Kindergarten Newsletter for March 30 - April 3, 2015

We have some exciting news!!! Little Acorn Preschool & Kindergarten was voted “Best Preschool” of Clark County by the Columbian newspaper! We are so excited about this honor and have been getting a lot of interest on Facebook about our school. You can check out all the winners at http://bestofclarkcounty.com/winners/2015.

Recap Of Last Week: Last week we had lots of fun exploring measurement and volume with beans. We also made another rainy day scene and wrote about what we like to do when it is raining. For science, we learned about what happens in the soil during the spring and had a great time making up “dirt cups” to eat for snack.

Math & Science: We will continue to explore volume and measurement with the cups, spoons and pitchers in our sensory table. We will also be learning about eggs as part of our spring theme.

Literacy:  Our sight words for this week ‘blue,’ ‘is,’ ‘it,’ ‘said,’ and ‘see.’  Throughout the week students make flash cards, figure out which words go in which shape box, make word pyramids, match words in different fonts, and create their very own word search to give to a friend to solve.

Writing: During writing time we will be making sure to use finger spaces between our words. Our story starter prompts this week will be “If I lived underground ...” and “The egg hatched and …”

Social Studies & Art: We were not able to make our kites last week, so we are going to make sure to get those done this week. We will also be learning about eggs, and doing some experiments with them.

Seussical Jr. Play: Our school will be attending the Seussical Jr play presented by Journey Theater Company on Tuesday May 19th at 9:30, at the Fort Vancouver High School theater. Tickets will be $6. Please sign up on the form outside the classroom.

LAPSK Auction Night: Tickets for this fun event are on sale now. With your ticket you will get dinner/drink and a coupon for bowling (to be used with your family at the next visit.) This is a grown-up only evening. Prices are $18 per person or $34 per couple until April 10^th. After that they will be $22 per person or $40 per couple.

Class Basket: We will take your donations up until this Friday, April 1^st. The theme of our class basket is “Kindergarten’s Favorite Things.”

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),

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

Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer in class and come see what your Kindergartner is doing, we would love to have you on Fridays. Your time in class is very helpful. You get a chance to see what our day is like and how your child is interacting. A sign-up sheet is outside the classroom. If Fridays don’t work for you and you would like to volunteer in the classroom, just let me know and let’s see if we can find a time that does work with your schedule.

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.

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

Contact Info: 

Email: teachersineadbrooks@gmail.com 

Sinead Cell #: 360-567-7252

Dates to remember:

April

1st	Tuition Due
1st	Turn in items for Auction Basket
6th-10th	Spring Break – No School
13th-17th	Week of the Young Child
18th	Auction/Dinner at Big Al’s 5:00-8:00pm
23rd	Kindred

May

19th	Seussical Jr Play 9:30

June

10th	All School Picnic / Last Day of 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 for March 23-27, 2015

Recap Of Last Week: Last week we drew leprechauns by listening and following step-by-step directions. We also made rainy day scenes for the art show. We had lots of fun weighing and measuring during our potato exploration. We added a new station to our literacy time, where we do different activities to help us learn sight words.

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Thank you to everyone who was able to come walk with us in the Hough St Patrick’s Day Parade and to those who came to the Family Appreciation Breakfast & Art Fair.

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Math & Science: We will be learning about volume this week. We will have some measuring cups, spoons and pitchers in the sensory table to explore with throughout the week.

Literacy: Last week we worked on the sight words ‘a,’ ‘and,’ ‘here,’I,’ and ‘play.’ This week our words will be ‘away,’ ‘big,’ ‘in,’ ‘red,’ and ‘run.’ Throughout the week students make flash cards, figure out which words go in which shape box, make a word pyramid, and create their very own word search which they will give to a friend to solve on Friday.

Writing: We are starting to ask students to dig a little deeper during writing time and add some more details to their stories. Our story starter prompts this week will be “The wind blew hard and the kite took me …” and “If I lived underground ...”

Social Studies & Art: We will continue our spring theme this week by looking at what is happening beneath the soil and by talking about windy days. For our food project, we will make “dirt cups.” At the end of the week we will make kites.

