Newsletter for Nov 29 - Dec 3

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are only 3 weeks away from Christmas break!  Can you believe how time flies?!  It seems like only yesterday we were beginning school!

This week we are back to our normal schedule!  We will have centers everyday at the regular time (AM 10:30 to 11:00 and PM 2:30 to 3:00 EXCEPT for Tuesday is 2:20 to 2:50).  The new letter of the week is Cc and the new sight word we will be focusing on is have.   Please keep reviewing the sight words with your child at home!  It's so great when the kids start recognizing words in books we are reading or in signs they see!  Also starting this week I will be testing students to see who is ready to begin reading! 

Please remind your child to bring a jacket to school!  Now that it's getting colder, I will not let them go out to recess unless they have a jacket.  Even if they are wearing a long sleeve shirt, I will have those children who do not have a jacket sit in the office while we are out to recess.  I am not trying to be mean, I want to make sure no one catches cold.  And especially in the mornings, it has been WAY to cold to be out there without a coat or jacket.

Looking ahead, we will have a small Christmas party on the last day before the holiday break (December 17th).  It will not be as elaborate as the Halloween party but we will still try to make it fun for the kiddos.  We will be reading "The Polar Express," decorating sugar cookies and drinking hot chocolate.  If you would like to help out please let me know!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me! 652-4760 jjacobson@res.washk12.org

PM Class

AM Class

Newsletter for Nov 22-23

First off, a big THANK YOU to all parents who met with me last week!  It was great to visit with each of you!  I appreciate all your help and support!

This week we only have 2 days of school!  We will not have centers BUT if it's your week to volunteer on Monday or Tuesday, I would really appreciate you coming in to help out with a little Christmas project!  You can come at the same time we would normally do centers.

Because it's a short week we will mostly be reviewing and doing some fun Thanksgiving lessons.  On Tuesday we will have a popcorn tasting party!  Students will get to wear their pilgrim hats that we've made and we will try different kinds of popcorn: kettle corn, salted, buttered, etc.  If you have a bag of popcorn that you wish to donate, that would be wonderful!

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Thanksgiving Break!  We will see you back at school on November 29th!  If you have any questions or concerns please let me know! 652-4760 jjacobson@res.washk12.org

Newsletter for Nov 15-19

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  It's SEP week at Riverside!  Remember that there is NO SCHOOL Monday and Tuesday!  Also, the rest of the week will be on the Friday shortened schedule.  I am really looking forward to meeting with each one of you! 

Please be mindful of your SEP time since I have a very tight schedule.  If you are too late we might have to reschedule.  Also, students do not need to attend this time.  If you don't have a sitter and need to bring them along that is fine.

Looking ahead, the following week of November 22-26 is Thanksgiving week.  We will have regular school hours on Monday and Tuesday.  There will be NO SCHOOL that Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call or email me! 652-4760 jjacobson@res.washk12.org

Newsletter for Nov 8-12

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Please remember that Monday is an early out day!!!  AM Kindergarten will be from 9:00 to 11:00 and PM Kindergarten will be from 12:00 to 2:00.  Also don't forget that next week (Nov. 15-19) is SEP week!!!  On Monday the 15th and Tuesday the 16th there will be no school.  Then the rest of the week we will be on the Friday Early Out schedule: AM Kindergarten from 9:00 to 10:40 and PM Kindergarten from 11:35 to 1:15.  I have already sent out everyone's scheduled SEP time.  If I have not heard from you, then I will assume the designated date and time will work.  I am scheduling 30 minutes for each SEP to give us ample time to discuss your child's accomplishments so far in the year.

This week we will be learning the sight word to and the letter Nn.  We will be finishing up our math unit on Exploring Numbers 0-9.  Through out the month of November we will also be learning and discussing the social studies theme of gratitude.  On that note, I am SO grateful to have your children in my class!  They are sweet and smart little people who make me look forward to coming to work each day!  So far this has been an amazing school year and I know that is because of the wonderful students AND parents I have in my classes!

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know!  My email is jjacobson@res.washk12.org and my number is 652-4760.

Mistake!!!

I am so sorry for the mistake, SEP week is NOT next week!!!  It will be the week of November 15th through the 19th!  I am so sorry if I confused anyone!  Thanks for being patient with me!