Kindergarten Newsletter December 1st - December 5th

Welcome Back Kindergarten Families!

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving Break! December is a short month at school and there is lots to do, so get ready for some busy times ahead. J

Recap of the Week: We had fun writing about how to catch a turkey and doing some Thanksgiving art last week. We also enjoyed making mini pumpkin pies for our feast on Tuesday.

Math: This week we are going to focus on the meaning of numbers between 10 and 20. Though many of our students know how to count aloud to 20, I have noticed some confusion with how to read and write these numbers, and how to show the quantity when one of those numbers is called out. We will also do some patterning and begin adding numbers up to 5.

Literacy: We will read our 4^th book working on the short a sound (a as in Allie Alligator) and then move on to book 5 and 6, which focus on the short e sound (e as in Ellie Elephant.)

Writing: For writing this week we will do some catching up in our handwriting books. The letters we work on this week are T, J, C, O and practice writing some 2 and 3 letter words. We will write a Christmas List together as a class and then students will make their own individual ones.

Social Studies, Art & Science: We will be reading about Christmas Lights and Pine Trees. Later in the week we will do an experiment with pine cones. We will also make some reindeer art and a poinsettia.

Food drive: Thank you to everyone who brought in food for the Thanksgiving baskets. As we move into December, we will continue to have a box outside our classroom to collect non-perishable items for Christmas boxes.

Bake Sale: Thank you to everyone who donated to or purchased items from our bake sale last week. It was a great success!

Santa Breakfast: Our Santa Breakfast will be on Saturday December 6th, from 9:00-11:00. Santa will give a gift to each child who attends. Breakfast will be $3.00 for kids and $5.00 for adults. There will be pancakes, sausage, fruit and coffee/milk. We will need help setting up, making and serving breakfast, and with clean up. This is a great chance for parents to get some volunteer time!! Tickets will be on sale between now and December 4^th.

Winter Concert: The Kindergarten class will join the Busy Bee, Sunshine and Star classes for our winter concert on Monday December 8^th at 6pm. We will all sing some songs and then watch a slideshow. Bring your family and friends along to enjoy this festive event.

Fundraisers:

- Box Tops for Education,

- Fred Meyer (you can support our school by going to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4 and adding Little Acorn to your rewards account),

- Scholastic Book Orders (http://www.scholastic.com/ our school code is GX4F3),

- Scholastic Book Fair (http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs  - Click on the State, the City, then the School to order), and

- Usborne Books eFair (https://n3313.myuban.com/634160).

- Shoparoo: Little Acorn is now a member of Shoparoo (shoparoo.com). You can download the Shoparoo App to earn points for our school.

Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers are needed for the Santa Breakfast and the book fair. There is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom for the Santa Breakfast. You can also sign up to help at the school office.

Winter Attire: Please send your kindergartner to school with coats and footwear appropriate for the weather. Even hats and gloves/mittens are needed on some days as this week has shown us! Remember we go outside as much as we can, as long as it is not too cold and there is not too much of a downpour.

Sickness: If your Kindergartener is sick, please call the school office, or you can send me an email or a text so we can keep track of illnesses.

Weather Related School Closures: Remember, if Vancouver School District declares a 2 Hour Late Start or is Closed, then our school will be closed too. In case of bad weather, watch for emails and/or text message notifications from Little Acorn and from our Remind.com accounts. The Remind.com number for Little Acorn is 307-459-3175, class code lapsk20. For Kindergarten, the number is 503-342-8657, class code @473363.

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns. Send a text, give me a call, or you can email. I am here to help you and your child have a great kindergarten year!

Thank you for sharing your child with us,

Teacher Sinead & Teacher Caroline

Dates to remember:

December:

1st	Tuition Due
4th	Santa Breakfast Ticket Sales Ends
6th	Santa Breakfast 9:00-11:00am
8th	Winter Concert 6pm – Star, Sunshine, Busy Bee and Kindergarten classes
9th	Winter Concert 6pm – Dragonfly AM & PM, Rainbow and Butterfly classes
10th	Tuition Grace Period Ends
19th	Kindergarten Classroom Holiday Party
Dec 22nd – Jan 2nd: Winter Break - No School

Tuition Prices 2014-2015 School Year

2 days a week $190.00 a month

3 days a week $245.00 a month

4 days a week $300.00 a month

5 days a week $355.00 a month

Kindergarten $405.00 a month

Kindergarten Newsletter November 24th - November 25th

Hello Kindergarten Families!

Recap of the Week: Last week we wove some placemats for our Thanksgiving celebration on Tuesday. We talked about Thanksgiving traditions in our families and we made a Spanish book about things we are thankful for with Teacher Caroline. We also began reading groups, working on words that have the short a sound. And in math, we worked on some 2 dimensional shapes. We had a lot of fun working together as a group to write a story about a turkey.

Math: This week we are going to focus on putting numbers in order, and ordinal numbers (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, etc.)

Literacy: We will begin our 3^rd book working on the short a sound this week. We will also do an assessment where we write down sounds that the teacher calls out.

Writing: We will each write a story about how to catch a turkey.

