2020 Immunizations Update
School Immunization Record Requirements |
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Beginning August 1, 2020 all new students are required to have medically verified immunization records on day one for entry into any public or private school and child care center.
Medically verified record includes one or more of the following:
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Here is a link to our Applications & Forms page as well.
2020-2021 Plans
What will the 2020-2021 school year look like for Spanish With Sarah?
We will update this page as more information becomes available. We are also working on a handbook and will email and post that to all families the first week of August.
We will need to follow health and safety guidelines set forth by the state of WA for all public and private schools.
We are working on a plan for staggered arrival and dismissal times to help with the flow of traffic. The current plan of thought is (subject to change):
Drop Off Times by grade levels:
8:30-8:40 – 2nd-4th Grade Families
8:40-8:50 – Kindergarten – 1st Grade Families
8:45 ( or 12:30) – Preschool families will enter through the back door of the school, maintaining 6’ social distance from other families.
Parents will drive up to the yellow area, cars will be met by either Ms. Marilu or Maestra Sarah, with parents remaining in their cars. We will ask to see your written temperature check from home or we will do a temperature check on your child, help them to exit the car, and escort them inside.
We will be able to help two cars at a time, please be sure to pull into the nearest spot. Children, at this time, are required to wear masks and have it on before the car doors are opened for temperature checks.
Students will wash their hands upon entering the school each day.
Preschool families will escort your children to and from their class via the back entrance, closest to the preschool room. We will ask anyone on school property to wear a mask to properly cover their nose and mouth.
Pick-up Procedures and Times
We will have students lined up, hands washed, and ready to escort them to your car.
Alternating pick-up times:
3:00-3:15 – 2nd-4th Grade families
3:15- Preschool Families will enter the back door of the school for pick up (please maintain 6’ distance from other families)
3:15-3:25 – Kindergarten – 1st Grade Families
The current plan is to have in-person classes (we already have smaller class sizes)! We have also acquired a larger room upstairs for our oldest class (with it’s own bathroom). This will help reduce the number of students in the downstairs hallway and bathrooms.
We are currently planning to:
- Have in-person classes.
- Ask parents to drop their children off outside so we may escort them to their classes. (This will reduce the number of people in our hallway as well as reduce the points of contact in the school.)
- Ask preschool families to enter and exit through the back door (the door closest to the preschool room).
- Ask students to stay home when they are sick.
- Wear a mask while at school. (Following recommended guidelines.)
- Arrange classrooms for maximum student distance of 6′, including alternative seating options.
- Conduct classes outside, when possible.
- Record and/or broadcast lessons so sick children can join from home.
- Take temperatures regularly (following the guidelines that have yet to be sent out).
- Have extra and frequent cleaning methods in place.
- Have all individual, non-shared, supplies.
- Have specialist teachers come to classes so that students will not be moving to different rooms on Wednesdays.
- Split the students during lunch and recess so we have half as many kiddos eating or playing at one time.
- Have teachers bring their class outside for dismissal.
- Have students bring their own snacks so we are not handling their food.
- Limit field trips until we have been advised to lift this restriction.
- Divide preschool classes in half to separate students during table activities and rug/calendar activities.
- State guidelines state that music and some PE activities may not be safe and will need to be offered in a different way. We are awaiting further guidance while making plans to use larger spaces or have these student activities outside.
We will have Google Classroom and other virtual sites set up so that students will be familiar with them in the event students are ill and can join class remotely or watch a recording of lessons when they are feeling better.
Last year we really didn’t miss a beat and our teachers immediately began recording lessons and hosting live lessons every single day for the classes. Like every classroom in the country, we will need to be prepared to move to a short-term distance-learning model should someone in the class test positive. Unlike last year, distance learning should be for limited periods of time only.
Supply Returns
Dear Parents,
We are ready to accept returns of materials to SWS. Marilu orSarah will be at the school all week from 9:00-3:00. Please choose a day and time that works best for you to drop your items off. (If you will be out of town we can make arrangements for another day.)
We do NOT need the following items to be returned:
consumable supplies and supply boxes
workbooks
binders
paper packets
We DO need the following items to be returned:
plastic cubbies
text books
History books
Books – (not little readers)
chromebooks AND chargers (unless you want to continue to borrow them for the summer)
Let us know if you have any questions!
Week 39 2nd/3rd Grade News
Meetings will be combined for special activities we have planned.
All meetings will begin at 10:00 (except for Thursday we will start a little later at 10:15) and may go longer than an hour.
We will not have PM meetings this week.
Monday – 10:00 – Virtual signing of yearbooks on Jamboard and Disney Day (Dress up anything Disney as we go on a virtual Disney field trip together!)
