Hello parents and welcome to our blog!

This week’s quote:

“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.” – Maria Montessori

We would like to wish Ms. Maryam’s mom all the best and a speedy recovery.  In return, we would love to welcome Ms. Val to our room for the remainder of the school year.  We are all so excited to have Ms. Val and her energetic spirit in our room.

Also, we would like to welcome Cadbury (the outside rabbit) to our classroom; as he will be making his home in our room for the remainder of the school year.  The children have the opportunity to help take care of Cadbury on a daily basis through nurturing, housekeeping, feeding, and learning respect for animals.  The children were so excited to learn about Cadbury, they started observing him and writing their observations down on paper to  share with the class.

This week we started learning more about Africa and the culture.  We practiced counting 1-10 in Swahili, learned about the different land and climates, plants and animals, and the amazingly long Nile River.

Swahili numbers 1-10

1. Moja/ Mo-jah

2 .Mbili/ mm-Bee-lee

3. Tatu/ TAH/too

4. Nne/NN-nay

5. Tano/TAH-no

6. Sita/SEE-tah

7. Saba/SAH-bah

8 .Nane/NAH-nay

9. Tisa/TEE-sah

10. Kumi/KOO-mee

In language, we reviewed parts of speech – nouns and verbs.Our reading program will continue through the end of May.  Please look for the reading homework on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  We are continuing our daily reading goals and Kindergarten goals throughout Kindergarten.

In math, the children continue to challenge themselves with works that include the 8-9 and 1000 chain, math word problems, and the exchange game (exchanging unit beads, ten bars, hundred bars and thousands).

Meet our Classroom helpers:

Bia will greet the visitors that come into our room.

Mia takes care of the plants.

Bella C. leads the circle and calendar.

Nathan helps clean the classroom.

Gabriel helps with lunch.

Sydney reports the weather.

Kate feeds our two fish.

Reminder:

On Tuesday, May 21^st all primary students will go to the Discovery Children’s Museum.  Please have your child eat a hearty breakfast that morning and come to school wearing their FMS t-shirt with comfortable shoes.  Children and chaperones need to be in the classroom by 8:25am and plan to board the bus by 8:40am.  We will provide a snack and water on the bus.

Upcoming events:

On Monday, May 27^th – No School in observance of Memorial Day

On Wednesday, May 29^th – Primary Spring Performance @ 9:00am.

On Friday, May 31^st – Kindergarten Late Night from 5:00-8:00pm. Please remember to bring in your child’s white t-shirt already rubber-band by next week, so that we can tye-dye them the week before Kindergarten late night.  Thank you for your support.

Ms. Maryam surprised us on Friday with a special visit to let us know she was thinking of us all and missed us very much.  The children were thrilled to see her and gave her lots of hugs!!

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!!

Hello parents and thank you visiting our blog!

This week’s quote:

“If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than just arouse his interest, for it will create in him admiration and wonder, a feeling loftier than any interest and more satisfying” – Maria Montessori

This week was filled with Bugs, Bugs, and more Bugs.  The children are exploring the world of bugs and learning how important they for our earth.  They continue to learn the life cycle of specific insects, and even learned that there are over 1 million types of insects in the world! WOW!Some children are enjoying creating circle maps on bugs, while others are using their writing skills to complete a research paper on bugs (reading through different bug books and writing a sentence about what they read).

We continued  to practice for our Spring Performance with Ms. Gloria, and are becoming quite the little actors/actresses on stage.  Our performance will be held on Wednesday, May 29^th @ 9:00am.  Hope to see you all there!

Meet our classroom helpers this week:

Vivian was our classroom greeter.

Kate took care of the plants.

Gabriel led us through the calendar.

Jazz helped get ready for lunch.

Brady reported the weather each day.

Victor fed the fish.

On Friday we celebrated Mother’s Day Tea with all our Wonderful P3 Mothers!  The children were very excited to share some special songs and books with their mommies, and were especially thrilled to hand them the gifts they had made.  A special thank you to Tami Blinn for brining those amazing cookies to share.

Important reminder for Kindergarteners:

Please remember to bring in your child’s white tee-shirt already rubber banded (labeled with your child’s name) as soon as possible!  We will be tye-dying them at school the week before Kindergarten late night.  Thank You!

Upcoming events:

Tuesday, May 21^st – Primary field trip to the Lied Discovery Museum

Wednesday, May 29^th – Primary Spring Performance

Monday, May 27^th – No school – Memorial Day

Friday, May 31^st – Kindergarten Late night @ 5:00-8:00pm

Important notice from Ms. Karen:

Dear P3 Families:

We would like to inform you of a change to your child’s classroom effective Monday, May 13^th. Ms. Valerie will be substituting for Ms. Maryam during the morning work cycle for the remainder of the school year due to a family medical emergency. Ms. Valerie is known to the children and has previous experience as a primary head and co-teacher. This substitution should cause the least disruption to the classroom and still allow for academic instruction for the remaining 4 weeks. Ms. Michele and Ms. Brianna will continue to facilitate the Kindergarten Program in the afternoon. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or concerns.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and support.

Respectfully,

Karen Kolb

Administrator

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                                                        “practicing Yoga”

This week’s quote:

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. – Maria Montessori

Meet our classroom helpers this week:

Sydney is our greeter.

Max will take care of the plants.

Lars will help prepare for lunch.

Brighid will report the weather.

Lucy will feed the fish.

