Weekly Update and Many End of Year Events

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for coming to our Poet's Tea today!  It is one of my favorite events of the entire year.  As I listen to the kids read their poems, it hits me again how much they've each progressed this year.  I hope you are as proud of them as I am.

There are so many events coming as we head into our final full week!  Here's a rundown...

Ice Cream Social and Food Collection:

The PTA End-of-Year Ice Cream Social will be tonight from 6-7:30 pm at school. This year, the Ice Cream Social is combined with a food collection.  Please consider bringing a non-perishable food item to donate.

End-of-Year Celebration:
Our First Grade Finale is Thursday, June 9th from 1-2:30 pm in our classroom.  All families are welcome to attend.  I sent home a food permission slip in yesterday's Thursday folder.  Please kindly sign and return it as soon as possible.

Field Day:
Field Day is Tuesday, June 7th, with a rain date of Thursday, June 9th.   *Please refer to the flyer I sent home in yesterday's Thursday folder for specific guidelines and information about Field Day.*  There's simply too much information for me to type it all here! :) 

Gum Spring Librarian Visit:

The Children's Librarian from the Gum Spring Library will visit us on Monday, June 6th to talk about the Library's Summer Reading Program.  This visit is for students and teachers only; I'm mentioning it so you may ask your child about it on Monday.

Rock and Read:
Our first-ever "Rock and Read" event will be this coming week at school.  There will be 12 rocking chairs set up in the lobby of the school, and the goal is for the students and Pinebrook staff members to be rocking and reading for the majority of the school day.  We'll have our turn rocking on Wednesday.  We will take turns using the rocking chairs -- half of us will sit on the floor while half of us sit in the rocking chairs.  We'll switch halfway through our reading time.  Your child may bring a small blanket or towel to school on Wednesday to sit on while taking his/her turn reading on the floor.

Please return Library books:
A few students still have library books.  If your child has library books at home, please kindly send those back as soon as possible.  I am giving 2 Puma Paws for each returned book.

Last Day of School and Report Cards:
The last day of school for students is Tuesday, June 14th.  This is a full day of school.  Fourth quarter report cards will be mailed home on Monday, June 20th.  

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will continue reading Charlotte's Web.
• Writing:  We will make a 1st Grade Memory Book.
• Math:  We will review number sense, place value, money, time, and fractions.
• Social Studies: We will begin the end-of-year clean out of our desks and tidying of our classroom.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the above information.  Can you believe we're almost there?  Enjoy the weekend!