Bruno Upper EL Classroom

Student’s worked hard this week to get lessons and work accomplished before we departed for Thanksgiving break. Students continued studying the stock market, how bills and laws are created, WWI, Star Girl and The Westing Game novel studies, practicing for the Holiday Celebration, colonization role-plays, animal needs, and writing letters of gratitude, among many other interesting activities and topics.

Thank you to all of the families who donated food to our annual food drive. Your contributions will help assist many families in the Birmingham area!

Reminders:

• Vocabulary unit 7 will be due on Monday, December 5th. The test will be on Friday, December 9th.
• The Holiday Celebration is on Thursday, December 8th. More information sent by email.
• Our last day of school before the winter break will be Friday, December 16th.
  • We have a 1:00 dismissal and no aftercare.
  • We will have a class holiday celebration on December 16th. More information to come.
• Students return to school on Tuesday, January 3rd.
• There is no school Monday, January 16th, in observance of MLK.

Another short, yet meaningful week is in the books! We had some unexpected changes to our schedule that allowed for some extra time outside and extra lessons inside. In Culture, Mr. Fox has students interested in the ancient cities of Mohenjo-Darro and Harappa, and in 5th-year History, he has students working on an early-American colonization project. Ms. Sandy has been focusing on social and emotional learning discussions based on readings during Junior Great Books. In Geography, Mr. Zech has introduced students to the stock market, guiding them to mock buy and sell. In Science, Ms. Leeann has been presenting on how animals satisfy their needs. In 6th-year History, she invited students to share information or artifacts about a Veteran in their life and discussed the meaning and importance of Veterans Day.

To all of the Veterans and active duty members of our Bruno Montessori community- Thank you for your service and commitment to our country!

Reminders:

• The vocabulary unit review test will be Friday, November 18th.
  • There will not be another vocabulary assignment until after we return from the Thanksgiving break.
• Our school is collecting food donations for the Catholic Center of Concern food pantry. Upper Elementary has been assigned canned vegetables. Please send any donation by Thursday, November 17th.
• No school November 21st-25th for Thanksgiving break.
• There will be a Holiday Celebration Concert on Thursday, December 8th, at 6:30. Primary-Middle school will be performing that evening. More details to come soon from Mr. Jonathan.

What a fun day we had on Halloween! Students came dressed in their coolest and most creative costumes. After our parade on the track, we spent the day with many options for a free choice day. We had a variety of board games, a movie, a craft, and other types of games. A big thank you to our room parent, Lena’s mom Gisela, for organizing and providing our special lunch and treats for the day!

Reminders:

• The vocabulary review unit is due on Monday. The test will be on Friday, November 18th.
• No school on Friday, November 11th, in observance of Veteran’s Day.
• No school November 21st-25th for Thanksgiving break.