May 16, 2008

May 16, 2008

Dear Families,

We read our last colorful booklet of the year. Hop With a Hog should have come home with your child earlier this week. We recommend that you read these booklets numerous times during the summer so that your student can remember the words we learned this year. We continued to work on report card evaluations. The kindergartners began learning about dinosaurs. On Thursday we went to the Traer Public Library. Miss Linda read us a book and showed us around the library. The Traer Public Library is a great place to go during the summer! Centers included a clothing shop, marble magic, war, white boards, geoboards, a colorful spring project, and word concentration.
Do not forget that on Friday, May 30th, we have our annual track and field day. A schedule of the events will go home soon if it hasn’t already. When all the events are over, families may pick their child up at the child’s room. They will have backpacks and folders to pick up and take home. Please put sunscreen on the children at home and send some to be put on later. While we are outside participating in track and field day we like to have the children stay with the class instead of walking around with their families. It is easier to keep track of 41 students that way. Since we are not out at the track and field day all day, we DO NOT want beach towels or water bottles sent to school with the kindergartners!

On Monday, June 2nd, the last day of school, we get out of school at 1:35. Please mark that on your calendars!

Kindergartners have the opportunity to earn four special awards at the close of the school year. One of the awards is called Outstanding Attendance and is given to the children who missed two days or less this school year. Children receiving this must also not have been tardy more than twice. Two awards are academic awards. An award is given to the children who can correctly count to 100, and one is given to the children who can correctly name all of the letters of the alphabet, both capital and lower case. Kindergartners that can tie their own shoes will also get an award. Children who do not receive any of these awards WILL receive an award which recognizes their particular strengths. This way all children will receive at least one award. The awards will be handed out on Monday, June 2nd. Watch the Traer Star Clipper for your child’s name! We give the newspaper a list of award winners.

Have a great weekend!

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