Weekly Newsletter
Students Return to the Building
Students in Cohorts A and B will begin returning to the building on Monday! Some scheduling changes will occur when students return.
Wednesdays will be synchronous for all. This means that all students will attend morning meetings and then Science Club on Wednesdays.
All students will have Explorations daily. The time has changed to 10:20-11:05.
Ms. Kathy’s reading schedule will change. Students in cohorts A and B will only read with Ms. Kathy when they are in the building. Students in cohort C (fully virtual) will have a new schedule and it will be given to each student individually.
Practical Life Totes
Thank you so much for the gift cards we have received! If we receive 14 more $25 donations, we should be able to cover the costs of creating a practical life tote for each student in our classroom community! Once we have these created and disbursed, we can begin giving practical life lessons on activities such as embroidery, finger knitting, watercolor painting, modeling with clay, etc.! If you are unaware, we also have a Learning Community wish list on Amazon that we add items to as we see things we would like for the classroom. We have recently added the items needed for the practical life totes. You may want to take a look so you can see what types of items we are looking at ordering. Here is the link!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/37YRRBS0MZI5D?ref_=wl_sharePractical Life plays an important role in Montessori, and looks a little different at each developmental level. It is not just the organizing their work, cleaning their space, preparing snack that you may be accustomed to. In Lower Elementary we also wish to use hand work as both a creative outlet as well as a meditative activity. Now that children have been using their little hands for keyboards so much over the last year, we want to strengthen and develop those important muscles as well as make those hand brain connections.
Culture Fest! Feb 27 6:30-7:30
Ellis families are invited to share their cultural traditions with our community. There is a 3-minute time limit. You can add your video at this Flipgrid. These videos will be shown during the Culture Fest Event.
Jennifer Wolfe is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Culturefest
Time: Feb 25, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://sccpss.zoom.us/j/94822506606?pwd=MUJZRXlLcGZSRXlGbXp0SnlYV085QT09
Meeting ID: 948 2250 6606
Passcode: Culture
Reading & Math practice 3x a week!
i-Ready Schedule
Tuesday- Math 30 mins
Thursday- Reading 30 mins
Friday- Your Choice! 30 mins
A Note from the Teachers
Due dates are not set in stone. They help to keep students progressing forward, but we are very flexible with them. We emphasize quality over quantity, and because students learn through practice, we do not expect perfection. Once the lesson is given, students will work on an assignment repeatedly before mastering a skill and many mistakes are made. We never expect a student to have correct work the first few times they work on it. All of that is part of the learning process. This is why we don't give grades. It is about the process of truly learning over a period of time. When your students complete work and turn it in with mistakes, then we know what skills need to be addressed again. If your child is having difficulty with an assignment, they can always meet us during office hours. If we receive a message ahead of time, we will be prepared to help your student with whatever skill needs to be addressed.
Office Hours
1-1:30 Daily
For family members who have any questions or concerns, we would like to offer office hours from 1-1:30. Please join our Zoom using the morning meeting link. That link never changes, so if you or your child ever need to meet with us, the morning meeting link should be used.
GMAS Practice for 3rd Years
Third Year Students! In preparation for GMAS, Georgia Milestones Assessment System, we ask that you visit this link every week to familiarize yourself with the online tools that will be available to you when you are taking your End of Grade GMAS test this year. Watch this video I created that shows you how to get where you need to be!
https://www.loom.com/share/f29cf4be6563400a820fa302a741bbac
This is the link to practice the GMAS tools: http://gaexperienceonline.com/
Science Club 9am Wednesdays
All students will now attend Science Club directly after morning meeting on Wednesdays!
Open Meetings
All students are expected to attend open meetings after morning meetings for lessons.
Open Meeting Schedule
8:45-9:05 First Year Students
9:05-9:25 Second Year students
9:25-9:45 Third Year Students
Dates to Remember
February 15- Planning Day-No School!
February 17 - Science Club!
February 21-27-International Montessori Ed. Week
February 22-Students return to the building.
February 25- Virtual Culture Fest 6:30-7:30
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