This time of the year is wondrous for the children. They crave and thoroughly enjoy the opportunities to welcome their families into their classrooms for celebrations and activities of
various sorts. All of the teachers and the administration are very encouraged by the parents'
enthusiastic participation at the International Day Celebration and we want to say a big
“THANK YOU”. The classrooms were buzzing with joy and delight. The momentum continues as the day draws closer to the winter recital. Happiness fills the air every day as the
children can’t wait to practice their songs. They come up with a little more that they can add
to the artwork they are preparing that fills the classroom décor. My sincere thanks to all of
the teachers and staff for their continued hard work and support. We hope to see you all on
that day as teachers and children can’t wait to show you what they have been practicing.
We hope the finale is just as good.
We want to thank all of the New World families for their love and support towards staff and
administration. May peace and joy be with you and your families as we culminate year
2016 and welcome 2017.
Cheers!
-Director
The Holiday Get Together winter recital is a very special
event the school puts together each year to give an opportunity for all the New World families to congregate and enjoy
beautiful music produced by our children. The performances
will take place in your child’s classroom on ____________.
The school will be closed at 4:30pm after the last performance. Please see below for your child’s class recital schedule. This is especially planned for our parents so we encourage everyone to make this a family day and come watch our
children perform.
From observation to activity;
from the concrete to the abstract.
“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always
to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.”
-Dr. Maria Montessori
Outcomes are important to consider when choosing an
educational path for your child. What are the skills you
expect your child to acquire before they leave NWMS?
In Montessori, children are provided an environment to
discover knowledge. They are given concepts, lessons,
materials and the freedom to explore for themselves.
Their teachers are mentors who guide them through their
daily tasks. Where does all this exploration and discovering lead them?
Come to this Parent Education Evening, facilitated by our
elementary teachers ____, ______ and _______, to learn
about Montessori outcomes and how we get the children
there.
Holiday is not only a time that we should think
about giving to our loved ones but also to think
about those in the city that are forgotten, the homeless. The children really are our future, and the
present is the perfect time to instill the importance
of helping others by involving them in the littlest
actions they can contribute. In addition to parents
helping to gather backpacks this year, we want our
children to be involved with this activity. Therefore,
we are hosting a "backpack stuffing event" at New
World on ______________ for our students of
Toddler class, Transitional Preschool, Preschool,
and Elementary.
Parents are encouraged to bring in as many items
as they can from the suggested list emailed to you,
and the teachers, together with the children, will
stuff the backpacks and label them with the appropriate gender (if applicable). It is entirely possible
to reach our goal of stuffing 8-10 backpacks per
classroom if each child can bring in 5-10 items. All
the teachers are enthusiastically excited to contribute to this great cause and we hope you will help
us reach our goal!!
Happy Holidays to all!
Take a deep breath, it’s December.
apple sauce. We will post the list again on the window
for each child to bring in one apple. They will of course
cover other topics such as: how leaves change colors,
and they will also learn about different holidays people
celebrate at this time of the year.
Marine life and
Oceans will be our unit of Science this month. We will
do art following Jackson Pollock and listen to Nutcracker
music by appreciating Tchaikowsky but still continue to
keep things simple. Remember to keep it simple for
your toddler in this very busy month. Overload of sugar,
noise, activity or gifts can create anxiety instead of
peace, love or joy as may have been intended.
We have had many wonderful
learning experiences and are
blessed to have been able to
watch and encourage the development within each and
every one of our infants and toddlers. By now the infants
are very comfortable in their environment. Even at their
young age our infant friends are learning their place in
our school. They are quick to offer a smile or wave as
they see older students and teachers throughout camWe have been practicing singing for our recital and how
pus.
wonderful it is to hear the Toddlers singing and Infants
The toddlers are happily normalized to the school rou- jumping moving and nodding with music at this time of
tine. They can find their own activity and they move con- year. But will they sing in front of their parents is anothfidently about the room choosing them to practice, and er story, but we will surely try. Please remember to join
most of the time putting them back where they belong. us on ____________, our time of the recital is 4pm. We
They use polite table manners at snack time and they are looking forward to having you come and sing with us
know where to find the necessary equipment when it’s on that day.
