A Play, Field Trip, Babies and More!

Hello! It's starting to get really busy around here! As we fill in the "How Many Days Have We Been in School" chart, the sea of faces is mixed with excitement and panic! One child blurted out this morning, "First grade is going really fast!" And it sure is going quickly! Today we counted only 33 days left of school...eek!

 We began the farm unit in math this week and today I announced the parts for the play E-I-E-I- Oops. It's about a farm where the cow won't moo and how the farmers and farm animals fix that problem...very cute. The tentative date and time is June 6th from 6-6:30. Deb Lavalette is absent for the rest of this week and she's the keeper of the calendar. Unless there's something else going on at school that night, we should be safe! On Friday I will send home a script (or just a page of script) for your child if he/she has a speaking part. I will highlight the part and ask that you help your child memorize the lines. For most parts it's only 2 lines to memorize. Some parts have a few more lines. I looked into a few panicked faces, but I didn't offer the parts as a choice. I would like to see how it goes and ask that if your child seems worried to be as encouraging as you can and assure him/her that with lots of practice it will get easier. The week before vacation they performed "readers theater" stories for a second grade class...they acted like I was asking them to bungee jump off the Eiffel Tower, but everyone made it through and they even had fun! I think the play seems terrifying to some right now because they don't know their parts yet, but as we move along and it all gets clearer, it will go off without a hitch! I'm really excited to see it on June 6th!

The field trip to Shelburne Farms is Monday, May 6th. We leave at 9:00 and I'm asking all chaperones to be in the classroom by 8:45. You may ride the bus with us, or drive yourself. If you choose to drive, you may want to follow the bus as I believe we start at the dairy barn which is not the same barn where most field trips begin! I've never been to the dairy barn so I'm excited to do something new! All children need a snack and lunch that day and all garbage comes home in your child's lunch bag. Shelburne Farms will collect anything that can be composted or recycled. We plan to be back at school by 1:30/1:45. As of now, my list of chaperones includes a parent for: Nate, Peter, Ethan, Brady, Nisha, Linni and Danny, Cassidy, Greta, and Henry. If you don't see your name on the list and you'd like to join us, please let me know! The more the merrier, as the saying goes! Remember...we go rain or shine!!!

We have exciting news to report...Cole's mom had a baby girl during vacation! She brought baby Nora to visit on Monday! Nora's beautiful! Congratulations to big brother Cole!

The last bit of news for the day is that the middle school student council is sponsoring a K-2 activity night on Friday May 10th from 5-8:30 pm. It will take place at the school in the flex space. I hear there are flyers up in the school but I haven't seen one and don't know if there's a charge! I'll let you know what I find out! Have a great week...love this weather!!! Michelle