Social Studies, Art & Science: Students who have been absent will catch up by making their Thanksgiving Placemats. Please send in a family photo (not returnable) if you have not already done so. We will also make a cornucopia. On Tuesday, we will make some mini pumpkin pies to have for our snack.

Food drive: Thank you to everyone who brought in food for the Thanksgiving baskets. As we move into December, we will continue to have a box outside our classroom to collect non-perishable items for Christmas boxes.

Parent-Board Meet & Greet: The Meet & Greet has been rescheduled to January 15^th from 6:30-7:30pm in the Conrad Room. We welcome your feedback on how you think our school is doing! Please RSVP to let us know if you are planning on attending.

Family Fun Night: We had a lot of fun at the Family Fun Night on Friday. Thank you to all those who came and helped to make it such a great success!

Bake Sale: Our Bake Sale will be running during school hours on Monday and Tuesday (November 24^th and 25^th.) If you are dropping off items to sell, please do so by 8:45am.

Santa Breakfast: Our Santa Breakfast will be on Saturday December 6th, from 9:00-11:00. Santa will give a gift to each child who attends. Breakfast will be $3.00 for kids and $5.00 for adults. We will need help setting up, making and serving breakfast, and with clean up. This is a great chance for parents to get some volunteer time!! Tickets will be on sale between now and December 4^th.

Fundraisers:

- Box Tops for Education,

- Fred Meyer (you can support our school by going to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4 and adding Little Acorn to your rewards account),

- Scholastic Book Orders (http://www.scholastic.com/ our school code is GX4F3),

- Scholastic Book Fair (http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs  - Click on the State, the City, then the School to order), and

- Usborne Books eFair (https://n3313.myuban.com/634160).

- Shoparoo: Little Acorn is now a member of Shoparoo (shoparoo.com). You can download the Shoparoo App to earn points for our school.

Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers are needed for the Bake Sale, Santa Breakfast and the book fair. There is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom for the Santa Breakfast. You can also sign up to help at the school office.

Winter Attire: Please send your kindergartner to school with coats and footwear appropriate for the weather. Even hats and gloves/mittens are needed on some days as this week has shown us! Remember we go outside as much as we can, as long as it is not too cold and there is not too much of a downpour.

Sickness: If your Kindergartener is sick, please call the school office, or you can send me an email or a text so we can keep track of illnesses.

Weather Related School Closures: Remember, if Vancouver School District declares a 2 Hour Late Start or is Closed, then our school will be closed too. In case of bad weather, watch for emails and/or text message notifications from Little Acorn and from our Remind.com accounts. The Remind.com number for Little Acorn is 307-459-3175, class code lapsk20. For Kindergarten, the number is 503-342-8657, class code @473363.

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns. Send a text, give me a call, or you can email. I am here to help you and your child have a great kindergarten year!

Thank you for sharing your child with us,

Teacher Sinead & Teacher Caroline 

Dates to remember:

November:

17th	Santa Breakfast Tickets go on sale $3 child, $5 adult
24th/25th	Bake Sale
26th-28th	Thanksgiving Break – No School

December:

1st	Tuition Due
4th	Santa Breakfast Ticket Sales Ends
6th	Santa Breakfast 9:00-11:00am
8th	Winter Concert 6pm – Star, Sunshine, Busy Bee and Kindergarten classes
9th	Winter Concert 6pm – Dragonfly AM & PM, Rainbow and Butterfly classes
10th	Tuition Grace Period Ends
19th	Kindergarten Classroom Holiday Party
Dec 22nd – Jan 2nd: Winter Break - No School

Tuition Prices 2014-2015 School Year

2 days a week $190.00 a month

3 days a week $245.00 a month

4 days a week $300.00 a month

5 days a week $355.00 a month

Kindergarten $405.00 a month

Kindergarten Newsletter November 17th - November 21st

Hello Kindergarten Families!

Recap of the Week: What a crazy week it was! Tuesday was the Veteran’s Day holiday, and there was no school on Thursday due to bad weather. Let’s hope for smooth sailing this week. J Last week we discussed what it means to be thankful. We also worked on the ch sound and discussed the differences between vowels and consonants. (Consonants have one sound and we close our mouth in some way when we make them; Vowels have more than one sound and they are made without anything blocking the sound from coming through.) In math, we rolled dice and matched the number we rolled with that many turkeys and made some patterns with Thanksgiving pictures.

Math: We are going to begin learning our two-dimensional shapes this week. We will make shapes using Geo-Boards and begin working on a Shape Book to bring home. We will also use shape blocks to fill in some puzzles.

Literacy: This week we begin reading groups! We will split into 2 small groups, where we will practice our reading skills. We will read some mini-books containing words with the short a (as in cat) sound. After we have finished the books, they will be in your child’s cubby. Please practice at home to reinforce the learning we are doing in school.

Writing: We will work on how to write a story and that they each have a beginning, middle, and end. We will write a class story about a turkey and hopefully make it into a book to hang outside the classroom. Students usually have a lot of fun seeing their ideas put into a book.