Scholastic Book Fair: We kicked off our Book Fair at the Family Appreciation Breakfast this week. It will be going on throughout this week during drop-off and pick-up times.

Seussical Jr. Play: We will be attending the Seussical Jr play on Tuesday May 19th at 9:30, at the Fort Vancouver High School theater. Tickets will be $6. Watch for a sign-up to be out this week.

LAPSK Auction Night: Tickets for this fun event are on sale now. Prices are $18 per person or $34 per couple until April 10^th. After that they will be $22 per person or $40 per couple. This is an adult-only night, and a night where we can have lots of fun, play games and have a good time. **Families who purchase auction tickets will get free bowling coupons.

Class Basket: Our auction basket theme is “Kindergarten’s Favorite Things.” There is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom for you to select from. We will take your voluntary donations up until April 1^st.

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),

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

Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer in class and come see what your Kindergartner is doing, we would love to have you on Fridays. Your time in class is very helpful. You get a chance to see what our day is like and how your child is interacting. A sign-up sheet is outside the classroom. If Fridays don’t work for you and you would like to volunteer in the classroom, just let me know and let’s see if we can find a time that does work with your schedule.

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.

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:

March

21st-27th

Scholastic Book Fair

April

6th-10th	Spring Break – No School
18th	Auction/Dinner at Big Al’s

May

19th	Seussical Jr Play 9:30

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 for March 16-20, 2015

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Hough St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Our school will be walking in the Parade on Tuesday, March 17^th at 12:00pm, to celebrate St Patrick’s Day and our community. We will let classes out early at 11:45 so you can collect your kids and meet us there. You may also want to bring your child a lunch to eat before we walk, since it is during a normal lunchtime. The parade starts in front of Hough Elementary and makes a loop through the neighborhood, onto Main Street and back to the school. It is a very easy walk and strollers are welcome! Please come with your family and show support for Little Acorn by joining us in the parade. As always, parents are responsible for transportation and supervision of their children during the event.

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Recap Of Last Week: Last week we read about wind and made some wind socks with rainbow colored streamers. We had lots of fun using ‘gold nuggets’ and dice to do some addition and subtraction with partners.

Math & Science: This week we will talk about heavy and light. We will measure and weigh potatoes on St Patrick’s Day and do some activities with the balance scale to explore weight. We will also have some more fun using the ‘gold nuggets’ to add and subtract.

Literacy: This week we will be re-working our reading groups in order to better meet each child at their own reading level. We will also have a new station during literacy time; Sight Words. We will begin each week with new sight words that we will work on throughout the week.

Writing: During Writer’s Workshop we will be concentrating on making sure our letter formation is correct, while sounding out our words for our Rough Drafts. We will also be encouraging students to use their imaginations to come up with new topics they ahven’t written about before. The prompts for this week will be “If I found a pot of gold …” and “The cage door opened and …”

Social Studies & Art: We will be finishing up work on our projects for the Art Show on Saturday morning. For St. Patrick’s Day, we will make wreaths which we can bring with us to the parade. We will also be doing a few listening skills activities this week.

Family Breakfast & Art Show: We would love for you and your family to join us next Saturday, March 21^st from 8:00-10:00, to celebrate Children’s Art and Our Families. This is our way of thanking the great families we have here at LAPSK and to show some fun creative art that your child has done. We will be serving pancakes,sausage, fruit and coffee/milk and its all free for families/students. This will also be opening day of our spring Scholastic Book fair, so come check it out too.

LAPSK Auction Night: Mark your calendars for Saturday April 18^th and make plans to join us for the LAPSK Silent Auction & Dinner at Big Al’s. Ticket prices are $18 per person or $34 per couple until April 10^th. After that they will be $22 per person or $40 per couple. This is an adult-only night, and a night where we can have lots of fun, play games and have a good time. **Families who purchase auction tickets will get free bowling coupons.

Class Basket: Our auction basket theme is “Kindergarten’s Favorite Things.” There is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom for you to select from. We will take your voluntary donations up until April 1^st.

