Thursday, September 20, 2018

Dear Parents, The students have impressed me with their concentration and peaceful work environment. This week we have been working on perimeter and probability, writing creation stories and friendly letters, spelling, math facts and operations, noun work in grammar, antonyms, reading activities, phonics, penmanship, a bullying lesson and more. Our first field trip of the year will be on Wednesday, October 3! We will be walking to the Apple Store in the 5th Avenue Mall to make our creation stories come to life. We will record our stories as a podcast and make an i-movie as well. This should be a great trip. I have sent permission slips in today’s folder. Please make sure you fill out both sides. Our school is holding an emergency food drive. The Food Bank is very low on food and needs our help. If you are able to send in food, there are families that would appreciate it. There will be a table at the entrance to the school to drop off your donations. Thank you. Picture Day has been postponed until next Wednesday, September 26. We are scheduled for 10:33, but it could be earlier. I expect a lot of great smiles with all this extra practice. You can go to www.denalimontessori177.blogspot.com and enter your email to receive an automatic email anytime I post a newsletter or another item. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org or call or write me a note. Sincerely, Craig Moyer

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Dear Parents, Please join us tonight Thursday, September 14 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and find out more about the Montessori program at the Denali Open House. This is your chance to find out what your child is doing in Room 177. I look forward to seeing you tonight. It’s been another great week in Room 177! The 2nd and 3rd graders have been great role models this year in their work effort and citizenship. The 1st graders have been following along and are working very well. It’s been a lot of fun to see. We have been studying spelling words, nouns, rhyming words, classification, penmanship, reading, place value, math facts and operations, geometry, writing our own creation stories, and writing friendly letters. We also had a presentation on Maria Montessori’s Second Great Lesson: The Formation of Earth. Next week we will learn about the Third Great Lesson: The Coming of Life. I really enjoy working with your children and observing their growth. Our first field trip of the year will be on Wednesday, October 3! We will be walking to the Apple Store in the 5th Avenue Mall to make our creation stories come to life. We will record our stories as a podcast and make an i-movie as well. This should be a great trip. I will send permission slips in next week’s folder. Our school is holding an emergency food drive. The Food Bank is very low on food and needs our help. If you are able to send in food, there are families that would appreciate it. There will be a table at the entrance to the school to drop off your donations. Thank you. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org or call or write me a note. Sincerely, Craig Moyer

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Dear Parents, The students have been busy this week learning the golden beads, stamp game, and banker’s game to help them on their addition, subtraction or multiplication. The first graders have enjoyed playing “fetching games” in which they create numbers that I ask them to retrieve. We have also been studying the noun, classification, rhyming words, polygons, reading, quadrilaterals, fundamental geometric concepts, math operations and facts, letter writing, and penmanship. I will also be telling the students Marie Montessori’s Second Great Lesson, “The Formation of Earth”, next week. There are 5 Great Lessons, which I will be sharing in the next couple of weeks. They are the basis of all our learning and the class will revisit these topics throughout the year in our various studies. Open House at Denali Montessori is next Thursday, September 13 from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. Please join us to see what we’re doing in Room 177 and how the students use all the wonderful Montessori materials. I look forward to seeing you then. We do not have a snack calendar in Room 177. I ask that students that bring their own lunch pack a snack to eat during the morning, as they get hungry. We do have a snack cupboard for those that have hot lunch or forget their lunch. If you would like to help stock the snack cupboard with items such as goldfish, pretzels, string cheese or other items, it would be very much appreciated. If you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org or call or write me a note. Sincerely, Craig Moyer