Hi Garden Families,
It was a full conference week and we enjoyed meeting with and talking with all of you about your child(ren)/our students! 😊 Thank you for making the time and effort to join us!
The Grades classes kept busy for the last week of our Mathematics block. The Lower grades completed their journey of 0-100. They also continued working with money, focusing on pennies and nickels. The Upper grades spent more time with multiplication and division as well as working with equivalent and improper fractions and mixed numbers (which were delicious as we used brownies as a mathematical prop;). Both classes will continue to focus on these math concepts in the coming weeks, mainly during our afternoon practical periods.
In our next block, Ki Melissa will be working with the Lower grades in a fairy tale block based on James Thurber’s magical book, The 13 Clocks (full-time students—do not read ahead!!! 😊). During this block we will be working on conventions of grammar, sight words and spelling, parts of a story and creating our own fairy tale. Ki Kathee will join the Upper grades for the Norse Myths block, working on many of the same concepts with the class at a higher level. Both will include art projects based on the reading. We are excited to get started!
We hope you are enjoyed your “winter” break! Get and/or stay healthy! Spring is alive and well!
Warmly,
Ki Melissa and Ki Kathee