The Week of April 29th, 2019

GMAS testing has come to an end, and we are ready to get back to our regular worktime schedule!  I hope you are as ready as I am for some fun, engaging, and though-provoking worktimes!

This week we will be taking a look at how the many lessons we had this year in social studies fit into Maria Montessori's "Fundamental Human Needs" chart.  Each of you will be given a time period in history that we've studied this year and you will create a fundamental needs chart telling about it.  I'm excited to see what you can come up with!  In addition, I will be presenting some students with a lesson on finding the area of compound polygons.  Everyone will be required to complete a www.quill.org and www.newsela.com activity by Friday. In addition, please study the following word study lists for a quiz Friday.

arrow group
-ation: characterization, militarization, configuration, magnification, strangulation -ption: misconception, subscription, contraption, eruption, corruption


swirl group
thr-: thrive, throat, thread, throng, thrash
shr-: shred, shrewd, shroud, shrink, shrine


star group
Double Consonant followed by le: kettle, shuttle, topple, grapple, smuggle
Single Consonant followed by le:  beetle, hurtle, cycle, sparkle, bugle 


Because testing has come to an end, we will be sending home weekly progress reports Tuesday. Families, please check www.transparentclassroom.com and sign the work plan to show that you have reviewed it.

Tuesday evening is our Ellis Science Celebration of Cosmic Education!  Please submit any works you wish to share at the event ASAP.

Finally, Friday is Field Day in Daffin Park!  We will be sending home a walking field-trip permission form this week.  Please sign and return it by Friday to participate in this fun event.  Don't forget to wear your t-shirt!

See you Monday,
Mr. Trent

Cosmic Education Night

Charles Ellis Montessori Academy 

Invites you to share in Cosmic Education

A Celebration of Science

Tuesday April 30, 2019

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

PTA’s Science Night is a celebration of 

Maria Montessori’s Cosmic Education

Students aged four through fourteen will be sharing science investigations, experiments, and collections.

Join our special guest scientists as they take us through their own investigation

Parents are invited to walk through this interactive presentation beginning near the Media Center.

The Week of April 22, 2019

We’ve come to the last week of GMAS testing!  The test will take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Please see the classroom calendar link to know who is testing each day.  Because of the schedule, you will not have word study or vocabulary lists.  Lessons will take place after testing each day, and will focus on our novel studies, geometry concepts, and sentence analysis.

Have a nice LONG weekend!
Mr. Trent

Science Night at Ellis

On Tuesday, April 30th at 5:30 pm, Ellis Montessori will hold its annual science night! This celebration of all things scientific is a chance for students to show off their science works and research.  Please let your teacher know if you would like to participate by submitting a science project, collection, or experiment.

The Week of April 15, 2019

After a full week of testing, it’s time for the 5th graders to have some worktime while the 4th and 6th graders take the ELA GMAS.  The test will take place Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  There will be no testing for anyone Thursday, and there is no school Friday.  Because of the schedule, you will not have word study or vocabulary lists.  Lessons will take place after testing each day, and will focus on our novel studies.

Have a restful weekend!
Mr. Trent

The Week of April 7, 2019

This week our schedule will be quite different from normal.  5th graders will be taking the GMAS test this week.  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be the Language Arts section of the test. Thursday and Friday you will complete the math section.  4th and 6th graders, while you do not have testing this week, you will have some daily required assignment to complete each day.  You will get these works each morning and they will be due by the end of each day.  In the afternoons, we will have our novel studies and other review lessons. You will not have any word study or vocabulary words this week.

See you Monday morning,
Mr. Trent