time to clean up the classroom or wipe up a spill. Young
Happy Holidays,
children enjoy these responsibilities and can easily be
more independent at home. There are many exciting ac- - Infant & Toddler Teachers
tivities to look forward to this month. We will learn how to
cook and bake using simple recipes. The Stone Soup
was a hit in the toddler room as most wanted second
servings. In December we can’t wait to make our own
Hello Families!
ven. The month of December is short and yet a lot
to learn and prepare for our show in Friday, DecemIt may not be winter officially,
th.
but our California climate has ber 9 Any books on our topics will be a welcome
certainly turned chilly for the sharing tool for this month.
season. Winter feels like it We want to thank all of our Transition room families
has arrived, and so has De- for support and please note that at any time if you
cember. Here it is already the last month of the have any question please do not hesitate to ask. If
year. Wow. Last month, November was full of activi- Ms. Paula and Ms. Isamar are busy they will call
ties with highlighting our cultural unit of Mexico. you back if needed. We wish you a very happy
Thank you parents for helping us for this wonderful and joyous holiday season. Please note that the
show. Children were very excited and we learned a time of our recital will be 3pm. Considering the age
lot about our neighbor country’s culture and glory.
of your children they may not want to sing on that
As we continue our learning this month our focus day after seeing you but please remember to come
will move towards the season of Winter. What and join us as we have been practicing every day.
changes takes place during this time of the year in Happy Holidays.
our part of the world and also where is can be ex- Peace and Joy to all.
tremely cold such as Antarctica. The continent of Cheers!
Antarctica will be our Geography unit while in science we will learn about the elements of Earth. We -Transitional Preschool Teachers
have pictures of different elements and we will do
lessons on classifying them in categories. We will
also do experiment on solids this month as children
love to see new discoveries. During class and nap
time we will listen to wonderful sonatas of Beetho-
Happy December Room 1 Families,
The month of December is here, and we begin to feel the chill in the air. We
had a wonderful November! The children enjoyed celebrating International Day and
learning about Argentina! Special thank you to Camilla Healy for all her help putting
together the traditional Argentinian menu, books, the flag and all the history of Argentina. I would like to thank Ms. Angela for all her hard work with the art projects,
and decorating our classroom. We appreciate the joint effort of all the parents and your contributions and
the time you spent with us traveling and exploring the world in one afternoon. Thank you from the bottom
of our hearts. We love you all!
The month of December will be busy. In the short time before Winter break, the children will be busy
rehearsing their songs, making projects, and decorating the classroom for the Winter Recital. Please
mark your calendars and join us for the children's much awaited performance on Friday, December 10th.
Room 1 and Room 2 will be performing together, we look forward to seeing you all there!
This month we will be learning about Winter in different parts of our country. We will talk about the
parts of a fish, we will talk about plants. We will have lessons on some simple science experiments with
solids, liquids and gases. We will also have a lesson on Antarctica and Canada.
Parents, please dress your child appropriately at this time of the year. And please bring a sweater or
jackets that has your child's name on it. Thank you!
It has been a great start of the school year working with your children. Ms. Angela and I look forward
to what the new year brings.
We wish you all a Happy Holiday!
-Room 1 Teachers
Hello Room 2!
Sa-wat-dee
and
kop
kon
(hello and thank
you) to all for making our
International Day Celebration so remarkable. We had
so much fun learning some words, counting from
1-10, learning some of the Thai culture like bowing with hands together close to heart to greet
one another, taking shoes off when entering
homes and temples. We also learned some of the
games children play in Thailand. The children
took pleasure in decorating our room with flags,
maps, elephants, tok tok (transportation), temples, flowers and naming exotic fruits and placing
them on boats as our take on the Bangkok floating market. Thank you to all our generous families who donated delicious foods and refreshing
drinks that everyone truly enjoyed.
Special
thanks to Itura (Michael's mom) for taking time to
share with us some of her many talents, such as,
teaching us how to make toys out of palm leaves,
and teaching us a few steps of Thai cultural
dance.
In the short time before the holidays we are working hard to learn the songs for the Winter Recital
and decorating our room for another exciting
event. Because of the beautiful weather we so
luckily enjoy in California it is time to talk about
winter time in different places. We will also continue our study of the continents, focusing on North
America, Antarctic and the Arctic region.
