Teacher/Parent Communication

Alta Sierra School phone: 530-272-2319

I check my email usually after school around 2:30. If you happen to email me about special instructions for your child, and I haven't responded (especially if your email is sent after 7:00 am on a school day), please call the office to ensure I get your important information in time. Thanks so much!

When school begins, please communicate with the office your TKer's detailed after-school plan.

For example:

Picked up by who at 11:25 am on the upper parking lot? (11:15 am until after Labor Day)

Going to the TK After-School Program (known as Little ELO)?

Who is picking up at 2:00 pm on the lower parking lot or which bus is your TKer going home on?

OR Staying longer than 2:00 pm for the TK-5 after-school program (known as BIG ELO)?

Also, please let the office know of ANY change to regular pick-up/after school plans that occur during the year. For the safety of students, all changes need to be given in writing or spoken directly by parents/guardians to an office staff member. Thank you so much for your help with this.

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September 28th-October 2nd

Letter of the Week – We have been having fun with Francy Fish’s Letter F this week! Be sure to have your kiddos show you how to make an F, and see if you can think of some words together that start with the /f/ sound. Have fun going on an F sound hunt around your home!

Apples – This week we explored apples in all kinds of fun ways—reading about them, painting them, and tasting different apple snacks! We tried applesauce, apple juice, and apple chips, with applesauce winning as our classroom favorite. 🍎

Mark Your Calendar! – Our TK Holiday Cheer Christmas Program is coming up on Wednesday December 16th at 6:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room. Get ready for some serious cuteness overload! 🎄❤️ We can’t wait to see our little TKers spread some holiday cheer!

Have a wonderful weekend !

October 5th-9th- Parent teacher conferences

October 12-16th-Fall Break (No School)

November 25th-27th-Thanksgiving Break (No School)

December 16th-TK Holiday Cheer program 6 pm in MPR

December 21st-January 1st-Winter Break (No School)

September 21st-September 25th

Orange Is a Carrot – TK had a very fun week continuing with the second half of our “Orange Is a Carrot” song! This week, we tasted green celery, blue blueberries, black licorice, and red cherry pie. Our classroom favorite was definitely the cherry pie with whipped cream on top! 🍒🥧

Lizzy Lizard’s L – We started our alphabet practice this week with the letter L! (“Hello smile, big line down, little line across.”) Have your TKer show you some fabulous L’s, and maybe you can go on a /l/ sound hunt together around the house!

Library – Woohoo! Everyone was so excited for their third trip to the library! If your kiddos forgot to bring their library book back to school this week, they weren’t able to borrow a new book this time. But no worries—there’s always next week! 📚

DATES TO REMEMBER:

October 5th-9th- Parent teacher conferences

October 12-16th-October Break (No School)

📚 Just a reminder that library books are due tomorrow! Please have your kiddos bring their library book back to school. Thank you! 😊

September 14th-18th

🏃‍♀️ Jog-a-Thon

Our Jog-a-Thon was a success! Our TKers were so proud of themselves for running so many laps, and they were extra happy to end it all with an Otter Pop treat! 😊

After the run, your cutie’s tally card was collected and placed in a donation envelope, which will be in their backpack on Monday.

Thank you so much for your support of this big fundraising event! Whatever you are able to contribute is very much appreciated. Grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles, and even long-time neighbors often like to donate too, knowing that it all goes back to our school to support field trips (TK will be going to the zoo! 🦁), assemblies, and classroom funds for the extra-fun things we get to do throughout the year.

A big thank-you to all of our parent volunteers for helping make the day such a success! We truly appreciate your time and support. 💙

🧡 Orange Is a Carrot

TK had a very fun week with the first half of our “Orange Is a Carrot” song! We tasted orange carrots, yellow pears, and purple plums. Our classroom favorite was “Brown Is for Bear,” and we enjoyed a yummy treat of chocolate Teddy Grahams! Of course, there was lots of fun painting and singing to go along with it.

