Monday, April 23, 2012

A to Z Countdown

Dear Parents,
The end of theyear is drawing near. We count down thedays of school from A-Z during the last 26 days of school. Below, you will find an explanation of each letterday. There are days when your child has to bring in items, as well as days whenwe will do something special and fun at school. Please help your child on the days that he/shehas to bring something in or have something prepared. (Those days are in bold.) Can you believe it? We start this Wednesday!
Thanks so much!
Ms. Vietzen
4/25 A-Animal Day: Bring in a picture of your favorite animal. Write down a fact about your animal that youthink others might not know.
4/26 B-Baby Day: Bring in a picture of yourself when you were a baby.
4/30 C -Crown Day: We’ll crown the kings and queens of kindergarten!
5/1 D-Dancing Day: We’ll dance today during recess!
5/2 E- Exercise Day: Today is ACES - All Children Exercising Simultaneously. Be sure to wear gym shoes!
5/3 F- Favorite Book Day: Bring in your favorite book to share/read duringstations.
5/4 G- Game Day: Bring in your favorite game to play. (No electronics)
5/7 H-Hopscotch Day: We play hopscotch at recess today!
5/8 I- Inside Out Day: Wear something inside out!
5/9 J- Jump Rope Day: Bring in a jumprope to play with atrecess. I have a few to lend out.
5/10 K- Kindness Day: Share some extra kindnesstoday.
5/11 L- LollipopDay: What’s your favorite flavor? We’llgraph them. I’ll provide the lollipops.
5/14 M- MusicDay: We’ll listen to a variety of different music today.
5/15 N- Nickel Day: Bring a nickel toschool. We’ll sort and graph them by year.
5/16 O -On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! We will haveraces at recess.
5/17 P- Puzzle Day: We’ll do puzzlestoday…crossword, search & finds, word searches, jigsaw and more!
5/18 Q- Quiz Your Teacher Day:See if you can “stump” Ms. Vietzen with a hard question.
5/21 R- Read-a-thon Day: Tally how many booksyou read today.
5/22 S- Sidewalk Chalk Day: Today we will gooutside and draw with sidewalk chalk.
5/23 T – Tying Shoes Day: If you have them, wear shoes with laces and we’ll practice tying. If you already know, you can help a friend!
5/24 U- UnforgettableDay: Share your favorite experience in kindergarten. What will you miss nextyear?
5/25 V- Video Day: Today we will watch a video.
5/29 W- WearLongfellow Gear: Wear Longfellow clothes today
5/30 X- eXtra Practice Day: What do you think you need to practice to getready for first grade? We’ll each get inour own practice today.
5/31 Y- YearEnd Cleaning: We’ll clean our tables, room, and cubbies!
6/1 Z- Zipand Zoom: Today is our last day of school so we’ll celebrate by zipping andzooming around Longfellow Park. Have agreat summer!