March 23, 2007

March 23, 2007

Dear Families,

This week we were busy learning about the letter Bb. The kindergartners talked about what they would like to do when they get bigger. We also learned about bears and made Bb booklets. We read two more booklets: Tom is Sick and Fun in the Sun. The kindergartners learned the word for. On Thursday morning we went down to Farmers Savings Bank and learned about all of the different types of banking jobs. Centers included making balloon booklets, bead bracelets, bingo, journaling, building with mega blocks and Lincoln Logs, and the dramatic play house.

Check with your child on the condition of his/her glue stick and crayons. Many need replacing, and we have very few borrowing glue sticks left!

Our brief spring break will be around the Easter holiday. Students will be dismissed ONE HOUR EARLY ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH. There will be no school for students on Thursday, April 5th. (The teachers get to have meetings that day.) Spring break continues on Friday, April 6th and Monday, April 9th. We will return together on Tuesday April 10th. While home for spring break, boys and girls could practice reading, identifying pennies, dimes, and nickels and their values, counting by tens, and counting by fives.

We now have officially scheduled Grandparents/Guest Days on the calendar. The dates are Wednesday, May 9th and Thursday, May 10th. Kindergartners may invite their grandparents to school during the afternoon on one of those days for a short program and refreshments. If your kindergartner does not have a grandparent that can attend, then any grown up guest will be fine. More information and official invitations will be sent home later.

On Tuesday the kindergartners got to attend a really fun assembly in the MPR. The assembly was called “Rock In Prevention.” The message that the leader and the high school mentors gave us was that we are wonderful people, and we should stay away from alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. We sang many songs. Each kindergartner received a cd with the the songs that we sang together.

Wednesday, March 21st was the end of the third quarter of school. It is hard to believe that there is only one quarter left! We continued to work on report card jobs. Report cards will come home on Friday, March 30th.

Next week we learn about the letter Xx. Not many items start with Xx so sharing is free choice.

Have an beautiful weekend!

Mrs. Herink, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Pokorny, and Mrs. Owens