Thursday, May 27^th, 2004

Dear Kindergarten Families,

          It has been a buggy bug world in our classroom as we have been talking about insects this week.  The language center had some word family word match-ups and a bug take-home book.  The writing center task was to choose an insect and write a story about that insect.  At the math center students put together a ladybug counting book.  Each page had a certain number of spots needed to count by 2’s.  Then they chose an anthill with a number at the top and found all the ants with equations that equaled that number.  At the art center they made a book explaining the characteristics of insects.  We completed a few bug art activities, caught ants to look at more closely and observed a variety of pretend bugs through a magnifying glass.  Tomorrow we will be having a special snack and watching the movie A Bug’s Life.  

Please remember that there is no school on Monday due to Memorial Day.   See you Tuesday!!  Have a wonderful weekend!  I sure hope it is warm and sunny.

Please remember the following upcoming events.  On Friday, June 4^th (next Friday) we will be having a beach day at the park on Portage Lake down the street.  On this day we will be leaving at 11:00 and having lunch at the park.  Your child needs to have a sack lunch that day.  Free and reduced lunch candidates can go to the cafeteria in the morning to get their lunch.  Please be sure your child has returned his/her permission slip for this day.  On Monday, June 7^th we will be going to the Amber Elk Ranch in Scottville.  Our departure time is 9:15 and we will be returning towards the end of the school day.  Our field day is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8^th.  We will be having a class pizza party on the 9^th.  Let me know if you would like to help out with this.  The last school day for students is June 10^th.

          Questions to ask your students this week are the following:

1. How many body parts are there on an insect?  Can you name them?

2. What are some other traits of an insect?

3. Can you name three insects that were discussed this week?

No more homework!  We are getting to the end and I feel it is time to end homework.  Thank-you so much for your cooperation.  The kids have done a marvelous job with each homework task.