26_Apr

//**Tuesday, April 26**// Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope you had as lovely a time with your family as I did with my daughter and friends. It was a real treat to have a leisurely dinner, a cup of coffee, and to share Montessori "shop talk" with my mentors/colleagues at other schools.

I am launching this wikispace in an effort to keep communication lines open during these last busy, busy weeks of the school year. I hope that it will help you to feel more connected to what's going on in the classroom and give you the support you need to help your child with their homework.

Please take a few minutes to check in at the beginning and end of the week.

//Green Spirit Week:// Today the children enjoyed spending time with middle school students from Mr. Miller's class. The older students taught us how to make great recycled newspaper hats...pictures to follow.

//**Wednesday, April 27**// //Green Spirit Week:// Today the school attempted to have a "trash free" lunch. All of the leftover food, recyclables, and trash were sorted out. Ms. Koronowski will give us an update on how much was actually collected.

//**Thursday, April 28**// Today I posted the homework assignments which should have made it home to you before spring break, just FYI. If you click on the button, the document should open in a new window. If you didn't get it, I'm so sorry...I hope this wiki will help make that less possible.

//Green Spirit Week:// Today most of the class saved energy and water by wearing their pajamas to school. How fun!

//**Friday, April 29**// //Green Spirit Week:// Today the children enjoyed several activities coordinated by parents and volunteers. We planted flowers in a biodegradable container, experienced a tasty lesson on contaminants in the watershed, and learned more about planting. What a great end to a whole week of great "green" learning.

Here are the homework links and documents for this week.


 * 1) On Study Island, please complete the assigned pre-tests and assignments before May 6th.
 * 2) For the "Personal History Timeline," please help your child find one story and one photo -- of them or something related to the story -- for EA