January 21st-25th, 2019

We hope you all had a nice Monday off for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Holiday. We started the week strong on Tuesday. With the short week the students were able to practice some materials that had been presented last week. The students worked more on division, homophones, and money word problems. The students also started typing their final drafts on their descriptive writings.

On Thursday evening we had an amazing turn out for Parent's Night. The children were eager to present lessons to their parents as well as share their environment. This week will be introducing new concepts such a homographs, Native Americans of the Southeast, regions of the United States, as well at the digestive system. First graders have been working on past and present tense verbs, while second graders are working with adverbs. Third graders are working on conjunctions and will move to sentence analysis next.

Week of January 14-18, 2019

What an amazing week we all spent together! The students have been working so hard and we are officially back in the groove of our work cycle. In cultural, the students have learned about Native American tribes in various locations of North America. We started learning more about the circulatory system as well as having the students practice the puzzle map of the United States. It was exciting to hear about the knowledge and experiences the children had about various states in our nation.

All students continued to have lessons on money word problems, homophones, multiplying fractions, and rounding. As many of you know Montessori is built on a spiral curriculum. So while the concept is being revisited from one year to the next the actual learning goes deeper with more advanced vocabulary or numeration.

Next Thursday, January 25th will be our annual Parent's Night. Lower Elementary will start at 6:30 pm. Please make plans to come and see what your child has been learning. The students will be practicing presenting materials to their parents and will be eager to share with you all.


Remember NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 21st.

Also as many of you know this year we have all been working on learning more about Positive Discipline By Jane Nelson. Recently two authors (Kristina Bill and Joy Marchese) have written a book entitled "Positive Discipline for Today’s Busy (and Overwhelmed) Parent." If you enjoy listing to podcasts, I have included the link to one I really enjoyed.

https://notjustcute.com/podcast/episode19/

January 11-14, 2019

We have had a wonderful full week back since break.

The students have been learning about indigenous people

of North America and the Bering Land Bridge Theory. The

students completed maps of North America as well. Next

week, we will begin learning about other tribes of the United

States. In science, students started learning about the human

systems. We will continue learning the functions of those

systems through the month of January.

First graders learned about linking verbs and had their first

lesson on rounding. Second graders were introduced to adverbs

while third graders reviewed conjunctions from last year. All

students were introduced to descriptive writing and will continue

to practice the skill over the next few weeks. We have continued

to work with the students on money word problems.

Please make note that JBMA will be closed on Monday, January

21st in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

Also, as long as weather permits we will be going outside.

Please send your child with appropriate outerwear.