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Here's all the latest news from the Axolotl Classroom at J.J. Hill Montessori
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Alphabet Countdown 2025
In 2020, my students and I started a tradition of counting down the LAST 26 DAYS until summer break. Every year the letters stand for...
Teacher Peter
May 112 min read
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Annual Field Trips
J.J. Hill Montessori and the Axolotl class have been taking an annual walking field trip to 2 Scoops. https://2scoopseatery.com/ We...
Teacher Peter
May 111 min read
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Tools that Poets Use
April is National Poetry Month. Some of the poetry forms we frequently use in E1 are Acrostics Haiku Alliteration Writing Poetry for Kids...
Teacher Peter
May 81 min read
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Comic Books and Other Book Celebrations!
What is Free Comic Book Day ? Simply put, Free Comic Book Day was created to remind people who aren’t regular visitors to their...
Teacher Peter
May 53 min read
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What to Read Next: Fractured Fairy Tales
One of my favorite series is Far Out Fairy Tales What if Cinderella were ALSO a ninja ???
Teacher Peter
Apr 171 min read
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How to introduce yourself in Japanese
When I lived in Japan long ago, one of my first assignments was to introduce myself to my new students. The problem ? I didn't speak any...
Teacher Peter
Apr 174 min read
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The Year in Writing: 2025
This year Blah and Blah wrote some great research papers. Also, Blah Blah has written a terrific story about Blah. Below you can read...
Teacher Peter
Apr 61 min read
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The Year in Sports: 2025
So nmany amazing thibgs happened in the world of Sports this year! Correspondants: Mr. Peter , Trey, ..... Paige Bueckers and UConn...
Teacher Peter
Apr 61 min read
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The Science of Reading: Read Alouds
All elementary teachers in the State of Minnesota are recertifying in the Science of reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysHf-udE07Q...
Teacher Peter
Apr 11 min read
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MCA: The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment
What is it? It is a test designed to evaluate SCHOOLS and SCHOOL districts by evaluating students in grades 3 - 12. Click below for the...
Teacher Peter
Mar 231 min read
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What questions do you have about Japan?
We have a guest speaker, Yuko San, coming on Friday, March 21st, 2025 What questions do you have? https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/...
Teacher Peter
Mar 201 min read
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What To Read Next: WTRN
INFORMATIONAL BOOKS! Who Was? Where is? What is? These books are the Best for providing simple, factual information in a FUN way for...
Teacher Peter
Mar 81 min read
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What is the Science of Reading ?
Orthographic Mapping https://youtu.be/XfRHcUeGohc?si=juhn-WNPpZlrAcrJ
Teacher Peter
Mar 11 min read
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The Case of the Missing Book
This was a 7 part video series that our school produced throughout I LOVE TO READ MONTH a.k.a. February. Mad props to Ms. Knox for acting...
Teacher Peter
Feb 271 min read
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Approved Apps for the classroom
Research: Epic: Our class code is HKZ 1379 Brittanica: This is free when accessed through Clever PebbleGo: This is free when accessed...
Teacher Peter
Feb 271 min read
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Fractured Fairy Tales
A fun way to introduced beginning writers in elementary school to CREATIVE compositon is through fractured fairy tales. In my experience,...
Teacher Peter
Feb 221 min read
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Black History Month Trivia 2025
Who was the first African American president of the United States? (Barack Obama) She is one of the most award winning musicians of all...
Teacher Peter
Feb 121 min read
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Biography Study 2025
Every year we do a biography research unit in E1 in the Axolotl class. Many classrooms at J.J. Hill do the same. Every year, I like to...
Teacher Peter
Feb 61 min read
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Axolotl Update 2-5-25
Helpful Reminders: Please DO send your child to school with: a full water bottle that closes securely. Their own healthy snack. a book...
Teacher Peter
Feb 53 min read
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Peter Avirom Presents
Today is the first entry of a series on Montessori Math materials: Stamp Game Subtraction https://pocketmontessori.net/...
Teacher Peter
Feb 41 min read
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