Thank You

Last week was one of the best weeks ever!!  I felt so loved and appreciated and I just want to send out a big warm Thank You to everyone!

The rest of the year is winding down quickly and I just wanted to give you a heads up on a few dates.

This Friday is May Day!  Please have your child to school on time if they are participating.  Girls need to bring in their tank tops by Thursday and wear their bikini bottoms to school. You can take out their braids and spray their hair, or we can do that here.

Boys need to wear their bright colored shorts to school on Friday.  We will provide the shirts.

Next week is our last week.  We will not have homework and we will be bringing home our supplies starting on Tuesday.  Please send your child to school with a heavy duty bag that they can carry their items in.

Thursday is our Class Auction.  If  you have donated items thank you very much!!  If you are planning on sending in some things please send them by Thursday May 23rd.

To end out our year I thought it would be fun to have a picnic out on the far end of the field Thursday May 23rd.  We would love for you to join us from 11:00-12:00.  Bring your lunch and a blanket and enjoy having lunch with your child.

This has been a fun and busy year for all of us.  I would just like to again thank each and every one of you for all of your help and support this year.  I couldn't do it without your wonderful support!!

4th Quarter Already!

Aloha families!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break and you are ready to get back into the swing of things.

Can you believe it is already 4th quarter!!  It will go by quickly, especially with May Day coming up on May 17th.  Make sure you mark your calendars.

I am sure many of you have heard about our new money system that we are using in class.  The students are given Beach Bucks for doing their classroom jobs and school work.  I will send home a letter on Wednesday letting you know more details. If you have any questions about it just let me know.

Remember to keep checking your child homework and making sure they are reading for 20 minutes each night.  They are preparing for the 3rd grade now and the homework is going to get a bit tougher.  Remember it is still their responsibility to do it, but a gently reminder and routine always helps.

Have a wonderful week!

Almost Spring Break!

Can you believe we only have two weeks until Spring Break!?  Where has the time gone?

These next two weeks we will wrap up this quarter learning about magnets and money.

Don't forget we have a play coming up on Friday March 15th.  Most students have brought in their $5 to cover the cost.  If you have not sent money please send it by Thursday March 14th.

On Friday we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by reading about him and reading the Lorax.  The students love reading all the Dr. Suess books and were so interested to learn new facts about him.  Remember to read, read, read at home!!  Here are a few cute pictures using our Dr. Seuss camera.

Busy Week

I hope everyone enjoyed their 3 day weekend!  The weather has been great and hopefully we won't have too many rainy days this week.

Please check your Wednesday envelopes this week for our new Yoga program information.  Each students needs to have permission to join in on the yoga class.  If you have any questions please let me know.

Last week was a lot of fun!  We were busy, busy, busy!!

Thank you so much for all of your help with the 100 Day Mystery Bottle.  The clues were great and the kids had a blast trying to solve what was in their bottles.

We also finished up our activities with Penguins...

This week we will be moving on to Whales!  If you have any great books or information about Whales please feel free to send it in.

100th Day of School, Jumprope For Heart, and Penguins

Time is flying by and this Friday will be the 100th day of school.  I have reminded the students to save an empty water bottle for their homework on Wednesday night.

The class will also be making a 100 Day Snack.  We will need small items such as raisins, pretzels, goldfish crackers, cheerios, or any sort of cereal, M&M's, skittles, etc...  Any small snack item that is easy for the students to count out. If you have anything at home that you can send on Friday, it would be greatly appreciated.

This Wednesday afternoon will be our school wide Jumprope for Heart.  Information went home in the Wednesday envelope last week.  Please have your child dress comfortably and wear tennis shoes.

This week we will be finishing up learning about Emperor Penguins.  We compared our heights of a real Emperor Penguin which is 4 feet tall.

We will finish up on Thursday by drawing our own penguins.

Welcome Back!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a restful and enjoyable vacation.  We are back to school in full swing this week.

This week we will be reading The Emperor's Egg.  It's a fun story filled with facts about Emperor Penguins.  I told the students that if they had any items about Penguins that they wanted to share, to bring them in this week.

In Science we are studying about Rocks/Earth Materials.  If your child has a rock collection that they would like to share with the class, have them bring that in this week.

Next Friday our class will be celebrating the 100th day of school.  We will be doing a fun Mystery Bottle activity.  I am asking students to fill a bottle-An old water bottle-20 ounce preferably with 100 items of something.  The students will place the Mystery bottle in a bag and write 3 clues about what is inside.  The other students will try to guess what is in their bottle.

 I will send home directions for this activity next Wednesday.  Save those water bottles if you have them or check your recycling bins for any extra bottles for students who may need one.

I would just like to take a minute to thank everyone for all of the wonderful gifts I received for Christmas. It was a nice way to start my break.  Mahalo for all of your kind words and thoughts.

Holiday Fun

Aloha Families!  This is our last week before break and we have lots of activities this week!

This week we will be doing lots of activities with Gingerbread.  We will be reading many different  versions of the Gingerbread Man, making gingerbread houses, and even doing a little play called the Gingerbread Baby.

Our spelling words this week are Holiday Words. If your child received 100% on their pre-test this week they do not have any Spelling homework this week.  On Tuesday I will be sending home a fun assignment to create a new suit for Santa.  It is due on Friday, so that students have plenty of time to come up with a fun idea.

On Wednesday the students will be participating in a Holiday sing along in the afternoon.  Ms. Aubrey the music teacher is asking all students to wear something festive like a red, green or white shirt.  Santa hats, or reindeer antlers are also great. Don't forget that Wednesday is a full day of school!

On Friday we will have our Holiday Gift Exchange and will be making our edible Christmas Trees.  After lunch we will be cleaning out our desks and bringing home our work from the semester.

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season and hope you have a joyful, and restful break!