Oh my goodness! This is the last blog of the 2022-2023 school year! As with anything, the school year had moments of speed and moments of moving slowly. Every year I am always surprised when I sit down to write the last blog post.
CONCERT: Oh how cute!!!!! Our class was so cute! They were wonderful! REMINDER - KINDERGARTEN CELEBRATION ON TUESDAY THE 23RD: Last week information was sent out in the red homework folders and the blog about the kindergarten celebration starting at 8:30 in the MPR tomorrow (Tues). As stated last week and in the invitation, due to space restrictions this event is for kindergarten parents only. *Note - This is a simple celebration. It is not a graduation. :-) KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM SUPPLIES: Over the course of the next three days, we will be emptying out desks and cubbies. Please check your scholar's backpack daily and remove any supplies that were sent home that day. Please do not send any supplies that were sent home back to school. A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS: Your scholars may show a wide range of emotions during the last week of school. Those that are usually excited may not be while those that usually prefer to stay home may suddenly want to be at school. Sometimes students will feel angry because they don't understand why I can't be their teacher next year. (One year one of my first grade students was so angry at me for not moving up to second grade with her that she refused to look at me or speak to me the entire last day of school.) All the different feelings and emotions are normal. Just continue to reassure your children that I love them very much, their teacher next year will love them too, and they can always come to my classroom next year to say hi. While you are reassuring them at home, I will be reassuring them here at school. GENERAL THOUGHTS ABOUT SUMMER AND NEXT YEAR BASED ON EXPERIENCE AS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER: - Read a lot during the summer! Read to your child, have them read to you, listen to/follow along with audio books, take advantage of library story times and library books. Read! Read! And practice phonograms. - Practice basic math fact through 10. - Next year your kiddos are going to be tired at the end of the school day until they adjust. - Some of my first grade students who were half-day kinders had to adjust to the full school day. Sometimes they couldn't understand why they didn't get to go home right before or right after lunch. They were always completely adjusted to the full day schedule by the end August. - Do you remember after school dismissal and how long it took that first day and days that followed? The first days of every school year, dismissal is always long. There are new students, new families, and new staff members to train and learn the dismissal procedures and it always takes a few days to adjust. Arriving for dismissal really early doesn't make it go any faster. Kinks have to be worked out every year and it will be flowing smoothly within a short time. - During meet-the-teacher, please come to my classroom to say hi! GENERAL ACADEMICS: Spalding - No Spalding homework. Summer packets to help your child during the summer with me sent home during the last week. Math - Numbers to 100 Science / History - Review activities Literature / Grammar - Grasshopper on the Road UPCOMING DATES: 5th Grade Promotion: Monday, May 22 Kindergarten Celebration for Kinders and Parents: Tuesday, May 23rd Spirit Day: Wednesday, May 24 Note to Full Day Kindergarten Parents- Early Release: May 23 & May 24 Peter Piper Pizza Restaurant Night: May 24 Last Day of School: May 24 *Please see the weekly school newsletter for more information about upcoming dates and events. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: - I will not be teaching kindergarten next year. I am very excited about the opportunity to teach second grade next year! (That means I may get some of your kiddos again in two years time. :-) ) NAME THE GOOD: - It has been a wonderful year and I love my students very much! Have a great week and an even greater summer!
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Pat Rose
5/24/2023 01:57:23 pm
Ms. Spencer! We have seen so much improvement in Lukas since we have been in Buckeye. Thank you so much for all of your patience with us and with him. Hope we get you again in 2 years. :)
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