We have a lot going on and a lot coming up, so I’m just going to bullet point for you:
- Monday is the eclipse. Please send in a beach/pool towel for your child. We will be out on the blacktop for awhile and that will be a little more comfortable to be on. We talked about the importance of keeping the glasses ON the entire time we are out. We will not have a TOTAL eclipse, so we will not be able to have our glasses off at all. I made the kids masks to help better protect their eyes, but please have a conversation with them about how important this is!! Thank you to Rachel Katz, Son Kim, Ben Lambertson, and Kylie Rossner who are coming up to help. (Adults, please bring your own glasses, we don’t have extras). Please do not put anything in the girl’s hair, unless it is a low or high ponytail. I measured the headbands to fit today.
- Please check at home for gloves that may be mine. I am missing a red, blue, and black pair. I had 5 extra pairs for kids to borrow and am now down to 2.
- We will send permission slips home for the field trip on Monday. Please sign and return as soon as possible. We will be going to the Coterie theatre in Crown Center. Then we will get back on the bus and go have lunch at the park by the Indian Creek library on 135th st and then have a tour of the library and a story time. They will need a disposable sack lunch and disposable water bottle. We are asking for 6 parent volunteers to join us at the library to help with lunch/bathroom/library time. If you’d like to go, information is on the additional permission slip being sent home. If we have more than 6, we will draw names. All permission slips are due by the 18th at the latest.
- Please be sure i-pads are charged daily. We will start to use them a little more and it frustrates the kids when they can’t participate in the same way. We’ve been doing some CVC spelling work on them.
- Please be practicing math facts to 5. They will start math facts to 10 at the beginning of first grade and we have been asked to be sure they know them to five fluently. We work on them daily but this will be a good thing to practice over the summer too!
- Have your child share all they learned about frogs and community helpers. Today we learned about maps and they have a weekend homework map assignment. Next week, we will start learning about living/nonliving things and plants.
- Upcoming April dates to know:
- April 8th Eclipse day–send in a beach towel
- April 11th NO SCHOOL for current kindergarteners since we will be doing kindergarten enrollment for next year
- April 12th PTA Glow party
- April 18th half day, dismissal at NOON (no lunch served) (permission slips due)
- April 19th NO SCHOOL, professional day for teachers
- April 25th Bluejay Expo
- April 26th Field trip
- May 10th field day (more info to come)
- May 22nd last day of K, dismissal at NOON
I hope you have a great weekend!
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