Newsletter - Feb 24th

Star Class News

Week of February 24th

We hope that you were able to enjoy your weekend.  We can't believe that we are in our last week of February!  This year is going by fast.  It looks like our Library field trip is going to happen.  Most of the response we got came back saying that the fieldtrip would be a good idea, so we will be going the Thursday and Friday before Spring Break.  We will have more details soon.

Family Fun Night
Friday February 28th is our Next Family Fun night!  We will be celebrating the birthday of a beloved children's author; Dr Suess.  We will celebrate with crafts, face painting, birthday cupcakes and a dance party.  The party starts at 5:30, we hope you can make it!

Schedule Change
It has come to our attention that our snack time is making lunch schedules difficult at home.  We will be changing our schedule starting next week, to see if we can help out our families as well as the children that are hungry earlier in the morning.  We will be talking about the change all week since our class knows our schedule and we want to prepare them.

Donations Needed
We are currently seeking donations for the Auction. We are in need of items for both Silent and Live Auction. If you have anything you would like to donate or know someone with a business who would like to donate items or service we would love to accept them. We would also be very happy to provide a receipt for tax purposes. Thanks for your support.

Save the Date
Mark your calendars for our Annual Dinner Auction to be held Saturday, March 29, 2014
from 5:00 – 8:00 in Jason Lee Hall. Limited childcare will be available for preschool aged children during this event. Early bird tickets will go on sale March 3rd. Additional details will be available next month.

This week
This week we will be finishing our work with Mo Willems.  We will read one of Teacher Jaylene's favorite books, Knufflebunny on Monday and Tuesday and finish the week with Gerald and Piggie.  We will also be using this week to start talking about feelings, creating feeling stories, talking about what can cause certain feelings, and what to do if we or our friends have those feelings.  If we have time we will start creating our own books.  These books will become a work in progress and we will have them work on them until they are done.  

Word Wall
This week we will be introducing the letter Qq for Quilt and Questions.  Please have your child bring in items that start with the letter and put them in the pelican so we can share them at the end of the day.

Important dates and events
February 28th  - Family Fun Night 5:30 – 7:00
March 3rd – Tuition Due
March 3rd – Early Bird Ticket sales for Auction Begin
March 9th – Daylight Savings Time Begins
March 10th – Tuition grace period ends at NOON
March 14th – Early Bird ticket sales for Auction - END
March 17th -  Early Release @ 11:30 for Paddy Hough Parade @ 12:30
March 20th – Kindred @ 10:15
March 21st -  Auction Tickets Sales END
March 24th–28th - Silent Auction for student made items
March 29th - Annual Dinner Auction 5:00 – 8:00

This weeks songs in the Star Class

If your happy and you Know it....with feelings

If your happy and you know it clap your hands
If your happy and you know it clap your hands
If your happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If your happy and you know it clap your hands.

Mad...stomp your feet
Sad....hang your head
Frustrated....fold your arms
Excited.....Dance around
Sleepy.....go to sleep
Shy.....hide your face

Classroom needs
Wipes
Glue Sticks
Pictures if not in yet -
Cubby picture
All About Me books

Newsletter - February 17th

Star Class News

Week of February 17th

Thank you to all of the families that made it to our Good Night Moon Field trip. We had fun seeing so many of our friends there. We hope you enjoyed it! We also want to thank everyone for the goodies provided for our Valentines party. With short notice, we were able to have a wonderful lunch with pizza, fruit, crackers, and treats to go along with our movie.

Donations Needed

We are currently seeking donations for the Auction. We are in need of items for both Silent and Live Auction. If you have anything you would like to donate or know someone with a business who would like to donate items or service we would love to accept them. We would also be very happy to provide a receipt for tax purposes. Thanks for your support.

Save the Date

Mark your calendars for our Annual Dinner Auction to be held Saturday, March 29, 2014

from 5:00 – 8:00 in Jason Lee Hall. Limited childcare will be available for preschool aged children during this event. Early bird tickets will go on sale March 3rd. Additional details will be available next month.

Registration for Next year

Registration has begun for 2014-2015. If you haven't had a chance to register, stop by Maria's office to get a spot!

This week

This week we are going to be working on one of our class auction projects, catch up on some of the work we like to do monthly (since we are behind with all of the missing days) and start our Mo Willems unit. Mo Willems has written some of our favorite books, this week we will be learning about two of his famous characters Knufflebunny (a beloved stuff animal that gets lost) and Pigeon (trying to get stuff he wants). Next week we will be continuing our Mo Willems unit with other great characters Elephant and Piggie.

Word Wall

This week we will be introducing the letter Oo for Octopus and Olives. Please have your child bring in items that start with the letter and put them in the pelican so we can share them at the end of the day.

Important dates and events

February 19^th – Kindred @ 10:15

February 28^th - Family Fun Night 5:30 – 7:00

March 3^rd – Tuition Due

March 3^rd – Early Bird Ticket sales for Auction Begin

March 9^th – Daylight Savings Time Begins

March 10^th – Tuition grace period ends at NOON

March 14^th – Early Bird ticket sales for Auction - END

March 17^th - Early Release @ 11:30 for Paddy Hough Parade @ 12:30
March 20^th – Kindred @ 10:15

March 21^st - Auction Tickets Sales END

March 24^th–28^th - Silent Auction for student made items

March 29^th - Annual Dinner Auction 5:00 – 8:00

This weeks songs in the Star Class

We will be singing our favorite songs from the year. Children will get to pick the songs they would like to sing.

