week of May 27-31, 2013

Hello Room 4 families,
Here is what we have going on this week:

Important dates:
Monday, May 27: Memorial Day; no school
Wednesday, May 29, 6:15-7:30 pm: Open House. Please come by and check out our classroom to see all the work we've been doing. The kids are very excited. The evening will begin on the main yard with some information from Mrs. Egan.
Friday, May 31: Free dress day; Jog-a-thon. The kindergartners will run at 8:30.
Thursday, June 6: Kindergarten sports day, 8:30-9:45. This is a free dress day for $1.
Friday, June 7: Free dress day
Thursday, June 13: Last day of school. We will have a class activity that day from 9-11, followed by lunch. Dismissal is at 12:20.

Language Arts
We are still very busy learning to read and write many new sounds and spellings. We have also been working on a TON of writing. The kids are for the most part in the habit of beginning a paragraph with a topic sentence, writing three sentences with supporting details, and then finishing with a concluding sentence.
We are reading and writing about ocean life, and we've been working on a gardening unit to celebrate our school garden. We will continue these next week.

Math
We are continuing to work on learning about money this week. It is very important that the kids memorize how much pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are worth so they can start counting money. This week we are going to practice counting the money needed to buy items (up to $1.00).

Thanks for everything, parents and families! Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions or concerns carrie-relles@scusd.edu
Have a fantastic 3-day weekend.