We even got to be finger-painting scientists and discovered how to make orange and purple! Be sure to ask your cutie how these beautiful colors are made. 🎨

Next week, we get to continue with more color fun! Here’s a reminder of the colors we’re hopefully all wearing together:

💚 Sept. 15 – Green
💙 Sept. 16 – Blue
🖤 Sept. 17 – Black
💙 Sept. 18 – School Spirit Blue Day!

📚 Library

Woohoo! Everyone was so excited for their second trip to the library! Everyone did great picking out their books. 😊

DATES TO REMEMBER:

October 5th-9th- Parent teacher conferences (sign ups coming soon)

October 12-16th-October Break (No School)

🏃‍♀️ Jog-a-Thon Tomorrow! 🏃‍♂️

Please make sure your kiddos wear comfortable shoes they can run in and bring a water bottle. 💧 We will start running at 8:15 AM, so please make sure they arrive on time and are ready to go!

Thanks! It’s going to be a fun day!! 😊

September 8th-11th

📚 Friday is Library Day!

Our TKers got to head to the library today, and they were so excited to visit the library and meet Ms. Alonzo! They each got to bring home a “Practice Library Book.”

If you can chat with your child about “borrowing” a book at home, that would be super helpful! This is such a fun way for our TKers to practice responsibility—taking good care of their book, remembering to tuck it safely into their backpack, and then returning it to our yellow library bucket next Friday.

Please be sure to bring back the “Practice Library Book” next week.

We hope they enjoy reading their special library book at home! 📖💛

🔷Shapes

This week has been all about shapes! The kiddos got their hands busy with painting, gluing, and collaging as they explored different shapes. But the absolute favorite seemed to be their shape robots, built mostly with squares and rectangles!

They were so proud of their creations, and I think you’re going to love them just as much as they did! 🤖💛

🏃‍♀️ Jog-a-Thon

Our annual Jog-a-Thon is coming up next Friday, Sept. 18th ! This is our only major fundraiser of the year, so we’re excited to get the kids moving and have some fun!

We received a flyer from PTC—thank you, Parents Club!—and it went home in the Thursday folder.

If you can join us for the Jog-a-Thon to help tally laps and cheer our TKers on, please let me know as soon as possible! We love all the support we can get! 💛

We expect it to be from approximately 8:00–8:40ish a.m. We’d love to have you there! 🏃‍♂️🎉

🎨 Color Days Coming Up!

For the next two weeks, we’ll be having all kinds of fun with the “Orange Is a Carrot” song! Our TKers will get to be little scientists as they discover where colors like orange, purple, and green come from. They’ll also practice being pre-readers—learning that we read from left to right and noticing how groups of letters work together to make words.

And, of course, we’ll sneak in lots of fine-motor practice with plenty of strong pinchy-finger fun! 🤏

🌈 Colors We’ll Be Wearing & Thinking About

Week One

Sept. 14 – 🧡 Orange
Sept. 15 – 💛 Yellow
Sept. 16 – 💜 Purple
Sept. 17 – 🤎 Brown
Sept. 18 – 💙 School Spirit Blue Day!

Week Two

Sept. 21 – 💚 Green
Sept. 22 – 💙 Blue
Sept. 23 – 🖤 Black
Sept. 24 – ❤️ Red
Sept. 25 – 💙 School Spirit Blue Day!

💙 Spirit Wear Fridays!

I wanted to let you know about our school-wide Spirit Wear Fridays! Every Friday is a day to wear blue and show our school spirit! 💙

It’s completely optional, but it’s a fun way for our TKers to get excited about being an Alta Sierra Eagle! 🦅

DATES TO REMEMBER:

September 18th (Friday)-Jog-a-Thon

October 12-16th-October Break (No School)

Picture Day

Hi! Just a reminder that tomorrow is Picture Day. Our picture time is at 8:15. 📸

August 31st-September 4th

TK Names

This week, we learned just how special our names are! Each name starts with a big capital letter, and we had so much fun watercoloring, painting, dabbing, and decorating as we practiced recognizing our very own unique names.

