We have had a busy month of February so far..

P3 has been learning about Ocean Life including the parts of the fish.  We have studied different types of sharks, both living and extinct.  We have also studied the Great Barrier Reef and other types of sea animals.

We had a wonderful trip to The Shark Reef.  The children were thrilled to have their first field trip as a class!  It was fun riding the bus and exploring the incredible sea life.  It amazed our parents how much knowledge our students have of marine life. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to make this a great experience for our students.

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We have even started making our own ocean mural in class.  The students have been labeling the different types of fish and have participated in painting the sea creatures.

We are learning about  Australia this month.  The children have studied  the different animals that live on this unique continent.  We have learned new vocabulary like ‘marsupials’ and ‘eucalyptus’.

We have been introducing new and creative practical life works.  The children have become little scientists experimenting with milk, food coloring, and dish soap to create a swirling rainbow effect. They have made beautiful necklaces and coffee filter hearts. They have even learned how to make their own banana smoothie!

Natalia’s mother joined our classroom for a special Valentine’s Day project.  They created bookmarks with thumbprint hearts!  Thank you Arieli Family!

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Our afternoon friends enjoyed making “Cupid’s Arrow” with our very crafty and artistic Miss Lauren!

Our Valentine’s Day celebration was a hit.  The children had such a good time exchanging their Valentines with their friends and enjoying a yummy treat! They even created a poem using the letters in the word “Valentine” as a group lesson.

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Monthly Themes for February:

Oceans

Fish and Marine Life

Australia

Valentine’s Day

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P3 will be raising funds during the month of February for Africaid. Each year Africaid supports Montessori teachers to go to the Montessori Education Center of the Rockies (MECR) to receive their training. In fact, our own Ms. Rosie (in E2) will be traveling to Tanzania to volunteer at the Upendo Montessori School while a teacher attends MECR. For our service project we will have snack mix available for donations (assisted by your child) in front of our classroom beginning Monday, February 9^th until Friday, February 20^th. If you would like to support Africaid we would greatly appreciate any donation you would choose to give.  We look forward to helping our Global Montessori Community.

Important Dates to Remember:

Monday, February 16th: No School, President’s Day

Tuesday, February 17th: Kindergarten Field Trip to Estes McDoniel Marine Lab: Depart @ 9:45, Return @ 1:00

Wednesday, February 18th: Kindergarten 100th Day of School Celebration

Friday, February 20th: PTO Family Dance

Thursday, February 26th: Parent/Child Night in P3: Last Name A-L 4:30-5:15, M-Z 5:30-6:15

Snack and Flowers Provided By:

February 17th – 20th: Perry Family

February 23rd – 27th: Sheridan Family

Monthly Volunteers:

Cooking Project: Dannin Family

Hands-On-Activity: Arieli Family

Circle Presentation: Sheridan Family

Practical Life Supplies:

Milk: Kimani Family

Food Coloring: Ghaneian Family

Dish Soap: Bristol Family

Organic Vanilla Soy Milk: Wolfe Family

Bananas: Than Do Family

Cinnamon: Dannin Family

Straws: Tyler Family

Greetings P3 Familes!

We have been finishing up our Solar System studies and the children have had strong interest in learning about the different planets and looking at pictures in our BIG BOOK ON THE UNIVERSE.  Here is a bit of information that we have learned about the planets that you can review at home!

We took time in our classroom to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the amazing triumphs he made during his life.  The children were both caring and compassionate about this subject, and here is a glimpse of their thoughts.

Lane’s Family joined our classroom to make homemade vanilla ice cream!  The children loved shaking the bags and watching the milk transform before their eyes.  They were able to listen to some fun ‘shakin’ music too! 🙂

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We have been learning about different types of winter weather (sleet, hail, packing snow, artificial snow) and about polar animals that live in Antarctica.  Some of the children have never experienced true winter weather, and it has been interesting to watch the expressions on their faces when they see pictures and hear stories about living in a snowy climate. Gianna’s mother came to our classroom and read a book about polar animals and brought “snow” for the children to explore.  They enjoyed searching for the arctic creatures!

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P3 would like to send huge hugs and grateful thanks to the PTO for purchasing all of the wonderful materials from our classroom wishlist.  We are very excited to start exploring our new items! P3 Loves PTO!!!

Monthly Themes for February:

Oceans

Fish and Marine Life

Australia

Valentine’s Day

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Important Dates to Remember:

Saturday, January 31st:  Middle school community fundraiser parking lot sale at FMS

Wednesday, February 4th: Field Trip to Shark Reef: Depart @ 9:15, Return @ 11:45 (Wear FMS Shirt)

Wednesday, February 4th: Kindergarten Information Night @ 5:00 in P2. Informational enrollment meeting for parents of students moving into the kindergarten program for the 2015-2016 school year.

Thursday, February 12th: Valentine’s Day Celebration

Friday, February 13th: No School, Teacher In-Service

Monday, February 16th: No School, President’s Day

Tuesday, February 17th: Kindergarten Field Trip to Estes McDoniel Marine Lab: Depart @ 9:45, Return @ 1:00

Wednesday, February 18th: Kindergarten 100th Day of School Celebration

Friday, February 20th: PTO Family Dance

Thursday, February 26th: Parent/Child Night in P3: Last Name A-L 4:30-5:15, M-Z 5:30-6:15

Snack and Flowers Provided By:

February 2nd – 6th: Anderson Family

Feb. 9th – 12th: Ghaneian Family

February 17th – 20th: Perry Family

February 23rd – 27th: Sheridan Family

Monthly Volunteers:

Cooking Project: Dannin Family

Hands-On-Activity: Arieli Family

Circle Presentation: Sheridan Family

Practical Life Supplies:

Milk: Kimani Family

Food Coloring: Ghaneian Family

Dish Soap: Bristol Family

Organic Vanilla Soy Milk: Wolfe Family

Bananas: Than Do Family

Cinnamon: Dannin Family

Straws: Tyler Family

Happy New Year P3 Families!

