Saturday, November 30, 2019

November Notes & Pics

For the month of November I shared a collection of Hawaiian myths as our lunchtime read aloud stories. We've chosen "The Time of Deep Darkness" and "Spears of Lightning" from Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, and Sky by Vivian L. Thompson.


The Elementary students are very much looking forward to making these myths the subject of our December Class Play! So, before we head into the busy month of December, I want to share some general classroom photos from the second half of November, including the Elementary Art field trip to Alto Clay Works in Alto Pass. (Just a reminder that their 6th annual Fall Pottery Sale & Open House is happening this weekend, Nov 29 - Dec 1, and the showroom will be full of bowls, plates, cups, jars, pitchers, tumblers, and teapots! Oh, and cookies. And hot cider.)

I will also make a separate post just with the pictures from the Quality of Numbers main lesson block.



by Andrew Clements

the Yoga Pretzels deck

an impromptu yoga class

Namaste

word problems
students may use any Montessori math manipulative
they wish with the Techniques of Problem Solving Deck

to learn about herbal medicine


setting up the grinding work

ready to grind some cornmeal!

playing Fraction Fervor
to order and compare improper fractions and mixed numbers


working on the Knitted Pouch

from Waseca Biomes

this work includes Grammar materials
making sentences with words carefully
color-coded to match the Montessori grammar symbols

conjunctions (pink) make a sentence way longer!

from the Grammar Cabinet
common vs proper nouns

from Waseca Biomes


from Montessori Research & Design

everyone is interested in the cornmeal grinding!

playing the game of Graces

you have to cross your sticks and then pull them
apart swifly, while pointing upwards, and the hoop will fly

making fractions of a set
on the light table

freshly harvested ginger from
Dayempur Farm

dividing fractions

from Waseca Biomes

in the absense of a dining room table
we have a huge Stone Soup picnic feast on the floor

it is so fun when you find the stone in your bowl

making wet felted acorn kits for Thankgsiving presents

a huge thank you to Pat, Ms. Shelby's husband, 
for repairing our table!

working on the Asia Continent Stencil

adding the River Stencil overlay

and you can see the Mountain Stencil in the front of this photo

our cornmeal is a success!

we've also enjoyed the beautiful 
dried Indian corn and black bean sensory bin

playing Bingo at Mathstravaganza
the last day before Autumn Break

it is good practicing reading the numbers
and finding them on your card

of course, older children can find a way to
make it more of a challenge

our beautiful wooden Roman Numerals from

playing one of the more challenging games from

making Sourdough Prezels from Newt, our starter,
in Science Club

Natalie gives a lesson on how to measure and level flour

we are excited to be cooking with Newt for the first time

kneading the dough

I didn't take any pictures of the finished pretzels
but they were delicious!  Many thanks to 
Miss Destinee for her help with this project as well!

black glue line & chalk pastel trilobites in Science Club
as we work on parent gifts...

our Backyard Biome tapestry is complete

Zac is working on left vs right
what better way to practice than Twister

this game has been a huge hit at our Board Game Nights
as well, but you can also play it in your kitchen

last, but not least, photos from Miss Flossie
from the Alto Clay Works field trip

and they got to see the wood fired kiln

thank you to Miss Anna for arranging this great trip!

Natalie and Zac and I went to Steve's Open House today
the pottery is simply beautiful

Alto Clay Works
595 Main Street, Alto Pass, IL  62905

Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope everyone had a wonderful break


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