I hope you all had a terrific Memorial Day weekend and were able to squeeze in some quality time with family and friends.  If possible, please have your child wear red, white, & blue to school on Tuesday.  We will have a school assembly in honor of Memorial Day and thought it would be fun wear these colors.

Though it is getting closer to the end of the school year, we are continuing our learning in our kindergarten classroom each day.  We are working hard as readers, writers, mathematicians, and scientists.  We are practicing all of the skills that we have learned this year as we prepare to get ready for First Grade!

This week, we will wrap up our unit on Rain Forest animals.  We have read many interesting books and have created some fun projects.  Many of the children liked learning about the tree frogs and jaguars.  I actually liked learning about the sloth.  They will tell you all about it if you ask! :)  We will soon begin another fun unit on Ocean Creatures as we get closer to summer.

During math we will begin a unit on measurement. We will practice measuring various objects using standard and nonstandard tools.  We will also compare different objects and use mathematical vocabulary when doing this.

As writers, we are working in our journals and are very busy writing cards, letters, poems, and stories each day.  Your children have grown so much as writers this year!  I am so proud of them in this  area. We all love to write each and every day in our classroom. 

As readers, we are continuing to build our sight vocabulary and our comprehension skills.  Throughout the remainder of the year we will work on our Daily Five activities while I read closely with small groups and individual students each day.

Kindergarten Graduation:  Thank you for signing up with Krista (Tucker's mom) to bring in treats on this day.  Our celebration will begin at 9:45 and take place inside the school cafeteria.  The children will sing some songs and we will then have a small treat to celebrate our year.  Our celebration will end by 10:30.  From the responses I have received so far, it seems as if about half of the class will be leaving after the graduation celebration and about half will be staying for the remainder of the school day.  Please let me know if your plans have changed or if you have not yet responded.  It helps me to preset the children on the morning of the graduation.

Thank you so much for all that you do to help your children love learning!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne

I hope you all had a terrific Mother's Day and enjoyed your weekend.  Last week we read many books about moms as we worked on our own books and projects.  The kids were so excited to bring them home to you.

This week we will begin a short unit on The Rainforest. We will learn about some of the animals and their rainforest habitat.  We will even have a visitor from the Scotia Glenville Children's Museum visit us to help us learn more about this unit. 

This week we will also be talking about Healthy Eating and Healthy Choices as part of Bethlehem's Healthy Kids' Week.  Our kindergarten classes are in charge of collecting peanut butter & jelly for the Food Pantry.  Please help us to help others by sending in donations this week.  See Eagle's homepage for more information regarding the activities that will be taking place.  This is a great week to send in healthy snacks, healthy lunches, and to be active! :) 

Our Kindergarten Graduation will take place on Friday, June 7th.  A note was sent home last week regarding some of our June activities.  Please return the bottom portion of the letter in order to help us plan accordingly.  We are hoping to serve some light morning refreshments following the graduation.  Thank you for sending in the graduation t-shirt orders as well.  Each child, in all three kindergarten classes, ordered a shirt this year.  The order is being placed and I will let you know as soon as they arrive.

Our last Family Homework Project will be sent home this week.  The project involves creating a timeline of important events in your child's life.  Please use pictures if possible.  The children love sharing these projects and the school loves seeing them as well.  As always, we will display the projects in our Kindergarten hallway. 

Thanks so much for your ongoing support.  Please feel free to contact me any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)