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

Kindergarten Newsletter November 10th - November 14th

Hello Kindergarten Families!

Recap of the Week: Last week we learned about voting and veterans. We also worked on the sounds sh, th and wh. Thank you all for making the time to come to our parent-teacher conferences. I thoroughly enjoyed getting a chance to know families better and talk about your Kindergartners.

Math: We will be rolling dice to find the amount of turkey pictures to glue on to different sections of a paper. We will also be making patterns with Thanksgiving themed items.

Literacy: This week we will work on the ch sound. We will also learn the difference between consonants and vowels. We will continue to practice sounding out short words.

Writing: In handwriting we will work on the letters Q, G and S. We will write some things that we are thankful for and write about “If I was going to a new land, I would take…”

Social Studies & Art: This week we will begin to learn about Thanksgiving. We will also decorate our Food Drive box to put outside our classroom. We will discuss the difference between wants and needs, and learn about the things the Pilgrims had when they came to America.

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

No School: In honor of Veterans Day, there will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 11^th.

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: A board of church members and parents supports our school. Between 9:00-11:00 on Thursday (November 13^th) you have a chance to meet them and share any thoughts and ideas. It will take place in the Conrad room upstairs.

Family Fun Night: This month we are having our first family fun night.  The theme is “Make and Take Holiday Crafts” and is free! Due to unforeseen circumstances the date has changed to Friday November 21^st.

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. If you are not a baker, maybe you can come by and purchase some of the tasty treats!

Fundraisers: Our other current fundraisers are 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 Hours: You may 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!

Outside Time: Please send your kindergartner to school with coats and footwear appropriate for the weather. 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: We are getting to the time of year, where there may be some severe weather. 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.

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:

10th	Tuition Grace Period Ends
11th	No school – Veterans Day
17th	Santa Breakfast Tickets go on sale $3 child, $5 adult
21st	Family Fun Night – Make & Take Holiday Crafts for the whole family (free!) 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, Busuy Bee and Kindergarten class
9th	Winter Concert 6pm – Dragonfly AM & PM, Rainbow and Butterfly classes
10th	Tuition Grace Period Ends
19th	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 3rd - November 5th

Hello Kindergarten Families!

Recap of the Week: Last week we worked on the letters V, W, X, Y, and Z. We learned some bat facts and had fun with listening activities where we had to follow directions to make a bat scene and a skeleton.

Math: We are continuing working on numbers to 20, especially the teens. We will make some patterns using people from the different branches of the military. We will also do a Writing Numbers assessment to show our parents at conference time.

Literacy: This week we will work on sh, th, and wh. We will brainstorm words beginning with those digraphs (letter pairs) each day. We will also work on sounding out more words and writing them on whiteboards. Students have really enjoyed challenging themselves with this activity.

Writing: In handwriting we will work on the letters C and O. We will write a recap of what we did and saw on Halloween and make Thank You cards for our Veterans.

Social Studies, Art & Science: This week we will go outside and observe trees again. Now that we are well into fall, we should see lots of changes. We will draw and label pictures of our observations. We will also introduce the topic of Veterans Day. We will learn the 5 branches of the military – army, air force, navy, marine and coast guard.

Sharing: Thank you for helping your student limit their sharing to only 1 item per day and for making sure that it is connected to the learning we are doing in the classroom. This week items should begin with any of the letters sh, th and wh, or have something to do with Fall or Veterans Day.

Classroom Halloween Party: Thank you for sending in toppings for our Halloween Party. We had so much fun putting together our English Muffin Pizzas!

Parent-Teacher Conferences: On Thursday (November 6^th) there will be no class as we take time to have parent-teacher conferences. The sign-up sheet is outside the classroom and I put a reminder of the time you chose in your child’s cubby. Please take the time to fill out and return the form letting me know of questions or concerns you have.

No School: In addition to having no classes on Thursday for parent-teacher conferences, there will be no school on Friday as the Church has an event planned.

Fundraisers: As you know, LAPSK is a non-profit school and fundraisers are very important to us. Our other current fundraisers are the Kiggins Theater, Scholastic Books (http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs  - Click on the State, the City, then the School to order), Box Tops for Education and Usborne Books eFair (https://n3313.myuban.com/634160).

Volunteer Hours: You may 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!

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.

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:

1st	Tuition Due
6th	No classes – Parent/Teacher conferences
7th	No School – Church event
10th	Tuition Grace Period Ends
11th	No school – Veterans Day
20th	Family Fun Night – Make & Take Crafts for the whole family (free!)
24th/25th	Bake Sale
26th-28th	Thanksgiving Break – No School

December:

6th	Santa Breakfast
8th	Winter Concert – Kindergarten Class
19th	Classroom Holiday Party
Dec 22nd – Jan 5th	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