Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for the beautiful pot of gift cards!
That was so thoughtful of you all!
I loved all of your children and hope the best for all of them!
I hope everyone has a wonderful summer!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Just a reminder for the kids to bring in their own board games and/or electronics today for a celebration day!

Thank you!

Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

It has been my pleasure to teach your children this year. They were a great class. They worked hard and made so much progress this year. They are ready for third grade!

It has also been my pleasure to get to know each and every one of you. I appreciate your kind words, the work you did with your children, the late night reading, studying spelling words, and the help and support you gave me throughout the year.

I wish each of you a great summer and I will give you a list of activities you can do over the summer:

Language Arts: Visit our library each Monday. There will be book check out, science experiments, math games, and a drawing for books that have been read by your child.

Writing: Practice common core activities: Writing letters, practice using descriptive words, write opinion papers, or keep a journal. Also, try and read some nonfiction books and write “Wow facts” in a journal. Your kids will know what “Wow facts” are.

Math: Visit these sites:
Mrs. Alvarado’s site
abcya.com
everydaymathonline.com (Your child can bring their passwords home)
coolmathforkids.com
Finish the Math Journal
Finish Unit 11 Home Links and you can download Unit 12

Other updates:

Thursday, June 12, 2014: Last and half day of school: Dismissal is at 11:45.

Board Game Day and/or electronics for our last day celebration:
Students can bring in board games to play with each other and/or electronics.

Report Cards come home: Thursday, June 12th.

I’ve given the students my address for extra writing practice this summer:

Gina Parana
46677 Woodside Dr.
Canton, MI 48187

Have a great summer!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

One last reminder:

Ethan’s family is sending in cookies and we need a couple of coolers full of ice so we can put the waters in there.
We already have 1 case of water but we still need another case.

Thank you,
Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

I can’t believe it is our last week of school.
Below are some updates I wanted to mention:

Picnic: Our class picnic is tomorrow from 12:45-3:15. Please refer to the updated list that I sent home last week of what everyone is bringing.
I’d like to add that Owen’s mom can volunteer as well as Mrs. Linenkugel or Nolin’s Grandma. We still need other volunteers as well. Volunteers will simply come to the school around 12:00 and check in at the office. They will then help set up tables outside the Kindergarten door. Mr. Sitarski (our engineer)should have all of these tables set up already. Parents can just start setting up food as the kids will come out about 12:45. Actually, if you wanted to come around 12:30 that would be fine too.

Library Books: Library books were due last week. Please make sure that all books have been turned in.

Classroom Books: Please be sure that all classroom books have been turned in as well.

Classroom Week:
TUesday: Class Picnic
Wednesday: Full Day
Thursday: Half Day: Last day of school. Students will be dismissed at 11:45.
Friday: No school.

Thursday: Our class will be celebrating by playing indoor games. If your child has an indoor game they’d like to bring to school that day, that would be fine.

Math Journals and Home Link Unit 11: We came close to finishing our Math Journal and Home Links. Please have your child finish any uncompleted pages for extra practice this summer.

Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Thank you to everyone for donating items for our picnic.

Everything is accounted for except for fruit and volunteers.

We will need volunteers to help set up tables and food during the lunch time schedule.

Let me know if you are able to volunteerbelowmisma list of what people are bringing:

Paper plates: Margaret
Napkins: Alexis
Juice boxes: Jacob and Anthony
Chips: Melina
Veggies and dip: Anthony
Fruit:
Watermelon: Nash
Red licorice: Owen
Popsicles: Dominic
Water balloons: online
Water bottles: Julia and Ariana

We have 22 students.

Thank you again!

Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful time sharing our writing today! Thank you to all of the parents who came to celebrate with us!

I will not be sending home a Homework Machine anymore. I will try and post the homework on the blog. Kids are pretty responsible at this point to know what their homework is.

Today is Home Link 11.3 and of course reading and spelling!

Have a great day!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Our first ever writing celebration is scheduled for Tuesday, June 3 rd at 10:25 in the cafeteria.
Students will be sharing their published writing copies. We hope you can come and celebrate their accomplishments.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Our class picnic is next Tuesday, June 10th.

A revised note will come home today.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Hope everyOne is having a great weekend.
I just thoUght I’d send an update on our field trip:

Volunteers:
Please arrive this Wednesday in the lobby at 9 a.m.
We will return around 11:30 so students can have lunch in the cafeteria.

Items we still need for our science lesson on mixtures and Social Studies follow up from the field trip on making ice cream:

Eggs
Half and half (about 12 cups)
2 gallons milk

ThAnk you,
Gina Parana

Thank you for keeping up with reading every night and math homework as I’ve been telling the kids we still have 13 or so days left!