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Francesca,  from the Goliath Grouper classroom, interviewed students from each classroom.  She asked one main question (below), as well as what the students like about the school and how long they have been in Montessori.
 
The question was, "What is your favorite work and why?"   The answers are italicized and in bold:

From the Lower Elementary students and classrooms:

Mahi-Mahi's:
Victoria 1st- Biome reader because it's easy.  This is her first year at KWMCS.  She says we do more stuff here and she likes this school.

Jace 2nd-  Checkerboard because he likes multiplication and math. This is his 4th year in Montessori.  He says this school is bigger and he has lots of friendships.

Cora 3rd- Creative writing because she has good writing.  This is her 4th year in Montessori.  She says everything is better here.  She has fun, she likes Language, Art, and her friends.
                
Conchs:
Amaya 1st- Math problems because it teaches you how to do math. This is her 1st year here.  She likes not having to sit in a cafeteria.  She says it is a good school, nice, and she has friends.
Ju Ju 2nd- Creative writing because enjoys writing.  This is her 5th year in Montessori.  She likes Language.  She thinks KWMCS is fun and fabulous.
Roxy 3rd- Checkerboard because likes math.  This is her 6th year in Montessori.  She likes PE and the Cultural areas.  This school means happiness and peace to her.

Green Iguanas:
Jack C. 1st- Bingo board because it teaches you how to skip count.  This is his 4th year in Montessori.  He likes Math.  He likes to work hard and he thinks the school is fun.
Finn 2nd- Multiplication bead board because helps you with multiplication.  This is his 1st year here.  He likes learning different things and being able to sit in different places.  He likes the Cultural lessons, freedom of choices, and the variety of things to do.
Raini 3rd- Division because it's fun and interesting.  This is his 2nd year in Montessori.  He likes being able to choose what to work on, to have fun, enjoy school.  He thinks Math is his favorite subject, and that KWMCS is a great place to be.
 

From the Upper Elementary students and classrooms:

Reef Geckos:

Denisa 4th - Checkerboard because she likes to do multiplication.  She has always been in Montessori, from age 3 on.  She enjoys History/Geography, research, learning about history.  She thinks KWMCS is peaceful and interesting.
Emerson 5th - FCAT math book because he enjoys math.  This is his 3rd year in Montessori.  He likes the smaller campus and how a lot of materials are used in the classroom.  He likes Math a lot because it is challenging and fun.

Goliath Groupers:

Jett 4th - Impressionistic charts because he gets to draw and learn new things.  This is his 8th year in Montessori.  He likes Math, and thinks KWMCS is fun and happy.

Natalia 5th- Geometry work because she likes to work with angles.  This is her 2nd year in Montessori.  She likes PE.  She says this school is educational, fun, and has more nice people and good teachers.

The Upper Elementary classrooms are working on a variety of lessons and follow-up works, including the Montessori Impressionistic Charts; Math Problems of the Day to practice FCAT skills; Integers; the 4th year are studying Florida History while the 5th year continue to learn about American History; Bizworld; practicing presentations for Open House; Narrative, Expository, and Persuasive Writing; Latitude/Longitude; File Box/Vocabulary; the 5th year attend Dancing Classrooms twice a week; the 4th year are practicing Sentence Mastery skills; Science; Art; PE; reading with the Banyan classroom at MCS; Community Gardening; Geometry (angles); and many other projects.

 
Pre-Adolescent:
Echo 6th - FCAT Reading because she likes to read.  This is her 9th year in Montessori.  Reading is her favorite subject, and she likes PE because of the variety of activities.  She likes KWMCS because it is fun, and freedom (of choice) is encouraged.
Finn 6th - Likes all works, but Reading is his favorite subject.  This is his 9th year in Montessori.  He likes the freedom to do his own work.
       
    

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