The Week of September 25th

Weekly Newsletter

Fall Conferences

Please select a time that works for your family to come meet with me and discuss your student's progress. Here is the link to the conference schedule:

Fall Conference

Muffins

Our students made delicious blueberry muffins last friday! Thank you so much for sending in the necessary ingredients. I think they were a hit!

PTA Crockpot Lunch

Thank you so much to all of the families that donated to the PTA Crockpot Lunch! It is so nice to feel appreciated by our wonderful families and the food was delicious!

International Day of Peace

Our students took part in the International Day of Peace celebration on the 21st. They listened to and sang beautiful music in the name of peace. Thank you Ms. Jennifer!

Montessori Observations

I will be out of school on Thursday and Friday of this week as our Montessori training cohort is nearing the end. In order to complete the curriculum necessary for Montessori certification, we will be observing in Lower Elementary classrooms in Charleston, S.C. I am eager to observe in other schools and implement what I learn in our own environment.

 Dates to Remember:

9/27             ESOW School Store
9/30         Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
                

10/18       Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28  Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28       Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31       Halloween

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 23 students: 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

           

9/26      Paloma

10/3      Aleksandar
10/10    Willow
10/17    Shelby

The Week of September 18th

Weekly Newsletter

Smoothies!

Thank you for sending in ingredients for our smoothies last week. The students were very excited to use our new blender and most of them enjoyed the banana and berry smoothies, spinach and all! I hope to be able to use our new kitchen on Fridays. Please be on the lookout for another Signup Genius invitation.

Musical Explorers Training

I had a wonderful experience at the Musical Explorers training last Friday! I can't wait to implement the curriculum in the classroom. Our students are going to love it! Here are some pictures of the musicians that we will see in concert in December.

You Are Stardust!

Ms. Laura was kind enough to read this book aloud to the class last Thursday. It is a beautiful book and the students loved it. Please fill out the following survey to help Ms.Laura secure a grant that will help to update the Media Center.

Media Center Survey

 Dates to Remember:

9/20             ESOW School Store
9/21         International Peace Day-Sing Along
9/22         Fall Equinox
9/30         Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
                

10/18       Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28  Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28       Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31       Halloween

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 23 students: 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

           

9/19      Britt

9/26      Paloma

10/3      Aleksandar

Ellis Supplies on Wheels (ESOW) - Tuesday Afternoons

The Week of September 11th

Weekly Newsletter

Musical Explorers Training

We will have a substitute this Friday morning so I can attend Musical Explorers Training. Musical Explorers is a year-round program where the Savannah Music Festival partners with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. This program builds basic music skills in the classroom as children learn songs from different cultures, reflect on their own communities, and develop listening and singing skills. During the 2016-17 season, students explore various music styles including American Brass Quintet Music, Old-Time Music, Zydeco, Music of India, German Art Song, and Cuban Salsa Music, embarking on a musical journey through the cultures found in and around the Southeastern United States. Students interact with the professional musicians featured in the program during culminating concerts each semester.  Take a look at the Musical Explorers poster which features our very own Nahiem!

SMOOTHIES!

When I return to school Friday afternoon I'd like to have students use the new blender that we received through Donors Choose to make healthy smoothies. I'd like to have students bring in the ingredients on Wednesday and Thursday so that we will have them prepared to use on Friday. Here is the link to SignUPGenius. Please donate if you are able.

Smoothie Signup

Ellis Supplies on Wheels (ESOW) - Tuesday Afternoons

Charles Ellis Montessori Academy Erdkinder students in the CTAE (Career Technical Agricultural Education) program are staffing the Ellis Supplies on Wheels cart. They will be coming by our classroom on Tuesdays sometime between 1:15 and 1:45. They will be selling pencils, pens, glue sticks, erasers, sketch books...

 Dates to Remember:

9/13             ESOW School Store
9/21         International Peace Day-Sing Along
9/22         Fall Equinox
9/30         Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
                

10/18       Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28  Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28       Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31       Halloween

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 22 students: 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

           

9/12      Alex

9/19      Britt

9/26      Paloma

10/3      Aleksandar

Ellis Supplies on Wheels

The Week of September 4th

Weekly Newsletter

WOW! Last week was a whirlwind of excitement at Charles Ellis! We received news on Thursday that there would be no school on Friday due to severe weather. This weather event ties in perfectly with the cloud research that is happening in Room 21. I hope everyone got to spend some time outside after the storm passed to further investigate the clouds. This week we will have a guest in Room 21 on Tuesday to help us learn more about the Suns's energy and the different ways in which it affects the Earth and it's inhabitants. 

We will also be receiving materials from another Donors Choose project that was funded over the weekend! I am so excited about this one because these materials will allow us to begin cooking in the classroom! Be on the lookout for a sign up genius email so that families can send in nutritious ingredients for smoothies and baking.

Also, after Donors Choose receives our Thank You package, we will have earned enough points to create a project that allows us to use an outside vendor. I intend to create a project to help our classroom get much needed materials from Waseca, a company that specializes in beautiful Montessori materials. I hope to get a match offer for the project so I will wait to send out an email to families after we have a match. This way every donation will be matched by a corporation and we will fund the project twice as fast! Thank you for your help funding this project, I will let you know when to donate.

Ellis Supplies on Wheels

Charles Ellis Montessori Academy Erdkinder students in the CTAE (Career Technical Agricultural Education) program are staffing Ellis Supplies on Wheels cart. They will be coming by our classroom at a designated time and selling the items listed.

 Dates to Remember:

9/5           School Holiday- Labor Day
9/21         International Peace Day-Sing Along
9/22         Fall Equinox
9/30         Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
                

10/18       Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28  Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28       Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31       Halloween

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 22 students: 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

           

9/6     Jaylen

9/12      Alex

9/19      Britt

This Week's Lessons (most of these lessons will be continued from last week): 

Language/Reading

Writing Sentences

Writing Paragraphs

Informational Writing

Editing

Parts of Speech

Nonfiction Reading  

Arithmetic 
Bead Cabinet-Skip Counting

Checker Board Multiplication

Golden Beads Addition
Golden Beads Division

Stamp Game +x-/

Graphing

Geometry

Geometric Shapes- Faces, Vertices, Edges 

Science

Our Planet
Climate Zones

Weather 

Clouds

Biomes

Seasons

Social Studies

Historical Figure Research

Maps

South America
Democracy
Ancient Greece
Olympics

Practical Life

Nutrition