Parents,
I cannot believe that we only have 4 weeks left of school. Time is going too fast! Here are some important details you will need to know for the upcoming month:
Monday April 29 Shadowing. For those of you who are not familiar with what shadowing is let me fill you in. Each one of our kindergarten students goes to visit one of the 9 lower elementary classes. They are partnered up with a student from that class and will do some activities and work in that classroom with their partner for about an hour. They will then come back to our class. This is a great chance for them to see what they get to look forward to next year as well as ease some of their fears. Please make every effort to have your child at school this day.
Friday May 17 Field Day. Our field day will happen at Oak Lawn Park. Morning class will be there from 9 am to 11:30 am and the afternoon class will be there from 12 pm to 2:30 pm. We will need some parent volunteers to help this day. If you would like to help please email me. In preparation for our field day we will be tie dying T-shirts please send your child with a white t-shirt to dye by Monday May 6th. This will be the shirt they wear on field day. Please let me know if you need the school to provide a shirt for your child to dye.
Monday May 20 Early Childhood Bridging. Families are invited to attend. There will not be regular class on this day. Our preschool students are invited to attend. As the date gets closer I will send home more details.
Tuesday May 21- Thursday May 23 Parent Teacher Conferences. Your child will be showing you their portfolio they have been adding to all year. These days will also be early release days. Morning class is 8:30 – 10:30 Afternoon class 11:00 – 1:00.
Friday May 24 Last day of school. This is also an early release day. This will be our yearbook signing day as well as when we watch our end of year video.
For our cultural studies this month we will continue to study the continent of Africa but we will be focusing on the rain forest biome. In biology we will be talking about insects with a focus on butterflies. In botany we will be learning about the flower and our next simple machine will be the screw. We have some new practical life activities out for the new month and could use a few items. If you have any fabric scraps we would love to have them. If you would be willing to donate other items here is the link https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/471603
“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.” Maria Montessori
Have a great week!
Ms. Jen, Ms. Jess & Ms. Kimber