April 2, 2013.

April already! Spring is officially here although you wouldn't know it with the snow!

Our Easter craft parties were a great success - thank you so much to the Parent Volunteers who helped the children with their crafts. The children had fun at each station they weaving an Easter basket, feathering the nest, dipping an egg, making an Easter Bunny puppet, and making an Easter bunny bag.

This children worked on Easter words, the SKs wrote a "Here is a..." booklet, the JKs wrote a "The Bunny can..." booklet, we did our March calendars and "This is me in March." and continued practising our sight words with popcorn word activities. Please take a moment to look at the children's wonderful work on our hallway bulletin board.

In Friday's mail bags three children in the afternoon class did not receive copies of the homework sheet, a package from Brentwood Library, and 2 booklets on how to help your child succeed in numeracy and literacy. Please let me know if your child did not receive these items. Twenty were set aside but after the mail bags were done there were three remaining. Thank you.

In this Friday's mail bag your will receive information about Sight Words and a list of several sight words. If your child is in SK you will also receive important information regarding your child's reading progress from books with a lot of repetition to books with a beginning, middle and end. I am so pleased with the children's progress and am very proud of them! Please continue to support your child's literacy at home by reading the Snuggle Books and encouraging your child to read the books they make in class to you. Read to your bunny, and your bunny will read to you...

The following Snuggle Books have not been returned: Morning Class: # 44 "In My Bed" Afternoon Class: #9 "Buzzing Flies" #13 "The Gingerbread Man."

Even though it seems far away now, I have set the date for the Senior Kindergarten Graduation at June 27. If you have volunteered or would like to volunteer to bring snacks for this special day please let your Grade Parent know. Thank you!

Pajama day is this Friday, April 5. Fun! The children are welcome to bring their "bedtime buddy" as well.

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend with family.

Kind regards,

Beverley