E
Khan Academy Logins:
Click Here for Your Login Info
Video Circle Links
Ms. Emily's Zoom Video Account: Ms Emily's Zoom
Ms. Laurie's Zoom Video Account:Click Here to Schedule with Ms Laurie
Ms. Keerat's Zoom Video Account: Ms Keerat's Zoom
Mr. Mike's Zoom Video Account: Mr Mike's Zoom
Ms. Carie's Zoom Video Account: Ms Carie's Zoom
Ms. Jazmine's Zoom Video Account: Click Here to Schedule with Ms Jazmine