Bruno Lower El Classroom 1

Cultural lessons these past two weeks included a Montessori Great Lesson on the History of Language. We also had cultural lessons on the scientific method, land and water forms, and the Porifera Phylum.

Lessons given to small groups included a grammar lesson introducing the article part of part of speech, adding fractions, comparing fractions, constructing polygons with the geometric stick box, using the checkboard for calculating multiplication problems, and a variety of word studies with homophones, homonyms, and homographs.

We have also been learning about Veteran’s Day and gratitude at Thanksgiving through the use of our November Scholastic Readers.

Thank you to everyone for sending in the incredible amount of food for our food drive (see photo below). This has been a wonderful opportunity for students to demonstrate gratitude for all they have been given by sharing with those in need. Your children are wonderfully kind to each other and show gratitude in the classroom on a daily basis. Thank you!

We hope you enjoy quality family time together next week.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Ms. Carolyn and Ms. Genie

We started our week with a celebration of Halloween. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and friends who turned out for our Annual Halloween Parade. It was a success. Next the students showed their costumes on line and read their costume paragraphs. The day ended with a Halloween party that included bingo, relay races and lot of other fun and games.

Our field trip to American Village was a success. The two week study before the field trip helped prepare us for the information shared by the staff in character at American Village. Chief Massasoit was the class favorite. The bus ride was of course the main event for many of the students.

We look forward to another fun week ahead.

Ms. Carolyn & Ms. Genie