Tuesday – 10:00 – Movie Day (Bring some popcorn!)
Wednesday – Posted field day activities!! 10:00-11:30 REVERSE PARADE!!
Thursday – 10:00 – Awards Show (includes slideshow of the year and individual student certificates)
Students have several extra reading books to continue reading throughout the summer. They will also have their Kidsa-z accounts. I will continue to hold office hours for students to come read to me throughout the summer. I have created a shared sign-up sheet in google classroom so I will know in advance if students want to read with me and they can schedule a time. (I will add time slots if more are needed.)
Summer Learning
Reading Club
Read aloud to Maestra Sarah Tuesdays 9:00-11:00 (Sign-up required.)
Math Club
Complete fun units of study each week of the summer. Check your work in Google Classroom and come ask questions during Maestra Sarah’s weekly Math Club, Thursdays 9:00-11:00 (Sign-up required.)
I’m asking kiddos to sign up in advance so they are not waiting around while I work with others. Also, please have them sign up from the beginning of the time slots. I don’t want to spend two hours if there are three kids signed up in all random time slots!
Here is what the weekly sign-ups look like (already posted 8 weeks in Google Classroom):
Summer Reading Club – Tuesdays 9:00-11:00
Keep up your reading fluency by reading to Maestra Sarah!
You must sign up in advance each week so I will show up to read with you! The link is in the Google Classroom header.
Type your name next to the time you would like to read:
9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40
10:40-11:00
Summer Math Club – Thursdays 9:00-11:00 – Units will be posted for each week of the summer.
9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40
10:40-11:00
Preschool news week 39
Zoom meeting classes for next week: No classes Wednesday AM. Kids can attend PM class at 1 pm.
PRE-K
AM 3 DAY PRESCHOOL: 10 am Monday (Reverse Parade on Wednesday 10:00-11:30)
PM 3 DAY PRESCHOOL: 1 pm Monday, Wednesday.
PRESCHOOL
AM 2 DAY and PM 2 DAY
Tuesday and Thursday 10 am
This week we are continue working “Water Cycle, Plants, and Light/Sun”. During this short week, the children will learn the concept and idea of the sun. Incorporating fun activities about the sun into learning instruction and playtime at home will not only strengthen your child’s understanding of the day, but will also spark their interest in astronomy, the solar system, and even space exploration. They will be taught that when the sun rises, it is day, the sun gives us light and warmth, when the sun sets it is night. As well they will be taught that when something blocks the sun’s light it forms a shadow, and shadows are dark. We will also learn how the sun helps plants grow.
Libro
El Sol.
El sol es mi estrella favorita.
Letra
We reviewed the letters that they have been learning (vowels, B, C, D,F, G, H, J, K, L, LL, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W X, Y, Z), focus in vowel Uu
Número
18 – dieciocho
Figura
We reviewed all the shapes that they have been learning (circulo, cuadrado, rectangulo, triangulo, estrella, corazon, diamante, ovalo, and pentagon)
Color
We reviewed all the colors that they have been learning (rojo, azul, amarillo, verde, anaranjado y/o naranja, rosado, morado, café, blanco y negro)
Canciones
El Sol
Sol solecito, luna lunera
Los colores
” An early childhood educator takes a hand, opens a mind, touches a heart”
Week 39 Kindergarten News
Pet Venus Fly Trap
Science 
Favorite plant entry
Growing a garden from kitchen scraps
This week we will finish our domain with two lessons. One on how plants benefit people and the other on the scientist George Washington Carver.
Our objectives will be to:
- Identify things that plants provide us: oxygen, food, and important products
- Understand the life and achievements of George Washington Carver
Future entomologist
History and Geography
Royal band in the making
Cinderella’s slipper made from things around the home
We will finish our Kings and Queens unit this week by listening to the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
carriage architect
Our objectives will be to:
Cinderella’s carriage
- Describe the characters, settings, and plots in the stories
- Discuss the lesson in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that shows that goodness prevails and is rewarded
Frying pan begins with “fr”
English Sight Words
flowers, frying pan, craft and clip
off, think
We will be reviewing the “X,Y, and Z” sight words. Our poem of the week will be If I Were King. Our sorts this week are words that begin with “br” “bl” “gr” and “gl” sounds. There is an additional sort for future practice this summer.
The Google Classroom will continue to be available this summer if the Kindergartners would like to review or catch up on any unfinished work they may have.
La lectura y las matemáticas
I can’t believe that it is our last week of kindergarten. It was a beautiful experience to have had you as students and despite the circumstances, you managed to get ahead and everything has been a success. I am proud of all of you for how you have finished kindergarten. Thank you for all your smiles and energy that inspired me during our online classes.
