Families,

We are officially in our last full month of the school year! This month will have lots of exciting and fun events as we begin to wrap up the end of the 2018-2019 year.

Important Dates/Reminders:

• Our next Early Release Day will be on Friday, May 10th. Dismissal will be at 12:15.
• Alward’s End of the Year Celebration will be on Monday, May 20th from 5:00-7:00pm (more details to come).
• Our book fair “look day” will be on Tuesday, May 21st and our “buy day” will be on Thursday, May 23rd.
• Our last day to switch out baggie books will be Tuesday, May 21st and they will all be due by Thursday, May 23rd. If your child does not return their baggie book by this date or it is lost, please send in $3 to cover the cost of a new book. Thanks!
• The Alward Memorial Day Program will be Friday, May 24th (more details to come).
• There will be no school on Monday, May 27th due to Memorial Day.
• Our field trip to John Ball Zoo is on Wednesday, May 29th. I will be picking chaperones early next week so stay tuned! Remember, I can only choose 5 so if your name is not chosen you are still welcome to join us at the zoo but will need to pay the adult fee. We hope to see you there!

Reading: We will look at punctuation and how that changes our voice/expression when we read and review retell strategies (thinking beyond the text).

Writing: We will add feelings, details, and a good ending to our small moment stories.

Math: We will explore 3D shapes and learn how to measure/order objects by length.

Science/Social Studies: We will continue to document the changes/progress our pupa are making as we anticipate them turning into butterflies! We will document our noticing in our scientist butterfly journals. We will also continue to work on rules and responsibilities and why these are important.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Reisdorff