Upcoming Dates
* Friday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL – Staff Learning Day
Teachers will be working, but you can have a nice long weekend!
* Monday, May 31st: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
I will be in Seattle over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Hope you have a great long weekend!
* Monday, June 7th – Thursday, June 10th: All Kinders attend AM Session!
The last week of school will be packed with fun activities. All Kinders need to come from 9:00am – 12:20pm from Monday to Thursday. Please mark your calendars! We will not need our backpacks or folders this week. All you need to bring to school is a snack.
* Monday, June 7th: Wilson Park Field Trip
Monday will be our end of the year picnic. We will walk to Wilson Park and play there. The permission slip is attached to this newsletter! Please return it on Tuesday. Families are invited to the park (even siblings), but I do need some volunteers to walk with the class and one parent who can transport food for us. Please email me if you can help!
* Tuesday, June 8th & Wednesday, June 9th: Talent Show 9:00am-10:30am
Tuesday and Wednesday will be the Eaton Talent Show. We will watch many performances including singing, dancing, acting, and comedy! The teachers even perform an annual dance at the end of the second day, so come watch us if you are free!
* Thursday, June 10th: Last Day of School and 11:15am Performance!
Thursday is our last day of school! We will have breakfast and a book with our buddies in the morning.
Parents, our class would like to sing some of our favorite songs to you on the last day of school. You are invited to come watch our performance at 11:15am! The location will be in Room 8, so expect it to be nice and cozy =)
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Dear Families,
First off, I would like to say congratulations to Yuma’s family!!! On Monday, Miyako delivered baby boy Toma! She is home now and I’m sure, very busy. Please congratulate their family and we are happy for them!
Here are some highlights for the week:
• Story of the Week: Ping Pong Pig
• Language Arts: In our journals this week, we wrote two reasons why our dads are special. We practiced talking about “transition words.” These are words such as first, next, last, then, second, etc. We also interviewed our last Star of the Week this week, Ammar!
• Math: We worked on our final chapter this week on length, weight, and capacity. We compared different objects to see which ones were longer vs. shorter, taller vs. shorter, lighter vs. heavier, or able to hold more vs. less. These are all vocabulary words we have been using in class.
• Science: On Monday, we planted our beans! We scooped and packed dirt into our cups. Then we added our beans and more dirt. Finally, we watered our plants and took them home! We have also continued observing our goldfish and guppies. Our silkworms are still in their cocoons!
• Specials: Since it is the end of the year, all of our special activities are over. Our last library visit was on Monday and Mrs. Glass read us books. We are not going to computer lab anymore, and we also have no more art or music classes. We will see all the same teachers next year in first grade!
• Music: As many of you know, we are preparing for our musical performance for you on the last day of school! This week we started practicing our lines! We each will be narrating a part of our performance (about 2 sentences). These sentences will be going home on Monday for homework. Please have your child memorize and practice these sentences just like sharing. They should be standing still, looking at the audience, speaking loudly and clearly, and speaking with a good pace! Please plan on coming to our performance on the last day of school!
On Wednesday, we had a Volunteer Tea for the parents that have been helping out on a weekly or bi-weekly basis during this year. We also made a poster to say thank you to these parents! It has been so helpful to have consistent help throughout the year. Thank you for sharing your time and energy with our class!!!
- Ling Yu: computer lab helper
- Hongliang Chian & Jialin Song: weekly homework packet preparers
- Jane Young: computer lab helper
- Yoshiko Ueno: Friday centers small group leader
- Lingyan Zhu: art class assistant
- Miyako Moriwaki: Friday folder preparer
- Urmila Dey: weekly homework checker
- Sue Ranney: room parent
- Chien-Yu Chou: Friday centers small group leader
- Xiting Pan: library assistant
- Jaya Ayalasomayajula: art and music class assistant
- Heewon Kang: music class assistant
I can’t believe we only have 8 more days of school! Next week will be the last week of sharing and homework! Every Friday, Ms. Shama has been coming to our classroom to help with centers. Next Friday will be her last day with us. I told the children they can bring cards or gifts for her next Friday!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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