Science Showcase & SCORE Awards

Science Showcase
Our whole-school Science Showcase is Tuesday, February 28th at 6:00 pm. Each K-1 class completed a science experiment to display. We are very proud of our results and hope you can come support our little scientists in the making!


Our Student Leadership team will be serving a pizza dinner starting at 5:00 pm. Order forms have been sent home with students. The profits from sales will help fund Sycamore's 6th grade end of the year trip.


Menu on the order form (green half-sheet sent home last week):

Pizza $1
Water $ 1
Cookie $ .50
Capri Sun $ .50


SCORE Awards
Our next SCORE Award assembly will be held on Friday, March 2nd at 9:00 am. Your child's teacher will contact you if he/she will be receiving an award.


Thank You,


Mrs. Spits, Ms. Carhart, and Ms. Jones

March Movie Night!

It's that time again! We will be hosting our third movie night on Thursday, March 1st, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

We will be serving popcorn and lemonade. Students may wear their pajamas and bring their favorite stuffed animal. The cost will be $10.00 and pre-sale begins Monday, February 27th. 

The night will begin with a story. We will be reading the original folklore, "Rapunzel". After the story we will be screening Disney's "Tangled". Our goal is for students to have a fun night with their peers, while recognizing that folklore stories have evolved over time.

California Social Science Standard 1.4

Students compare and contrast everyday life in different times and places around the world and recognize that some aspects of people, places, and things change over time while others stay the same.

3. Recognize similarities and differences of earlier generations in such areas as work (inside and outside the home), dress, manners, stories, games, and festivals, drawing from biographies, oral histories, and folklore.

Thank you for your support.

The K-1 Team

Mrs. Spits, Ms. Carhart, and Ms. Jones

Our Schedule for the 100th day of school!

8:30 - 9:20 am   

100th Day Olympics

9:20 - 9:40 am

Story Time

9:40 - 10:30 am     

100th Day Hat Making

10:30 - 11:30 am    

K-1 Lunch and PE

11:30 - 12:30 pm   

100 Year Old Me Portraits and 100th Day Trail Mix Activity

12:30 - 1:00 pm     

Valentine Cards Distribution & 100th Day Snack

We would LOVE to have parent volunteers to help out. Please email your child's teacher if you would like to join the fun! 

Students may bring in Valentine cards to hand out to their friends. Valentine treats are also okay. Capri Suns would be greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

The K-1 Team

Mrs. Spits, Ms. Jones, and Ms. Carhart

February Newsletter

Hello Parents,


February 14th (Valentine's Day) will mark the 100th day of the school year! The K-1 team has many hands-on activities planned for this special day. To begin the 100th day of school celebration we have sent home a Chef Special in a small brown sack (if your child's sack did not make it home please let us know ASAP). With your help, your child is to collect 100 like items to paste around the brown sack. Light items that will not weigh down the sack are recommended. For example: sequence, beads, popcorn kernels, cheerios, buttons, beans, stickers, etc. This assignment is due on Tuesday, February 14th.


Students are also welcome to bring in a snack for our 100th day trail mix. The Chef Special has a list of the ingredients that would help make our trail mix delicious! For instance, white chocolate chips, chocolate chips, gummy bears, raisins, fruit loops, banana chips, etc.We will be counting our 100 treats during school. You do not need to put them into baggies.


Being that it will also be Valentine's Day, students may bring in cards to pass out to their classmates and place in their 100th day bags! If you are planning to bring in a snack please sign-up on your teacher's door starting February 7th. Juice boxes, plates, and napkins are always encouraged.


Homework Menus


Lastly, we would like to provide a bit more homework ideas. We understand that the homework menu is a bit difficult at first; however, it is not meant to be tedious. A lot of the students are forgetting to complete one thing from EVERY part of the menu.


Here is an example that shows how multiple areas of the menu could be connected to a single task:


Going on a hike. 

• The student may draw a picture to show that they went on a hike with mom or dad to complete the health and wellness portion of the menu. 
• The drawing will also count as the child's art assignment for the week. 
• Recording what time you started and ended the hike OR estimating how may steps the hike will take can be math.
• If the student collects different leaves on the hike and places them in a plastic baggie to share with the class it may count as their science homework. 
• Writing a poem or a few sentences about the experience can be the child's language arts homework for the week.

That takes care of art, health and wellness, science, and language arts homework! 


If your students is involved in after school activities such as gymnastics, dance, soccer, tutoring, etc. PLEASE remind him/her to include a drawing or explanation of the activity in his/her homework folder. If you have any questions about the homework menu please do not be afraid to email.


Thank you for all that you do,


The K-1 Team


Mrs. Spits, Ms. Jones, and Ms. Carhart


P.S.


There will be a K-1 February Movie Night Fundraiser! Details for the event will be posted SOON.