Dear Parents,
I am looking forward to celebrating with all the moms or other "representatives" on Friday. We have a short presentation of a mini-play and a few songs, and then you can enjoy some treats with your child. This is an event the kindergartners always look forward to sharing with their moms/someone special, so please try to have someone come. Thank you!
We have now introduced all of the consonants & vowels. This week (and all the rest of the weeks this school year) will be a review week. We will be reviewing the letters Bb, Cc, Ll, but we do have two new sight words-- he & as. In math, we will begin our unit on the calendar. Children will learn things such as there are seven days in the week, twelve months in the year, the order of the days of the week & the months of the year, etc.
In science, we are beginning our unit on the life cycle of a butterfly. We had some real caterpillars arrive in class last week, and we will watch the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. This is a very exciting unit for the children. We also began our unit on Animals. Last week, we observed snails and got to cheer for our snails in a snail race! Other "creatures" that we will be observing include worms, sow bugs & pill bugs, and fish.
We are busily preparing for Open House, on the night of May 16th. We will have much on display in our room that night, and the kids are very excited to show off their work. Please plan on attending with your child!
Our sharing this week is Letter of the Week: Bb, Cc, or Ll. Have your child bring in something that starts with Bb, Cc, or Ll. They can hide it in a bag and write clues. Great job last week to the kids for writing their own clues!
Please send in your Blue Bags tomorrow-- there are only two weeks left of homework!-- along with the April "Reading is Cool" logs if you haven't done so already. Tomorrow is the final day they will be accepted, and it is also the final log you will submit. Thank you to everyone who turned in their logs last week.
For your future planning-- please review all dates in the "Upcoming Events" section below. Critical dates (where I'd really like a parent to try to come) are: Muffins with Mom (this Friday), Open House (May 16th), Doughnuts with Dad (June 4th), and the Promotion Ceremony (June 7th). The Promotion Ceremony is our big last "hurrah" together, where we look back on our year & celebrate the children. Also, please be aware that the last day of school, Friday the 8th, all K classes are on a MORNING schedule (8:05 to 11:25)-- there are no celebrations or parties as we will have 47 kids in the classroom and don't have room for any extra bodies!
Upcoming Events:
5/10: Art Vista Art Show 5:30-8:00
5/11: Muffins with Mom
5/14: Author Mac Barnett visits the classroom
5/16: Open House 7:00 pm
5/18: Fantasy Fair 5:00-8:30 pm
5/23: YSI's "Life in the Pond" Presentation
5/28: No School: Memorial Day
5/30: May's Wacky Wednesday
5/31: Try out lunch in the cafeteria-- no snacks needed
6/4: Doughnuts with Dad
6/5: End-of-Year Class Party/Water Play Day
6/7: Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony
6/8: Last day of School: All K classes attend 8:05-11:35
