Dear Parents,
November is here and the bustle of fall has arrived! We are enjoying the cooler weather, the friendlier sunshine, and the fantastic energy it’s brought along with it!
Recent lessons have included How Geometry Got Its Name, Making a Timeline, Creating Visuals for Research, Sewing by Hand, Texture in Art, Pattern in Art, Form in Art, Multiplying by Powers of 10, Grading the Tone Bars, Congruent/Similar/Equivalent with the Divided Triangles, Types of Roots, Collaboration between Roots and Leaves, Chemical Changes, Area of a Pentagon, Geometry Commands, Noun Classification for Concrete and Abstract, Stamp Game for Division with One-Digit Divisors, Cubing a Trinomial, Cubing a Quadrinomial, Phases in Human History, Geometric Construction, Volume, The Major Scale Pattern Strip, and Simple Songs.
We also started a garden dialogue and are keeping track of our new lettuce, kale, and spinach plants! We have so many new sprouts! Our basil continues to grow strong :)
Birthdays in November include:
11/27 Max
11/30 Santi
Other important dates in November:
11/11 Veteran's Day, no school
11/12 Fall Festival
11/14 Feed My Starving Children
11/23-25 Thanksgiving Break
11/29 Community and Classroom Meetings
Thank you to everyone for all of your support in our Fall Festival preparations!
Warmly,
Ms. Sara
sara@keystonemontessori.com
Ramzi, Elena, and Penelope present their studies on France
Dontae, Nathan, and Lias collaborate on a follow up with triangles
Ella searches for her next research topic
Temperance and Victoria prepare treats for the class
