Week of 1/25 - 1/29

Dear Families,

1/25 Monday- No School, Staff Development Day
1/26 Tuesday- Family Day (10:45-11:30)
1/27 Wednesday- Homework and Library Book Due
1/28 Thursday-
1/29 Friday- Mrs. Vazquez will be teaching today, Library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25),

What We're Learning

• Math: Numbers to 100, Beginning Addition, New Game: Go Fish with deck of cards (face cards removed)...play at home! :)

• Language Arts:  Letter/Sound of the week: Gg

• Sight Words: Please work with you child at home on reading, writing, and spelling sight words!  Many kids can already identify all 30 sight words, but still have trouble spelling/writing sight words.  Please work with them at home on identifying, reading, and writing their sight words.  New game: Grab it!  Cut index cards in 1/2 (the more colorful the better), write sight words on index cards, place cards on a table face up, play with a partner, "on your mark, get set go!" Players read sight word and then grab card...kids play until all cards are gone.  Player with more cards wins!

• Reading/Writing Workshop: First, Next, Last

Family Date Night! Sunday, March 6th

On Sunday, March 6 Vallemar PTO will be having their 2nd annual Bowl-A-Thon and silent auction.  This is the biggest fundraiser for our school!  Each grade will put together an auction basket.  This year the Kinder theme for the basket will be 

Family Date Night

We would like to have each family contribute a minimum of $10 by Friday, February 12.  If you can get any donations from local restaurants or businesses that would be greatly appreciated too. 

Each class will have an envelope for collection.  Or you can paypal Michelle at:

paypal.me/michellegray307  Please make a note of your child's name and class.

The following parents will be your class representatives and will be helping put together the basket:

Abby:  Sannosians Class; Mom of Axel

Kim: Adams Class; Mom of Nathaniel

Brianna: Glasgo/Vazquez Class; Mom of Shea

Michelle: Glasgo/Vazquez Class; Mom of Ruth

If you have any questions, please reach out to Brianna or Michelle.  

Thank you in advance for your donation &
 see you at the Bowl-A-Thon!

This Week in A2

Dear Families,

Thank you all for the super generous, sweet, thoughtful, Christmas gifts.  I really can't thank you enough.  I feel very loved!

Please check online for our January snack schedule.  A paper copy will go home with the homework on Wednesday. **see below for this week's snack schedule

This week our star student is Julian B.  We look forward to seeing your poster and learning more about you!

1/4 Monday- Psychomotor (9:20-10:00), snack: Gabriella (School BD)
1/5 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), snack: Keaton
1/6 Wednesday- Homework and Library Book Due, snack: Luke
1/7 Thursday- Mrs. Vazquez will be teaching today. Snack: Mary-Margaret
1/8 Friday- Mrs. Vazquez will be teaching today, Today is spirit day (wear PJ's to school today), Library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), snack: Noelle

What We're Learning

• Math: Sequencing

• Language Arts:  Letter/Sound of the week Ee, Eric Carle Books

• Sight Words: Your child should be able to independently read, write, and spell the following sight words: a, the, I, see, my, go, to, like, can, look, you, went, come, at, is, are.

• Writers Workshop: This week we will begin our procedural/how-to unit.