It is also a time for us to talk about what "Thank
You" really means.
In just a few months since school started and the
children have already accomplished so much.
They continually bring an eagerness to work and
learn, take on responsibilities, challenges, and
choices. We are so proud of them.
It is a wonderful time of year, and we wish everyone a happy holiday season. We are are grateful
for the time we have gotten to spend with each of
these beautiful children and their wonderful families.
The best of the New Year to all!
We look forward to seeing everyone back in January.
-Room 2 Teachers
Happy December! We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration and a great mini break. Thank you to everyone who contributed to
our International Day feast. Italy really turned out to be great success. The
children were able to try new foods from Italy and then travel to the other
countries in the school to try their food as well.
In the month of December the children will be learning about the winter holidays & learn
about the different traditions that come with each holiday. Our continent for the month of December will be Antarctica and we will also be studying our neighbors to the north, Canada. Our Physical Geography and Earth Science will be focused on the season of winter, also the elements of
Earth (earth, water, & air). Our Physical Science of the month will be solid experiments. Our Life
Science will be the study of fish. Rounding out the science studies will be our Life Science study
on different kinds of plants.
Our artist of the month will be Frida Kahlo and our musician of the month will be Beethoven. We already listen to a lot of Beethoven when we have quiet work time or when we are napping. The children already have a great appreciation of his music and we are looking forward to
learning more about him as a person.
We want to wish everyone in our class and their families a very happy holiday season and
a healthy new year. We are very happy to have everyone in our class this year. We are truly
blessed to have such wonderful children that surround us every day. We love you all.
-Room 3 Teachers
Thankful November!!
The month of November
was very productive. We
learned a lot about India and
China. The kids made all the 8
projects and posters by writing,
coloring, painting and crafting.
The children had lots of fun and learned about the
different cultures of both India and China. Thank you to
all the parents for all the yummy food for the International Day. A special thank you to Shyama’s mom
Swarna for helping with the display items and for sharing the beautiful dresses. Thank you to Terra, our room
parent for always helping us in all the events. Our International Day was a big success and without the help of
each of our wonderful parents it would not been possible. A big THANK YOU to all!!!
Plymouth Rock for the first time, and how the two
groups worked together to build a new future. Our little
friends also became thankful for the things they have.
Children were proud to announce what they are thankful for. The most popular answers included: “My Mommy, Daddy, my sister, my home” and our favorite answer was, “My teachers!” We are thankful for YOU too!
The kids made a Thankful Tree as a craft going along
with the story of the 1st Thanksgiving and being thankful.
We have continued working hard in all the areas
of the classroom, and we definitely see the results when
our children are turning into young mathematicians and
readers and are so proud to bring those books home to
read to you.
Please save your date for _______ for our Annual
Winter Recital. We are practicing our songs every day
Kids enjoyed making and eating Sushi, which was and the kids are excited to perform in front of you all.
also a part of the study on Asia for the month of NovemWe are very thankful to have such supporting
ber. A big THANKS to all the parents again for bringing parents. We enjoy being with the children every single
the items for our sushi making. The artist of the month, day and watching them learn, grow, and flourish.
Hokusai, was from Asia. He was a Japanese artist, painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced We wish you a safe and HAPPY HOLIDAY!
by Sesshu and other styles of Chinese painting. He was - Kindergarten Teachers
best known for “Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji”.
We also learned about the pilgrim’s journey from
Europe to North America, where they met the Indians at
Dear Parents,
room and the amount of work the children have accomplished,
have given Ms.______ and I, a sense of accomplishment. It is true
It felt like November literally zoomed
that nothing is impossible if you set your mind and put your heart
by! It has been a very busy, hectic but
into it. Until our next International Day!
nonetheless, a productive and enriching month for all of us. We kicked off We learned about volcanoes, Pacific Ring of Fire, the major plate
the month of November by learning tectonics and the countries prone to earthquakes and volcanic
about the controversial, most im- eruptions. We also learned our Landforms/Waterforms as well as
portant election of our lives—the US the various polygons. We also have appreciated the great composer
Elections 2016. It is amazing how each child had their own stance that is Aaron Copland, as well as the remarkable works of Gustav
and opinion about the candidate they were rooting for. We learned Klimt. In line with Thanksgiving and creating our own “Thankful
about the Republicans and Democrats, made our own “Future Vot- Tree”, we also re-created Klimt’s “Tree of Life.”
