Weekly Update

Dear Families,
We had a terrific week together and it was great to hear about all the fun everyone did over Spring vacation. It almost feels like summer arrived as the temperatures went soaring last week.  As you know, the students have outdoor recess every day, so please send in a water bottle, if your child wants one.  We keep them at our desks.  It is so important to stay hydrated.....

Our trip to the Flynn was great.  The students seemed to enjoy the show, "The true story of the three little pigs."  We read the book before going and it was interesting to discuss the differences and similarities between the two.

We have another fieldtrip scheduled soon.  On May 29th, our class is going to Shelburne Farms with Terry Thyng's class (the other two classrooms on our team are going on another day).  We wiill study pond life at Shelburne Farms.  We would like parent chaperones for this trip.  If you are interested in joining us, please let me know as soon as possible.  Thank you so much for consideing joining us. We will leave ABS in the morning and return later in the afternoon.  Since we will spend most of the day at Shelburne Farms, your child will need a packed peanut-free lunch and snack to bring along.  Your child will also spend the day outside, so please make sure your child is dressed according to the weather that day.

On Thursday, May 9th, we will visit Williston Central School to see the show "Annie".  The show will start around noon, so we will dismiss from WCS on that day. Children who attend Live Yers will ride bus A back to ABS with me; otherwise the students will board their regular busses.  If you plan to pick up your child on that day, please come to WCS. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.

I sent home information about our Reading Restaurant last week.  I hope you all received the information.  If you did not, please let me know and I will send it home again with your child.  Thank you for sending in your seating confirmation so quickly.  It really helps as the students want to choose "jobs" in our restaurant as soon as possible.  We look forward to seeing all of you and sharing our writing.  We have not yet decided on a name for our restaurant, but we started the process last week and have narrowed down our choices.  We hope to vote early next week.

Have a great weekend.

Maria