Welcome back to school!

We hope that you all had a safe, fun-filled, and relaxing Spring Break with family and friends! Can you believe that we’ve only got two months left in this school year? Many of the kindergartners came into the classroom practicing what first grade students do!

IMPORTANT CHANGE!

Starting this week, I will be posting our newsletters and family learning activities on Fridays. You may read on to hear about a play we went to today, and then check this Friday for the week’s happenings and next week’s family learning activities. If you subscribe to the blog, you will receive an email notification when the blog is updated.

We started out our week by going to Tenney Theatre and enjoying a play called “Ferdinand the Bull.” In the afternoon, we talked about important lessons that were learned in the play – how to listen to others (and not bully) and how to be yourself, even when others want you to be a certain way. In the play, Danilo, a Duke’s son, wanted to be a dancer, but his father wanted him to be a bullfighter. Danilo wanted to please his father and make him proud, so he agreed to be a bullfighter but was unhappy doing it. Ferdinand was interested in growing flowers, not fighting, but his friend la cochina (the pig) talked him into fighting so that she could go to Madrid! In the end, Danilo and Ferdinand both got to do and be who they wanted, and the Duke and the pig learned how they can listen and not bully Danilo and Ferdinand. For journals today, everyone wrote and drew about 1) something they learned or enjoyed about the play and 2) what they want to be when they grow up.

If you have any recyclable items we can use in our art center, please send them with your child. Items need to be stored on a shelf in our classroom, so please, no bulky items. Suggested items include paper towel/toilet paper rolls, styrofoam pieces, and fabric/wallpaper squares. Thank you!

Everyone looks forward to the Guest Reader on Friday afternoons. If you are interested in coming into the classroom to read to the children, please contact Sabrina Ako.

Parent volunteers are such a help and blessing to us, especially when projects arise. If you are able to volunteer your time (no skill or experience needed, training provided), please contact Sabrina Ako.

Our Students-of-the-Week are AG  and ZH. Please bring in things you would like to share about yourselves. Everything needs to be able to hang on a bulletin board. Parent volunteers or teachers will assemble the board next Wednesday.

The following dates show when the new bulletin boards will be assembled for display. The initials of the Students-of-the-Week are listed after each date.

3/12 – AG, ZH (Items may be brought in from 3/5)

4/9 – BH, DJ (Items may be brought in from 4/2)

4/16 – RJ, GK (Items may be brought in from 4/9)

4/23 – JM, TS (Items may be brought in from 4/16)

4/30 – LY, WC (Items may be brought in from 4/23)

Posted on March 31, 2008 11:00 AM | Permalink