Hello Dear Families,
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We hope your time together as families was rejuvenating and full of connection. We were happy to see bright, smiling faces this morning as the children reconnected, shared stories of their adventures, and got back into the flow of work. We have some fun lessons planned this week to get motivated and energized. First graders will be building land and water forms with salt dough clay (look for a recipe to come home this week in their Thursday folders), second graders will begin a large study of the Timeline of Life (a huge hit and and central to the Montessori curriculum), and third graders are eager to begin planting peas and grasses (as a part of their plant classification work).
Below are some coming events and reminders. Remember school events can always be found on the GRS calendar and announcements blog.
- First Grade Families-Please return the timeline form (attached below) with your child tomorrow, so they may participate in lesson. Thanks!
- Tuesday, April 10 (tomorrow)-MCA Reading Makeup (3rd-grade only)
- Wednesday, April 18th-MCA Math (3rd-grade only)
- Monday-Friday, Week of May 14th-Rising Up Day (3rd-grade only, visiting Upper Elementary)
- Please help your child remember to return with their indoor shoes and water bottle this week.
- A wish list of books we would love to have for our classroom.
- Some learning for us adults.
- Coming in mid-May is the Lower Elementary Work Share (details coming at the end of the week).
In Gratitude,
Nadine McNiff
Nadine McNiff
Lower Elementary Guide
Great River School
1326 Energy Park Drive
651-305-2780
"The child's development follows a path of successive stages of independence, and our knowledge of this must guide us in our behavior towards him. We have to help the child to act, will and think for himself. This is the art of serving the spirit, an art which can be practiced to perfection only when working among children." (The Absorbent Mind).