TK Day Until 11:25 a.m.

Starting this Tuesday, TK dismissal will be at 11:25 a.m.

For our TKers who attend Little ELO/Big ELO, nothing changes! Their day will continue just as it has these past two weeks.

📸 Picture Day – Thursday, September 10th

Picture Day is Thursday, September 10th! I sent home picture order forms a couple of weeks ago. If you need another copy, just let me know, and I’d be happy to get one for you!

Jog-a-Thon - Our annual Jog-a-Thon (Friday, September 18th) is two weeks away, and we would love your support! We need cheerleaders, bottle sprayers, and tally markers. Luckily, TK and Kindergarten get to run first, so we'll be down on the field running about 8:20 am. If you can join us please let me know. (P.S.- It's our only big fund raiser this year to help with field trips, assemblies, and more. Thank you for your support!)

Happy Labor Day! I hope everyone has a wonderful three-day weekend!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

September 7th (Monday)- Labor Day (No School)

September 10th (Thursday) -School Picture Day

September 18th (Friday)-Jog-a-Thon (Biggest fund-raiser of the year that pays for field trips, assemblies, and provides classroom funds for special activities - thank you for your support!

August 24th-28th

Thank you for coming to Back-to-School Night!

It was so wonderful seeing so many of you there! I hope the evening gave you a better understanding of our TK program and what a typical day in TK looks like. We are looking forward to a wonderful year filled with curiosity, joy, learning, and growth!

We’ve had a wonderful first full week in TK!

This week, our group time stations focused on “I CAN DO big kid things!” We practiced I Can Use Tape!, I Can Use Glue Sticks!, and I Can Cut with TK Scissors! Our TKers worked hard, gave it their all, and were so proud of all they accomplished. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they learned to use these new “big kid” tools!

Please label everything! This includes water bottles, jackets, lunchboxes, and any other personal items.
Please write your child’s name directly on their snack each day to help us keep everything organized and make sure it gets to the right child.

P.S. Library day will begin after Labor Day. Sorry for any confusion.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

September 7th (Monday)- Labor Day (No School)

September 10th (Thursday) -School Picture Day

September 18th (Friday)-Jog-a-Thon (Biggest fund-raiser of the year that pays for field trips, assemblies, and provides classroom funds for special activities - thank you for your support!

Have a great weekend !!

August 18-21st

Hello Parents,

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to work with your little TKer this year! Our first four days together were so much fun for me, and I hope your littles felt the same way.

Our first four days were focused on learning our TK schedule and routines, and were filled with lots of songs and stories.

I’m really looking forward to next week as we begin meeting our Zoo-Phonics friends! We’ll also start practicing some big-kid skills like using glue and tape and learning how to cut.

Thank you again for sharing your little ones with me. I’m so excited for all the fun and learning ahead!

A Few Reminders:

If you haven’t already, please send a labeled change of clothes in a Ziploc bag. We’ll keep it in the classroom for emergencies.
Make sure everything is labeled — including water bottles, jackets, lunchboxes, and any other personal items.
Please write your child’s name directly on their snack each day to help us keep everything organized.

Thank you so much for fulfilling the items on my wish list! I truly appreciate all your help and generosity. It means a lot to me!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

August 24th-27th -Book Fair Week (If you would like your TKer to get a book from the Book Fair, you can take your child before school, after school, or you can get them something the evening of Back-to-School Night. Please let me know if that doesn't work for you, because if there's a problem I can definitely find a time for Ms. Janelle or myself to take your TKer).

August 26th (Wednesday)- Back to School Night @ 6:00 pm in our classroom

September 7th (Monday)- Labor Day (No School)

September 10th (Thursday) -School Picture Day

September 18th (Friday)-Jog-a-Thon (Biggest fund-raiser of the year that pays for field trips, assemblies, and provides classroom funds for special activities - thank you for your support!

Have a great weekend !!