Social Studies & Art: This week we will continue learning about Thanksgiving. As we didn’t get to it last week with Thursday’s bad weather, we will decorate our Food Drive box to put outside our classroom. We will make pictures of Indian Corn and a Spanish ‘Giving Thanks’ book. We will weave some placemats for our Thanksgiving classroom celebration. Please remember to send in a picture of your family on Monday.

Sharing: Thank you for helping your student limit their sharing to only 1 item per day.

Food drive: Our school is partnering with the church in this year’s food drive. We will have a box outside our classroom for your child to donate some non-perishable items, such as canned or boxed food. This will help make up the food boxes the church gives out during the holiday season. The food drive continues through December.

LAPSK Board: Due to weather, our School Board Meet and Greet had to be rescheduled. I will let you know as soon as a new date and time is set.

Family Fun Night: Our first Family Fun Night of the school year is this Friday November 21^st. The theme is “Make and Take Holiday Crafts” and it is free! Come join us from 5:30-7:00pm.

Bake Sale: Our Bake Sale is coming up on November 24^th and 25^th during school hours. We would love to have donated items to sell such as breads, pies, cakes, or cookies, etc. Cby and purchase some of the tasty treats!

Santa Breakfast: Our Santa Breakfast will be on Saturday December 6th, from 9:00-11:00. Santa will give a gift to each child who attends. Breakfast will be $3.00 for kids and $5.00 for adults. We will need help making and serving breakfast, set up and clean up.  This is a great chance for parents to get some volunteer time!! Tickets will be on sale between now and December 4^th.

Shoparoo: Little Acorn is now a member of Shoparoo (shoparoo.com). You can download the Shoparoo App to earn points for our school. Shoparoo will not ask for personal information and all information is anonymous. Just snap pictures of your receipts from any store, big or small, that sells grocery items to earn Roo Points (cash donations) for your school. Whether you’re shopping at a supercenter, dollar store, or local convenience store - it doesn’t matter where you shop or what items you buy - Shoparoo will make a cash donation for every receipt! Submit up to 20 grocery receipts within a rolling 7 day period.  Parents can scan receipts from restaurants, department stores, hardware stores, craft stores, electronics, sports stores, office supply, bookstores and café’s.

Other Fundraisers:

- Box Tops for Education,

- Fred Meyer (you can support our school by going to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4 and adding Little Acorn to your rewards account),

- Scholastic Book Orders (http://www.scholastic.com/ our school code is GX4F3),

- Scholastic Book Fair (http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs  - Click on the State, the City, then the School to order), and

- Usborne Books eFair (https://n3313.myuban.com/634160).

Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers are needed for the Family Fun Night, the Bake Sale and for the Santa Breakfast. You can sign up to help at the school office. You may also make donations of supplies or snacks to the school and it will go towards your 2 hours of volunteer time. A list of the school needs is posted outside our classroom or you can talk to Teacher Katie. Thanks!

Winter Attire: Please send your kindergartner to school with coats and footwear appropriate for the weather. Even hats and gloves/mittens are needed on some days as this week has shown us! Remember we go outside as much as we can, as long as it is not too cold and there is not too much of a downpour.

Bike Helmets: Remember to send a helmet to school for your child if he or she would like to ride on tricycles or scooters during outside play. Bikes are out on sunny days.

Sickness: If your Kindergartener is sick, please call the school office, or you can send me an email or a text so we can keep track of illnesses. With cold and flu season upon us, please have your child wash their hands before coming into the classroom. Remember to keep kids home if they are running a fever, have a runny nose with mucus, or a constant cough that they can't keep covered. If they can't participate in our class activities, let them stay at home and get better. Thanks for your help in keeping illness to a minimum.

Weather Related School Closures: Remember, if Vancouver School District declares a 2 Hour Late Start or is Closed, then our school will be closed too. In case of bad weather, watch for emails and/or text message notifications from Little Acorn and from our Remind.com accounts. The Remind.com number for Little Acorn is 307-459-3175, class code lapsk20. For Kindergarten, the number is 503-342-8657, class code @473363.

Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns. Send a text, give me a call, or you can email. I am here to help you and your child have a great kindergarten year!

Thank you for sharing your child with us,

Teacher Sinead & Teacher Caroline

Dates to remember:

November:

17th	Santa Breakfast Tickets go on sale $3 child, $5 adult
21st	Family Fun Night – Make & Take Holiday Crafts                               5:30-7:00pm
24th/25th	Bake Sale
26th-28th	Thanksgiving Break – No School

December:

1st	Tuition Due
4th	Santa Breakfast Ticket Sales Ends
6th	Santa Breakfast 9:00-11:00am
8th	Winter Concert 6pm – Star, Sunshine, Busy Bee and Kindergarten classes
9th	Winter Concert 6pm – Dragonfly AM & PM, Rainbow and Butterfly classes
10th	Tuition Grace Period Ends
19th	Kindergarten Classroom Holiday Party
Dec 22nd – Jan 2nd  Winter Break - No School

Tuition Prices 2014-2015 School Year

2 days a week $190.00 a month

3 days a week $245.00 a month

4 days a week $300.00 a month

5 days a week $355.00 a month

Kindergarten $405.00 a month