Week of May 12-16

Hello Room 4 families,
We have been so busy! It's hard to believe end-of-year activities are beginning.

Here is what we have coming up:
Important Dates:

Saturday, 5/17: Art Walk; 10-2. This is a fun family event.
Monday, 5/19: final art lesson; 10-10:45 am. Let me know if you'd like to help out with this.
Monday, 5/26: Memorial Day; NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, 5/28: Open House; 6-7:30 pm. This is a fun night to come tour our room and see LOTS of our work. Don't miss it!
Tuesday, June 3: Kinder Sports Day; 8:30-10:00am. Please be sure to send your child in appropriate shoes on this day. You will also want to be sure to apply sunscreen!
Monday, June9: Staff vs. 6th grade kickball game; 8:30 am. I will be playing in the game, so it would be great to have some parents come and sit with the class on the bleachers while they cheer on the teachers!
Tuesday, June 10: Kinder Play Day (see below for info.)
Thursday, June 12: Last day of school. Dismissal will be at 12:20.

Language Arts
This week we will be writing about ocean life and what we are learning about in our "By the Sea" unit.
We will continue to work on blending and spelling words every day. The kids are becoming excellent readers. Please be sure to have them read to you every day for at least 20 minutes.

Math
The kids are doing an excellent job with patterning. We will wrap this unit up this week.

Kinder Play Day--June10
We have begun planning the activities for play day, which will be lots of  fun for all kindergarteners! We will need lots of parent helpers that day to help with the various activities and to help set up and clean up, so if you would like to volunteer your time that day (8:00-12), please let me know. We would love to have you!
All parents are invited to come eat lunch with us that day. We will eat outside at 11.
Please come celebrate the end of the year with your kindergartener!

Here are some of the items we need for the day--if you still need parent hours, remember you get 1 hour for every $5 you spend on our class!
Thank you to those families who have already volunteered to help and/or sent in items.
pillowcases for sack races
water balloons
bubbles
props or simple dress-up items like sunglasses, boas, hats for a photo area

Also, if you have an "EZ UP" tent for shade, we would love to have a few of those.

Thank you for everything, families!
Please email if you have questions or concerns
carrie.relles@gmail.com