Dear River Run Families,
It was nice to see many of you today for Portfolio Day and the End-of-Year Ice Cream Social. I’m sure that you are as proud as we are of the students’ growth. They enjoyed sharing their portfolios, which included a variety of collected work and also their self-assessments. This process of thinking about one’s strengths and weaknesses and setting future goals is so valuable for students and often, in other settings, it is the missing element in the assessment process. Another element of RiverRun’s assessment process is the student narratives (written by the directresses) and these will come home on the last day of school.
The class has continued to work on activities related to the Time Line of Life lessons and each student continues to conduct their individual research and will share this with classmates next week. We’ve also started a unit on famous composers and enjoyed reading about their lives as well as listening to their music throughout the week. During an outing at Steinmetz Park this week, the class released the turtle we’d been caring for and we hope it will find a good home in the pond there.
Next week we’ll have our last four days of school. We’ll be working with spelling lists that were created from misspelled words in each student’s writing journals, learning about more composers, spending time on art, music, and writing, and finishing up work in all areas of the curriculum. We’ll have special lunch options Monday through Wednesday and have several fun events lined up for the student on the last day, Thursday. Information on the special meals for next week (and payments) is included in the separate attachment. Please be sure to send in your pizza money on Monday morning, if your child chooses to have pizza that day.
Have a nice weekend,
Nancy, Amy, and Debbie
Upcoming Dates:
June 20 – Pizza Lunch
June 21 – Field trip to La Gioia Italian Deli and Sub Sandwich Lunch
June 22 – Chinese Food for Lunch
June 23 – Last Day of School for RiverRun Students and Packed Lunch Day
Enjoy your Summer!!
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