Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Kindergarten Newsletter for January 5th - 9th, 2015

Welcome Back!
I hope you all had a very enjoyable and relaxed Winter Break.

Recap of the Week: Before the Winter Break we had lots of fun making surprises for our families, working on holiday math and comparing/contrasting the Gingerbread Boy, Gingerbread Baby and Gingerbread Friends books.

Parent-Board Meet & Greet: There will be an opportunity for parents to meet with the Little Acorn School Board on Tuesday at 6:30pm. Come meet these wonderful people who help make our school possible and tell them what you think of our school! Please RSVP by Monday, January 5th.

Math: We will begin the week by writing our numbers as high as we can go. We will also continue working on adding numbers to 5. We finish the week with some snowflake patterning.

Literacy: We will begin this week with our reading groups working on mini-books with the short u (as in umbrella) sound. We will also do some vocabulary writing and work on hearing the difference between the vowel sounds.

Writing: We will write about some of the things we did on Winter Break. We will focus on sounding out the words as much as we can in order to help students match sounds they are saying with words they are writing.

Social Studies, Art & Science: We are going to be learning about snow and ice. We will observe how things melt and draw and label our observations. We will read the story the mitten and learn about the animals in the story, discussing hibernation. For some fun, we are going to be making snowflake bulbs.

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 enter the code GX4F3
- 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.

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:
January:
5th
Return to School, Tuition Due
6th
Parent Board Meet & Greet 6:30-7:30pm Conrad Room
10th
Tuition Grace Period Ends
19th
Martin Luther King Day – No School
22nd
Kindred – Singing to Grandmas & Grandpas


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

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