Happy end of the year!

Correction- The end of the year water day will be on the last day of school. Thursday June 9^th…( not June 7^th as I had stated in the last note home). Sorry for the confusion.  Now to further confuse you we have added a special water day for the early learner this Friday. We wanted to make the day special because we will not be going to the Arts Festival on Friday. Please send a towel, water shoes, and a bathing suit on Friday.  This water day is in addition to the one on the 9^th. 

Thursday May 26^th- Art Festival, Remember the location is Mill Mountain Theater .  Please bring your child to school at normal time .The bus will leave at 9: 00. Please  email me at bethr@communityschool.net  (or send a note) if you want your child sit with you after their performance.  If I don’t hear from you, your child will sit with me for the rest of the performances of “Jungle Book” and “Mulan”. If you are taking your child home, please let a staff member know. Pattie will be at the entrance of the theater with a check off list. Please let someone know. I go into a panic if I lose track of a child. The art show will begin at 9:00 . The drama show will begin at 10:30. Your child will be the first one on. 
     To make costuming easier, please ask your child to dress in shorts and either a tight-fitting t-shirt or a tank top on the day of the performance.  Your child will have to go up and down the stage steps, so please no flip-flops.  We want to make sure everyone is safe.

GENERAL  NEWS

We will have our pizza on Thursday(tomorrow) this week because we are going to lunch at El Rodeo today.

Reminder we will be going to see Junie B. Jones on Monday May 23, please let me know if you can drive.

Due to the death of a dear friend I will be out of school this Friday to attend her funeral.

Literacy and Math:

This week we will finish-up our unit on Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children have made beautiful story boards to illustrate the story with the help of their buddies. We will share them with you at conference. They are amazing I can’t wait for you to see them. Today we completed a story map for Three Billy Goats Gruff. We also made a great Billy Goat salad. It was so good. Thank you James for bring your miniature goats in to share. Dino and Rosie were so fun to play with outside. Thank you so much Bella (James’ sister) for letting your pet, Rosie, come.

To go along with the theme of goats we read, Gregory, the Terrible Eater. Gregory is a goat who hates to eat food that is good for him. With this book we learned about “junk food” and healthy food. This week and next week we will continue to learn about food and nutrition.

May 12th

Thank you everyone for all of your help with the Strawberry Festival. Working together as a community is what we are all about.

Dates to remember:

1.    El Rodeo- Wednesday, May 18^th- Please send in $7.00 for your child by Friday May 13^th. This includes lunch, drink, dessert, tip, and tax. All parents, grandparents, and/or friends are welcome to come to lunch. Please let me know if you will be attending. You can meet Elena and your child at El Rodeo at 11:15. Lunch will end at 12:45 (Plantation Road Location).

2.    Dress rehearsal for Arts Festival will be Tuesday, May 24^th. Please make sure you child is in school. Also please make sure your child is not late. We will be leaving by bus at 9:00 sharp to be transported to Mill Mountain Theater. You do not need to transport your child. Please bring them to school.

3.     Arts Festival- Our Class performance will take place on Thursday, May 26^th. WE WILL TRANSPORT YOUR CHILD. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD HERE BY 8:45. Dismissal will be the normal campus dismissal at 3:15. There will be no after school on Thursday.  If you leave with your child after the performance, you need to check your child out with me.

4.    Friday, May 27^th- Please bring your child to school at the normal time. We will have a normal school day. Dismissal will be at 3:15 and there will be no after school.

5.    Monday, May 23rd – We will be going to see “Junie B. Jones” at the Roanoke Performing Arts Center—I need parents to please drive. Please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks!

6.    Wed. June 1^st – We will be going to see “Give a Mouse a Cookie.”  Look for details to come.

7.    June 7^th – Our class will be having a water day to celebrate the end of the school year. Please send your child with their bathing suit, water shoes, and a towel. Pray for Sunshine.

8.    June 8^th – conference day. Please let me know if you need to reschedule.

9.    Thursday June 9^th- Last day of school-noon dismissal and no after school. Watch future Quick Notes for more details.

Wow….. so much is going on. Please let me know if you have any questions or if I have been unclear about anything. This time of the year life is so crazy.

 It has been my pleasure to be your child’s teacher this year. This has been a wonderful group of children.