We hope that everyone had a relaxing and wonderful winter break!  We have been getting back into the swing of things here in P3!  The children are excited to be back in their routine and have been working hard at their new lessons.  We are seeing children finding that sensitive period in math, reading and writing. It is amazing to watch their skills unfold!

We have started this new year with Ms. Kat’s favorite subject…Space!  To begin this unit of study, the children were asked what they thought of when they heard the word “space”…this is what they came up with:

We learned a song to remember all of our planets too… Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, Asteroid Belt (clap clap clap), Jupiter is next, and Saturn with its’ rings, and Uranus and Neptune and Pluto are the rest, around the Sun together. (Repeat)

…That Pluto needs to make up its’ mind 🙂

We have started to break down the planets to study important information about each. For an at-home activity, start ‘quizzing’ your child about some of our planet facts!

The children had the opportunity to watch an exciting assembly about African Safari animals.  They were able to see and even touch the animals…

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Our January Studies Include:

Solar System and Constellations

Antarctica and Polar Animals

Snow and Ice Studies

Martin Luther King Jr.

Important Dates to Remember:

Monday, January 19th: No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Thursday, January 29th:  Parent Ed Night with guest speaker Betsy Hoke @ 5:30pm

Thursday, January 29th:  Kindergarten Field Trip to see “The Little Mermaid” musical at GVHS

Saturday, January 31st:  Middle School Garage Sale @ FMS

January Volunteers:

Cooking Project: Coleman Family

Hands-On-Activity: Perry Family

Circle Presentation: Robinson Family

Snack and Flowers Provided By: 

January 20th-23rd: Karns Family

January 26th-30th: Fruland Family

February 2nd – 6th: Anderson Family

Feb. 9th – 12th: Ghaneian Family

February 17th – 20th: Perry Family

February 23rd – 27th: Sheridan Family

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We hope that everyone has a peaceful and happy holiday season.  We want to thank our P3 families for their generosity, love, and support…we love you guys!  See you in 2015!

Here are some pictures of our last week of 2014…enjoy!

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Our January Studies Include:

Solar System and Constellations

Antarctica and Polar Animals

Snow and Ice Studies

Martin Luther King Jr.

Important Dates to Remember:

Tuesday, January 6th: School Resumes

Monday, January 12th:  Global Safari Assembly @ 10:00am

Monday, January 19th: No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Thursday, January 29th:  Parent Ed Night with guest speaker Betsy Hoke @ 5:30pm

Saturday, January 31st:  Middle School Garage Sale @ FMS

January Volunteers:

Cooking Project: Coleman Family

Hands-On-Activity: Perry Family

Circle Presentation: Robinson Family

Snack and Flowers Provided By: 

January 6th-9th: Coleman Family

January 12th-16th: Wolfe Family

January 20th-23rd: Karns Family

January 26th-30th: Fruland Family

Hello P3 Families!

You are cordially invited to our Winter Performance of “Frozen” on Wednesday, December 17^th at 10:30 in the multi-purpose room.  Please have your child wear a long sleeved, solid colored shirt in white, black, blue, or grey along with a bottom in either black or denim.  We look forward to showing off all of our hard work!  Please let Miss Kat know if you have any questions.

Our P3 classroom has been busy with all of the wonderful themes of December.  Our children have been learning about European animals and the different countries and flags that are found on the amazing continent.

The children have also enjoyed learning about holidays and winter celebrations around the world.

Natalia’s mother came to our classroom to make ‘bark’ from white chocolate, pretzels, M&Ms, sprinkles and Oreos!  The children enjoyed making this group snack with holiday music playing in the background.  Thank you Arieli Family!

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Leyla’s family came to our classroom and performed a traditional German puppet show about the Tannenbaums.  The children enjoyed this beautiful production and it brought the teachers back to a time of more simple and beautiful toys.  Thank you Rosales Family!

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Our Remaining December Studies Include:

Winter Celebrations

Parts of the Tree

People, Plants and Animals of Europe

Winter Performance

Our January Studies Include:

Solar System and Constellations

Antarctica and Polar Animals

Snow and Ice Studies

Martin Luther King Jr.

Important Dates to Remember:

Monday, December 15th: Chinese Group Assembly at 10:00 (afternoon students invited)

Wednesday, December 17th: Winter Performance @ 10:30 in the multi-purpose room

Friday, December 19th: Half Day, Dismissal at 11:15, Winter Break Begins

Monday, December 22nd-Monday January 5th: No School Winter Break

Tuesday, January 6th: School Resumes

Monday, January 19th: No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January Volunteers:

Cooking Project: Coleman Family

Hands-On-Activity: Perry Family

Circle Presentation: Robinson Family

Snack and Flowers Provided By: 

January 6th-9th: Coleman Family

January 12th-16th: Wolfe Family

January 20th-23rd: Karns Family

January 26th-30th: Fruland Family