Seussical Jr. Play: We will be attending the Seussical Jr play on Tuesday May 19th at 9:30, at the Fort Vancouver High School theater. Tickets will be $6. Watch for a sign-up to be out this week.

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),

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

Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer in class and come see what your Kindergartner is doing, we would love to have you on Fridays. Your time in class is very helpful and you get a chance to see what our day is like and how your child is interacting. A sign-up sheet is outside the classroom. If Fridays don’t work for you, just stop by and speak with me to see if we can find a time that does work with your schedule.

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.

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:

March

16th	Auction Tickets go on sale
17th	Hough St. Patrick’s Day parade – Class lets out at 11:45 Meet at 12:00 at Hough Elementary School
19th	Kindred
21st	Family Breakfast and Art Show 8:00-10:00
21st-27th	Scholastic Book Fair

April

6th-10th	Spring Break – No School
18th	Auction/Dinner at Big Al’s

May

19th	Seussical Jr Play 9:30

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 News for the Week March 9-13th, 2015

Recap Of Last Week: Last week we made a Lorax and wrote about how we would take care of the earth. We also continued working on subtraction and began using rulers to measure. On Friday, we got to experience Oobleck, and discussed whether it is a solid or a liquid.

Math: This week we will do more activities with subtraction. We will be doing assessments with addition, counting in writing and writing numbers when they are dictated.

Literacy: Please practice reading those mini-books as they come home. Encourage your child to sound words out aloud, and to blend the sounds smoothly so they can hear what the word is; i.e. ‘flllaaap’ instead of ‘f-l-a-p.’ As students encounter longer words to sound out, it is easier for their brain to put words together if they are doing so smoothly. We will continue to play the “boom” sight word game this week.

Writing: Last week we read ‘Oh The Thinks You Can Think’ by Dr. Seuss, and we will be really encouraging students to dig deeper to find topics to write about. We will also be doing assessments to see what sounds and letters students can write when they are dictated.

Social Studies, Art & Science: We will read about Wind this week, and make a windsock. In honor of St Patrick’s Day, we will make some leprechauns to hang on our bulletin board.

Hough St Patrick’s Day Parade: On Tuesday, March 17^th, our school will be walking in the Parade to celebrate St Patrick’s Day and our community. The parade starts in front of Hough Elementary and makes a loop through the neighborhood, onto Main Street and back to the school. It is a very easy walk and strollers are welcome! Please come with your family and show support for Little Acorn by joining us in the parade. As always, parents are responsible for transportation and supervision of their children during the event.

Family Breakfast & Art Show: We would love for you and your family to join us on Saturday, March 21^st, to celebrate the Children’s Art and Our Families.

LAPSK Auction Night: Mark your calendars for Saturday April 18^th and make plans to join us for the LAPSK Silent Auction & Dinner at Big Al’s. Ticket prices are $18 per person or $34 per couple until April 10^th. After that they will be $22 per person or $40 per couple. This is an adult-only night, and a night where we can have lots of fun, play games and have a good time. **Families who purchase auction tickets will get free bowling coupons.

Class Basket: Our auction basket theme is “Kindergarten’s Favorite Things.” There is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom for you to select from. We will take your voluntary donations up until April 1^st.

Usborne Book Fair: Our Usborne Book Fair is going on now!! We are about ½ way towards our goal to earn free books for our classrooms!!

Our efair code is: https://n3313.myubam.com/64160

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),

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

Volunteering: If you would like to volunteer in class and come see what your Kindergartner is doing, we would love to have you on Fridays. Your time in class is very helpful and you get a chance to see what our day is like and how your child is interacting. A sign-up sheet is outside the classroom.

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.

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:

March

10th	Tuition grace period ends
16th	Auction Tickets go on sale
17th	Hough St. Patrick’s Day parade
19th	Kindred
21st	Family Breakfast and Art Show
21st-27th	Scholastic Book Fair

April

6th-10th	Spring Break – No School
18th	Auction/Dinner at Big Al’s

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