This week we introduced Africa, the last of the seven continents we are covering.  The children began to work on the Africa map and learned the shape of the continent.

This month we are also covering insects and exploring the “bug life”.  They have started to explore with some new cultural activities which involve the different life cycles of bugs.

We are working very hard each day for our spring performance with Ms. Gloria.  The children are practicing their lines, learning new songs, and practicing being on stage.  Please don’t forget that our dates for the performance have changed.  Our spring performance will be on Wednesday, May 29^th @ 9:00-9:45am.  Hope to see everyone there!!!

Next week, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day on Friday, May 10^th with a wonderful hour of singing, snacking, and celebrating our Loving Mothers.  We will begin at 9:30am till 10:15am.  If you are unable to attend, please have someone special fill in for you.  The children are very excited to share in this special event.

We have started replacing new activities for the month of May in our practical life area.  These activities will help to enhance fine motor skills and independence.

On Wednesday, May 15^th P3 will be taking a field trip to the LIED Children’s Discovery Museum.  We will be departing at 8:45am.  We are looking for 12 volunteers to help with this field trip.  Please look for a sign up sheet posted soon outside our classroom. Thank You!

Upcoming events:

On Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s  Day Tea @ 9:00-9:45am

On Wednesday, May 15^th – Primary Field trip to Children’s Discovery Museum leaving @ 8:45am

On Monday, May 27^th – No School in observance of Memorial Day

On Wednesday, June 5^th – Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony

On Friday, June 7^th – Last day of school; dismissal at 11:15am

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This week’s quote:

“We cannot create observers by saying ‘observe,’ but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses”.
Maria Montessori

On Monday, April 22^nd we celebrated Earth Day with lots of cool projects the children made using recyclable items. They especially enjoyed making a book- holder using recycled cereal boxes they brought from home.  Thank you to our volunteers, Cathy and Trista for your help throughout the morning.

Meet this week’s classroom helpers:

Bia is the greeter and likes to welcome visitors to our room.

Sophia will take care of the plants.

Madeline is responsible for leading circle time and completing the calendar.

Dylan helps clean the classroom after a (sometimes) messy lunch.

Lucas A. helps Ms. Brianna prepare the tables for lunch.

Victor reports the weather for us during circle time.

Nathan is responsible for feeding our two fish.

With our beautiful Las Vegas weather this week, the children are having a great time during recess running, jumping, hollahooping, sand building, and sliding.

 Also enjoying outside with Ms. Val

This week Ms. Lina brought the culture of Bolivia to our classroom and shared a musical slideshow of pictures related to Bolivia.  The pictures consisted of music, food, animals, landmarks, celebrations, and clothing.

Reading buddies relationships:

Through the past 7 months, the children have been sharing books together with their “reading buddy” every Friday.  The relationships that are built throughout the year are so special, and to see the older students sharing thoughts and encouraging conversations with the younger ones is something to be proud of.  It’s amazing to share in this experience.

 Carmella P. and Sophia P. – “I enjoyed reading her favorite book to her called “Vote” – Carmella P.

“She was always nice to me” – Sophia P.

Himmat D. and Gabriel C. – “Gabriel learned to read more books to me” – Himmat D.

“I liked all the funny books he read to me” – Gabriel C.

Zach R. and Lucas A. – “He is really nice and focuses when I read to him” – Zach R.

“I liked when Zach read me the pirate book” – Lucas A.

Upcoming Events:

On Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s Day Tea @ 9:30-10:15am

On Wednesday, May 15^th – Primary Field Trip to Children’s Discovery Museum.  Departing @ 8:45am.

Our Primary Performance has been changed to Wednesday, May 29^th @ 9:00am

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This week’s quote:

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.
Maria Montessori

This week our class discussed the importance of taking care of and protecting the Earth.  We talked about cleaning up our environment and how to continue recycling our trash.  We read: “Why Should I Recycle” and learned new ways of helping the Earth.  The children also enjoyed new Earth Day activities in the Practical Life Area.  We’ve also learned a new song titled: Promise.  It teaches the children that the Earth is there home and to always Promise to protect it.

We also continued our studies of South America and the Rain Forest, and learned about more animals that live in the rainforest (spider monkey, jaguar, Yanomani people, and the chameleon).

 Meet Our Classroom Helpers This Week:

Lars is the Greeter this week.  Whenever a visitor enters the classroom, Lars is responsible for introducing himself and welcoming them to our classroom.

Sydney takes care of the plants in the classroom.

Victor is the calendar helper.  He leads the circle and goes through the days of the week and the dates.

Sophia helps get lunch ready by placing everyone’s lunch and name cards at the tables.

Mia reports the weather to our class.

Noah feeds the fish.

On Monday, we had our Rainforest Assembly and enjoyed seeing some real life animals from the rainforest.  We saw snakes, lizards, a tarantula, hissing beetles, a macaw,  and an iguana.    The children learned all about their habitat and ways to help protect our amazing rainforests.

During Kindergarten, Ms. Maryam  presented an Exchange Game which focused on exchanging units to ten bars, ten bars to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands.

 On Monday, April 22^nd we are celebrating Earth Day with some earth friendly projects.  Please remember to bring in an empty cereal box (like shown below) by Monday,  so that we can begin making our Earth Day book holder to take home.  Thank You for your support!

Upcoming Events:

On Monday, April 22^nd – Celebrating Earth Day

On Friday, April 26^th – Kindergarten Assembly

On Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s Tea