Drachman (K-6) Montessori Magnet

       

 

1085 S. 10th Ave.  Tucson, Arizona 85701  (PHONE: (520) 225-1500 FAX: (520) 225-1501)

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Mission: We are Responsible and Peaceful!

Vision: Drachman Montessori’s community nurtures the whole child.  Together we guide and empower one another toward individual excellence.  As responsible and peaceful citizens of the world, we honor our cosmic task.

 

 

 

 

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First Grade Montessori Curriculum

  Math Geometry Language Writing Biology Geography History
Aug/Sept Cardinal Numbers; Odd and Even; Teen's board, changing; bell work math activity Lines, exploration and measurement Beginning phonic, moveable alphabet segmentation; parts of speech; Basic reading or bell work groups Objective writing, 6-trait prompt practice; **interactive journal response practice writing prompt practice; Daily News one minute practice; Spaulding cursive Living, Nonliving; Five Kingdoms external parts of fish Maps, Land and water forms, lake, island, peninsula gulf First time lines; first calendars, personal time lines
Oct Golden Beads; 100 board; skip counting; odd and even to 100; bell work math activity Lines; rays and segments; Position of lines Compound Words, sentence structure; grammar symbols Daily New; interactive journal response practice Study and External parts of amphibians North America; Cape, bay, Isthmus strait; part of the flag Personal time line; book time lines
Nov Coin recognition; Number building, snake game, colored bead bar addition; bell work math activity Line relationship between 2 straight lines Grammar, subject, verb, adjective; contractions in reading Quotation marks, capitals, periods; contractions Plant Study;  External parts of plants; Archipelago, lakes; Parts of a Mountain The week and its days; the year and its parts; calendar
Dec Addition; commutative law; finger boards; sub strip board; bell work math activity Angles; introduction, nomenclature, identify Sentence structure; review and Direct Object Topic sentences, what is a sentence Amphibians; frog, external, internal parts South America; maps, cultural study; habitats Time; BC/AD time line and common era
Jan Word problems, read, write, draw; addition, subtraction, fractions, snake game; bell work math activity Polygons; nomenclature Word order; prefix, suffix

Cause & effect

Characters; fact/opinion

Syllables

External parts of  reptiles

Five kingdoms

Parts of a River; Sun and Earth rotation; suns rays; night and day; seasons BC/AD work; Fundamental needs; chart of nutrition
Feb Golden beads, dynamic; thousands; coins; measurement; bell work math activity Polygons: square, rectangles, triangle, circle Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms

Prediction

Alphabetize to 2 words; Spelling patterns; final e; drop e for in, y to I; Research papers External parts of birds, mammals

Five kingdoms

US map, states; composition of the earth Fundamental needs through the ages;

The clock, what is a day; marking off the hour

Mar Measurement, standard measurement, liquid, solids; tools to measure; golden beads, sub., snake game, sub. word problems; bell work math activity Polygons; parts, vocabulary Readers Theater, reading for meaning, sight words in research; Spelling rules Paper organization; simple outlines; topic sentences; parts of a book, sources Flower; Parts, function, pictures; Birds; parts, function Study of Air, occupies space, air rises when heated, air over land and water Fundamental needs study of other cultures; Telling time, seconds minutes, hour
April Fraction insets, equivalencies, stamp game dynamic add.; Measure volume, temperature; bell work math activity Constructive triangles; Parts of a circle, vocabulary Reading direction, reading for meaning, sequence, test taking skills Editing, final draft, paper presentation Mammals; parts, function, pictures Work of water; work of river; erosive power of water; water cycle Fundamental tenses, sorting, The black strip; Study of cultures
May Stamp game sub; skip counting with chains, fraction sub; bell work math activity Circle; sectors of a circle, vocabulary Reading different genera, characteristics, samples Filling out simple forms, writing information Simple research and writing on 5 kingdoms How the earth has affected humans Study of advance cultures
** activity that is done on a contineous basis throughout the year

Web Master: Principal Jesús Celaya, Ph.D.; Drachman (K-6) Montessori Magnet: 520-225-1500  jesus.celaya@tusd1.org