Classroom needs

Wipes

Glue Sticks

Pictures if not in yet -

Cubby picture

 All About Me books

Newsletter - February 10th

Star Class News

Week of February 10th

We hope that everyone was able to get out and enjoy the snow and stay safe! Teacher Jo spent the weekend wrapped up in her blanket looking out while her kids spent many hours in the snow sledding. Luckily it looks like the snow is melting, so we can get back to school. Remember if there is a 2 hour late start for Vancouver School District, we will not be at school. Unless they have to shut down the theater for weather concerns, we will be meeting for our field trip Wednesday regardless of what Vancouver School District is doing.

Good Night Moon Field Trip

Our field trip is Wednesday this week! There will be no class on this day. We will meet at the theater around 9:15, the performance begins at 9:15. It might be a good idea to carpool with another family to help with the parking situation.

Valentines Party

We are going to have a Pajama Party to celebrate Valentines Day on Thursday and Friday.

or our Valentines Day celebrations, we will be having a Pajama Party to celebrate Good Night Moon on Thursday and Friday after our field trip play! Since I wont be able to have families sign up for goodies. Teacher Jo will be picking up a special treat for the kids, if you want to help donate just let us know. We will not be having an official party, but we will be creating Good Night crafts, snuggling in for a small video, and handing out valentine cards. We have found at this age it is easiest to leave off the names of the other kids, but those that are ready can practice writing their own names over and over! We have 10 kids that come on Thursday, 11 kids that come on Friday or 16 kids total in the Star Class. You can decide how many valentines you want your child to bring in.

Registration for Next year

Registration has begun for 2014-2015. If you haven't had a chance to register, stop by Maria's office to get a spot!

This week

This week we are going to be learning through Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. We will be sorting mittens, saying good night to our favorite things, and having a Pajama Party on Thursday and Friday.

Word Wall

Due to the play and unknown number of days....we will NOT be having word wall this week. If your child would like to bring in something to share that they say Good night too, they are welcome to bring it in and put it in the Pelican.

Important dates and events

February 10^th – Tuition grace period ends at noon

February 12^th – NWCT play “Goodnight Moon”

February 13^th – PJ Party and Valentines day

February 14^th – PJ Party and Valentines day

February 17^th – Presidents Day – No School

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Good Night

Good Night (childs name/object), Good Night (Child's name/object)

Good Night (child's name/object)

It's time to say Good Night

Classroom needs

Wipes

Glue Sticks

Pictures if not in yet -

Cubby picture

 All About Me books

Newsletter - Feb. 3rd

Star Class News

Week of February 3rd

Sorry to send this out so late tonight! The Superbowl game had me a little distracted. Way to go Seahawks!!!

Good Night Moon Field Trip

Our field trip is next week! We have some families that are interested in carpools. This may be a good idea, since there is not a lot of parking near the theater. Please let us know if you would be interested in carpooling and we can see if we can arrange something.

Portfolios

Clare's family has graciously donated new binders for us so that we can fit more of the children's work in their portfolios. They have also offered to help us transfer the work we have already added on Wednesday during class time. If anyone can help out, please feel free to stay. We will set up a work area in the kindergarten class. Thank you Mitchell family!

Registration for Next year

Registration for 2014-2015 is this Wednesday for In-House Registration beginning at 9:15 in JLH and Open Registration will be held on Feb 7^th.

Valentines Day Celebrations

For our Valentines Day celebrations, we will be having a Pajama Party to celebrate Good Night Moon on Thursday and Friday after our field trip play! We will not behaving an official party, but we will be creating Good Night crafts, snuggling in for a small video, and handing out valentine cards. We have found at this age it is easiest to leave off the names of the other kids, but those that are ready can practice writing their own names over and over! We have 10 kids that come on Thursday, 11 kids that come on Friday or 16 kids total in the Star Class. You can decide how many valentines you want your child to bring in.

This week

This week we will talking about the author of Pete the Cat, Eric Litwin. We have enjoyed talking care of Pete the Cat in our class (several of our friends have dressed him up and made sure to take him to the doctor). Now we get to create projects around him, talk about our favorite shoe colors, count his buttons, and help him share his magic sunglasses while we create our own!

Word Wall

This week we will bring back the word wall with the letter Kk for Kangaroo and Kiss. Please have your child bring something that starts with the letter to put in our pelican.

Important dates and events

February 3^rd – Tuition Due

February 5^th – In House Registration begins at 9:15

February 7^th – Open Registration begins at 9:15

February 10^th – Tuition grace period ends at noon

February 12^th – NWCT play “Goodnight Moon” at 9:30

February 13^th – PJ Party and Valentines day

February 14^th – PJ Party and Valentines day

February 17^th – Presidents Day – No School

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Check out http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/ for the songs and stories of Pete the Cat!

Classroom needs

Wipes

Glue Sticks

Pictures if not in yet -

Cubby picture

 All About Me books