RESS-ELV: Advanced Cultural Math and Language
This virtual residency component explores advanced lessons in math, language, cultural studies, and history. Participants engage with the materials by practicing lessons for older children and preparing lesson plans, demonstrations, and exams.
Components Required for Competency
Completion of advanced lessons in cultural, history, language, and math (51 virtual hours, self-paced)
Summary 51 Online Hours
The upper elementary online residency covers:
(51 virtual hours, self-paced)
- Advanced cultural and history, classified nomenclature, and the integration of physical geography with political geography, introducing concepts of migration and conflict
- Advanced math studies, divisibility, square root studies, cubing, simple interest, ratio, proportion, including algebraic equations and inequalities, and integers, traditional, geometric, and algebraic decanomial
- Advanced language studies focuses on mastering language arts instruction for children ages 9–12. Participants learn to present advanced grammar concepts and sentence analysis while scaffolding complex writing processes—including multi-paragraph drafting, editing strategies, and expressive writing across academic disciplines.
- Discussions, lectures, and demonstrations include lesson practice and art integration.
Material-Making Workshops
Discussions cover the importance of creating handmade, well-constructed materials and identifying areas of the learning environment that need supplemental materials.
Art Integration
Art integration, language, cultural, and math extensions into art, material-making workshops, and practice with the materials are integrated into lessons throughout the residency.
Textbooks and Required Manuals
You can either purchase the manuals from Montessori Research & Development (MRD) at https://www.montessorird.com or sign up for a monthly subscription to access all manuals electronically.
Kym Elder
Dr. Kym Elder is the founder and executive director of Montessori Live. Kym holds a doctorate in instructional technology and distance education and a master’s degree in charter school educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University.
Mary Beth Gelsleichter
Instructor
As a long-time instructor at Montessori Live, Mary-Beth guides adult learners through advanced online mathematics courses and hands-on summer residency training. She is a certified AMS teacher for Elementary I-II and earned a Master of Arts in Education in 1998 from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
Accredited Programs
Early Childhood (EC), Elementary I (EL I), Elementary I-II (EL I-II), and School Leadership
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