Dear Minnesota River Families,
It has been such a wonderful week in our community; I can't tell you how pleased I am to be back with these children.
A primary focus this week has been to build community and bring the children together as a group. "Everyone belongs" has been a stated and unstated mantra for the week, and all of us are responding.
We did a lot of music this week, learning a new song ("If You Want to Sing Out Sing Out" by Cat Stevens) and polished up our "Community/Circle Song" that we started during those first three days of the school year. As always, we sing "The Goodbye Song" at the end of each day. Next on our list is learning "Country Roads" by John Denver, an old GRS favorite.
Without creating an epic email, I will just say that I see us coming together in a way that is really healthy, and it's a joy.
Note: We have a field trip to Buttermilk Falls Farm in Wisconsin this coming Friday, and if you're available to chaperone for the whole school day (from 8:15 to 3:10), let me know on a separate thread only to me, and we'll see if we can fit you in! I apologize for the late notice. More information on the field trip is forthcoming.
Information about the curriculum comes from Patrick, below. Patrick has been delivering the lessons, and he will be doing so until October 22.
Monday 10/2 Math: 1st Bead chains and golden beads, 2nd Addition with the stamp game, 3rd Addition with the bead frame
Tuesday 10/3 Language: 1st Writing Insets & Cursive, 2nd Nouns & Cursive, 3rd Roles of Adjectives & Cursive
Wednesday 10/4 Geometry: 1st Geometric Solids & Triangles, 2nd From Point to Solid & Types of Lines
Thursday 10/5 Geography: 1st The Earth/Globe & Continents, 2nd Volcanoes, 3rd The Solar System
Friday 10/6 Biology/History: 1st Living or Non-Living/Time, 2nd Vital Functions of Fish/Culture Study, 3rd Classification of Vertebrates/Fundamental needs
Please use this lesson schedule to start a conversation with your student about their work at school.
Best to you all,
Erik and Patrick
Co-Guides Minnesota River Classroom
Great River School
St Paul, MN
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