5/28/10

Dear Pre- K Families,

            The year is quickly drawing to a close, only three weeks left.  I feel confident saying that this class is off to a great start!  As the year wraps up, I wanted to go over a few last things.

·         Sometimes parents like to have a final conference to check in prior to moving on to kindergarten.  If you’d like to schedule a conference, please let me know on the attached page and we can coordinate a time that will work during the second week of June.  These are not mandatory, just available for families who are interested.  Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, I am available immediately after pick up or we can arrange an evening time if needed.

·         Pets!  If anyone would like to bring in a family pet to share with the class in the next two weeks, please let me know.  I have not mentioned this idea to the class!  As I part of learning about pets, I thought it would be nice to have the class get to practice meeting some child friendly family pets in a structured situation and let the class ask some questions.  We would meet the animals outside on the playground, so that allergies will not be a problem.  Think about it and please let me know on the following page if you’d like to participate.  I will bring in my dog Wilson with Colby’s help, so they will get to meet one pet for sure.

·         Australia night is on June 10th.  We will be participating by singing some Australian songs with the rest of the primary grades.  Like the concert, if you can make it- excellent if not don’t worry.  I just wanted to let you know what we would be performing.  If you’d like to donate or help with event, please let me know! 

·         As of Wednesday, June 9th no more things brought in for sharing please.   We will begin to share journals with the class looking at work from the beginning and the end of the year so they can take pride in each other’s work and learning.

·         Every class is special to me in different ways but this year I found our group to be particularly enjoyable to teach.  I wanted to do something special for them, so I thought it would be nice to do one last extra fun project and make ice cream!  I will get all the ingredients to make vanilla ice cream but I thought if anyone was interested and willing, maybe we could get a few donated items so it could be a Sundae Party for the last day of school.  The servings will be small.  A volunteer or two would be helpful for the actual sundae making which will take place at 10:40 on Friday the 18th.  Please circle what (if anything) you’d be interested in providing on the attached page and then I will let you know what to bring.

Thanks so much for your involvement and support this year.  It really helps to improve the children’s school and learning experience.  I couldn’t do it without you. 

                  Carrie Dix