er” ribbon, voter’s registration card, answered crossword puzzles,
We also started our Second Great Lesson: The Timeline of Life/
drew and wrote what they would do “If I were President of the
Coming of Life. This lesson revolves around the Timeline of Life, a
United States..” Although the children had their own reason and
long chart with pictures and information about microorganisms,
opinion, we ended our class discussion respecting each other and
plants, and animals that have lived and how they adapted Earth’s
hoping the best for the country.
changing conditions. The great diversity of life is emphasized, and
International Day was truly a success. Our heartfelt thanks to all the special care is paid to the "jobs" that each living thing does to conparents for providing extra help to your child. Thank you for going tribute to life on Earth that will continue, this month.
out of your way to buy, make, borrow costumes for them and helpDecember may be a short month, but we are just as busy getting
ing them make delectable dishes. We appreciate very much your
ready for our Winter Recital, learning about Ludwig Beethoven and
presence, 100% attendance, that made the occasion extra special.
Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our Winter Recital is on __________, at
We also hope you enjoyed our little performance of “Twinkle Little
__PM. Please mark your calendars!
Star” in Farsi, Filipino, Japanese and Russian, that we painstakingly
practiced until it was perfect. It is amazing how the children learned From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you, parents, for your
all four versions in a short amount of time. We are so proud of all continued support for our class, little gestures of appreciation, kind
their hard work, effort and dedication in putting together their and encouraging words that keep us going. It has been nothing
poster boards as well as making crafts from Iran, Israel, Japan, Phil- short but a wonderful four months into the School Year and we look
ippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam. We would also like to extend forward to the rest!
our heartfelt thanks to ________, Ms.______’s husband, for spendMay we all have a meaningful holiday in the company of family and
ing one morning with us, to talk about Iran, its customs and tradifriends.
tions, the flag and words in Farsi as well as to ______, _____’s
mom, for borrowing library books for our class. Seeing the class- -Grades 1&2 Teachers
Happy Holidays! No matter what
you celebrate, this is usually a busy
time of the year for everyone including the students in Upper Elementary. Even with fewer school
days, December is still a jam
packed month. With Halloween
and the Cultural Fair behind us, we
are busy preparing for our Winter
Recital, completing planet slideshows and astronomer projects. Students are also honing their writing and math skills.
seal. Seals were used in the same way we use signatures. Ziggurats were the highest buildings in the Mesopotamian society. I would like students to compare them with our
tallest buildings. Our major project for Mesopotamia will be a
mural. The mural will show various aspects of their society
and allow students to be creative.
Students are busy measuring and constructing angles; they
are really enjoying this activity. I can’t remember seeing so
many protractors in use at one time! They will be using their
knowledge of angle measurement to create designs and to
find out the value of their name by identifying the angles in
During November, students worked hard on completing their their name.
country presentations. I hope you enjoyed hearing about their
chosen country and seeing the fruits of their research; I cer- Sadly, our second field trip had to be rescheduled. Now, our
tainly did! This month, the students are using each other’s second field trip will be on _______. We will be going to the
boards to become world travelers and learn about the different La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Students must wear either our
countries.
classroom T-shirt or a school shirt. If you would like to accompany us, please let me know. I am hoping to have at least one
Haunted House stories have been published, and now stu- adult join us. The fee for this trip is $3.50 which includes addents are beginning their original tall tales. We used tall tales mission and bus transportation; this is due by December 9th.
during our study of the five themes of geography. After reading American Tall Tales, we discussed how the region affected the story, and how the story would be different if it occurred Dates to Remember:
in a different location. Now with the use of a graphic organiz- ______
er, we are looking at the different characteristics of Tall Tales ______
and using this knowledge to create original stories.
______
______
This month, our cultural studies find us exploring the farms of
Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. During our study of
Mesopotamia, we will read the tale of Gilgamesh and try to Have a safe holiday!
write cuneiform. Cuneiform is wedge shaped because the -Upper Elemetnary Teacher
stylus used to create it made wedges. The name cuneiform
comes from the Latin cumeus, which means “wedge.” During
this unit, I also plan to have students create their own