Here are some photos of classroom activity from the past few weeks. I was going to organize it by curriculum area, then decided that the 'as-is' order gives a better feel for our classrooms - with the Montessori approach, there are likely children working in each of the curriculum area at any time. I hope these photos can share a touch of the joy and enthusiasm for learning we experience each day!
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| Place value cards |
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| Evaporation experiment |
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| Lots of focus practicing a lacing card - preparation for sewing |
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| Painting - and an extension of color theory work - mixing two primary colors (red & blue) to discover that they make purple! |
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Memory match game to practice "heart words" (words we need to learn by heart, aka sight words)
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| Trinomial cube |
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| Scrubbing fruit |
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| Color theory - mixing primary colors with water |
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| Self-care - button frame |
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| An introduction to part-whole circles for math modeling |
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Sink or float experiment - to start introducing the vocabulary and process of scientific method, we have one chart where the child makes their predictions (hypothesis), then they test each object and record their observations on the second chart
 | Handwriting practice
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Practice reading clock times
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Cleaning a chair
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| "5 in a row'" math game to practice addition pairs that make 10 |
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| Handwriting practice |
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| A kindergartner teaches two younger friends how to play another addition math game |
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| Often our students will build a story (sentence) with the movable alphabet using some words that have a spelling/phonics concept we are focusing on (in this case, silent 'e'). After we read and revise, they will write the story into their story journal and illustrate. |
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| "I ride on the big slide" - written and illustrated by this young author/illustrator |
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| Practice spelling heart words in shaving cream |
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| Letter race - a partner game to practice letter sounds |
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| Addition snake game (modified to emphasize subitizing skills) |
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| Number rods (modified for subitizing) |
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| Puzzle map of North America |
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| The movement mat provides a space for a child to practice large motor movements, exercise, or dance at any time during the morning work time |
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| Watering our classroom plants (and admiring the spines on the cactus!) |
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| Mystery bag game - taking turns identifying by touch what object they are feeling in the bag |
For "Read Across America Week" our kindergartners met up with 4th grade reading buddies. The 4th graders read biographies to us in celebration of women's history month. The kindergartners also brought along one of our "Superstar Readers" that they could read to their 4th grade buddies. On the way back to class, one of my kindergartners asked if we could do this again... every day!