La lectura:
Our learning goals for this week are:
-Review words with the U vowel.
-Review sight word “mucho” (a lot) and “ese”(that).
-Read the book “Mi corazón se llena de alegría”.
-Make words with the Spanish word games.
Matemáticas:
-Subitizing
-Additions.
Week 39 First Grade News
Spanish Language Arts
We will have a final meeting Thursday morning at 10am on Zoom with both teachers.
This week we will read a variety of Spanish books.
Our objectives will be:
- ready various books in Spanish (Epic! collection assignment)
- Write about your favorite Spanish book (Who are the characters? What is the setting? What happens in the beginning? The middle? The end?)
- listen to Ms.Ivary read the book Si es yes and No is no. (use the comprehension skill summary while reading)
- focus on using correct spelling in sentences on BOTH our Vamos a corregir pages
- practice using the reading strategy summary while reading this week
Videos for the remaining Vamos a corregir pages will be available on Google Classroom this summer.
Matemáticas
This week we will finish working on Chapter 19 El dinero.
Our objectives will be:
- count money in cents us to $1 using the ‘count on’ strategy
- choose the correct value of coins when buying items
- use different combinations of coins to show the same value
- add to find the cost of items and subtract to find the change
- solve real world problems involving addition subtraction of money
Respiratory system
Science
Learning about the circulatory system
We will be finishing our whirl wind trip through the human anatomy and its systems this week. Students will continue to work with Brainpop Jr. and Epic! books to watch lessons and do activities.
Digestive system
Our objectives are to:
- Identify the muscular and nervous systems
- Recall basic facts about the muscular and nervous systems
- Understand the importance of exercise to your health
History and Geography
This week we finish our unit with Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery finally making it to the Pacific Ocean. Our journal activity this week will be to make an entry as if we were one of the members of the expedition. Students will also be taking their assessment this week.
Sacagawea
Our objectives are to:
- Locate the Rocky Mountains, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and the Louisiana Territory on a map
- Explain the reasons that Lewis and Clark went on their expedition
- Understand that there were many, many Native American tribes already living in the Louisiana Territory before the Lewis and Clark expedition
- Recall basic facts about Lewis and Clark’s encounters with Native Americans
English Sight Words
were, what, which, who, word, would
Week 39 4th/5th News
Mathematics
Students will be able to join any small group meeting on Monday and Tuesday to ask questions.
We will have a final meeting on Thursday in Google Meets with both teachers!
This week we will finish learning about Three Dimensional Shapes. Our objectives will be:
- Identify and classify prisms and pyramids
- Identify the solid figures that can be formed from a net
- Identify and classify cylinders, spheres, and cones
Videos will be available for Chapter 16 on Google Classroom over the summer. I strongly recommend that students complete the Chapter 16 pages in their workbook, as well as the chapter reviews and the full year review.
History
This week we will continue learning about The Civil War. Our objectives will be:
- Explain how the Dred Scott decision, John Brown’s raid, and the election of 1860 increased the disagreements between the North and the South.
- Describe the challenges Lincoln faced when he took office.
SWS Reverse Parade
Dear Parents,
We are excited to celebrate the end of the school year with our students. We know the normal end of the Performance and Field Day can’t occur under the current circumstances. In light of that, we would like to share how we will celebrate our students’ accomplishments from this year and wish them a wonderful, safe summer.
On June 17, we are inviting all students and parents to a drive-thru celebration at Spanish With Sarah where students will be cheered and celebrated by staff. All preschool-5th grade students and parents are invited from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. In order for us to facilitate this, we need to follow specific guidelines and expectations laid out by the State of Washington:
- Parents are encouraged to decorate their cars to celebrate their students!
- Students and family members will NOT be able to get out of their vehicles.
- Vehicles with students and immediate family members will enter the parking lot from 23rd street (closest to the big trees) and follow the loop, pause to greet teachers, and exit out 23rd street (closest to the house).
- Staff will be stationed in front of the playground fence to wave and celebrate students.
- Staff will have signs acknowledging students and will decorate the fence and their cars.
- Each vehicle will stop at the designated TEACHER area: award appropriate certificates, give end-of-the year items, and take an optional photograph. Students will NOT be able to get out of their cars.
- Please do not pull ahead of the vehicle in front of you but rather follow through the procession.
- Anyone who did not have their yearbook mailed to their home will be able to pick this up during the parade.
We know this is not the way we had all planned to celebrate the successful completion of the school year, and we appreciate your understanding as we do our best to celebrate.
PLEASE take a look at the MAP to help make things run smoothly!