2/28/14
Dear
RiverRun Families,
The RiverRun Olympics continued this
week with the completion of hockey. All
the teams played hard as they endured the cold temperatures. Many parents also braved the cold to come out
and root for their Olympians. Next week
we hope to finish with the curling competition on Wednesday and the closing
ceremonies on Thursday at 2:15 in the social hall. We hope to see those families that are able to
make it at the closing ceremony with a special performance by the South Korean Team.
In the classroom, we have started The
Timeline of Writing, another of the Montessori Great Lessons. Our journey started about 22,000 years ago
with early man and cave painting, which we viewed through the discovery of cave
pictographs in Lascaux France by four teenage boys and their dog in the 1940s
and Discovery in the Cave by Mark Dubowski. The children are making paintings of their
own on large pieces of paper using paint made from clay and ash. We will create our own ancient cave, filled
with paintings and reenact a modern-day discovery.
The elders are working on their
multiplication facts and we continue the novel study of The Facts and
Fictions of Minna Pratt. The children
discuss the novel in some depth and explore how the author uses many of the
techniques we have been learning about in Writers’ Workshop.
The State Reports are moving along as
well. Rachel has been sitting with two
to three children a day, helping them read and writes information they find
interesting in their own words. Some
children are almost ready to type up their reports.
Next Friday myself, Debbie, Rachel and
Maureen will be heading to N.J. for a conference for Montessori educators. We are looking forward to it; Debbie and I
found the conference very invigorating last year. We will have substitute teachers in on
Friday. Because of this we will have Pizza Friday on Thursday. Liz, Michael’s mom, will be making a treat
for everyone to supplement the pizza.
She is thinking either crepes or a treat called Bird's Nests.
Don’t forget to check out pictures
that have been put up by Rachel on www.riverruncommunitymontessori.wordpress.com The children are using an online typing
program, if you want them to practice at home visit www.bbc.co.uk
Upcoming Dates:
March
20-21 No school
March
21 Parent teacher conferences
March
26 Field trip to the Egg
Enjoy the weekend,
Amy and Rachel
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