Friday, June 3rd is Beach Day. The kids should come dressed in layers with appropriate beach clothes and shoes. Please send an extra set of clothes and shoes with your child just in case they get wet. Subway sandwiches will be provided for the students, so if this meal will be a problem, please send something else with your child. All students will need to bring a water bottle. I have some parents who have volunteered to help with Beach Day, but we could always use more! Let me know if you are available. We will have gathering at 8:30 and will leave about 9 to get down to the beach. We will return before 3.
Please join us on Monday, June 6th for the Publishers' Picnic. The students will have recess from 12-12:30, then we will (hopefully) have a picnic lunch to show off our fabulous writing from the year. Many students would love a "special" lunch on this day. PLEASE let me know if your child will not have anyone here. I will be asking administrators to please come over to eat lunch with students who are without an adult.
June 9th is Field Day. We will be going over to Norpoint Center's new play and spray ground for the afternoon. We will leave campus about 12:00, having lunch there. Please remember to pack a cold lunch for your student, no microwave will be available. Students may wear a bathing suit to go into the water park, but must also bring a towel and extra set of clothes and shoes. We will play and have organized activities for the afternoon and be back by 3. I have 5 parents who have volunteered, but we can always use more. Please let me know if you are also available.
June 10th is the last day of school. We will have Gathering at 9:00 this day. This will be the awards gathering, and as always, parents are invited to attend. At 11:00 we will have our class party. For our party, we will have a game of Kids vs Parents Washington Jeopardy. There will also be an ice cream bar and prizes for the winning team. Please join us for this fun event! The kids are so excited to take on the parents. School dismisses at 12:00 with no After Care on this day.
We have been plugging away with lessons and activities. The kids will be tested on Washington State Geography and multiplication of multi-digit numbers on Thursday of this week. The murals of the biomes for science turned out wonderfully. Below are some pictures, but you will be able to see for yourselves the biomes and our art gallery if you are able to join us on Monday at the Publishers' Picnic.
The Rainforest
The Grasslands
The Ocean
The Desert
The Tundra
I have enjoyed the camaraderie of the students in working on various projects this year. As we are writing the Jeopardy game, the students are giving each other ideas of questions to write in various categories. It is great to see!
As the scool year closes, please spend some time looking for library and classroom books your student has brought home. We would appreciate these being returned in the next week. Thank you for your help with this.
Last, please send a large sturdy bag with your student on Monday. We will be cleaning out all of our materials on Tuesday and Wednesday, so students will need more than a backpack to get everything home.
Wednesday afternoon the kids helped one of the moms cut her hair to donate to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for children who have cancer. Thank you to all of the families that donated money. I was especially proud of the children who came with $3, $4, $5 from their allowance willing to give it to the organization. The class raised over $200.
