May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

Dear Families,

Wow! 13 days of school remain? It doesn’t seem possible! The kindergartners continued working hard on report card evaluations. We learned the combinations ar, or, and er. We decoded many words on our papers this week. We keep telling the boys and girls that the first grade teachers are excited to have them next year because they are reading so well. Reading the booklets at home and reviewing the flashcards has really helped the boys and girls. This week we practiced our Grandparent/Guest Day songs everyday. Centers included reading books, making Mother’s Day cards, coloring a sunny door hanger, working with the Marble Magic set, creating with geoboards, playing the Hulabaloo game, and working in the clothing store dramatic play center.

The kindergartners made Mother’s Day gifts this week. If anything falls off the gift, just glue it back on. It will be fine. If your student did not bring a picture to put on the gift, you may add one at home.

Please fill out the bottom portion of this week’s newsletter for Grandparent/Guest Day and send it back with your kindergartner. Kindergartners that do not have grandparents that can attend may invite a different adult. We need to know how many people are coming so that we can arrange for enough chairs and make enough cookies. If people do not return slips, then people may be standing and starving.

Our annual track and field day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th. (If it is raining, we will have it on Thursday, May 28th.) When all the events are over, kindergartners are allowed to go home with their families. A schedule of events and their times will be sent home with your child. Our last day of school is Thursday, May 28th. The boys and girls are dismissed early; 1:35 for town students and 1:40 for bus children.

Please watch the weather reports and dress your kindergartner appropriately. It is okay to send a light jacket and a heavier coat on days that you are not sure about the temperature. We’d rather have them a bit warm than freezing!

Have a terrific weekend!

Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Pokorny, Mr. Degner, and Mrs. Herink



___________________ will bring ________ people on (Kindergartner’s name) (number)

Thursday, May 14th and/or __________ people on Friday, May
(number)
15th.

PLEASE RETURN THIS BY MONDAY, MAY 11TH.