This Week in A2

Dear Parents,

A few reminders:

1. This Wednesday is our first Family Day of the year.  Family Day is a truly awesome school-wide activity where students from each grade join together in "families" in each classroom around the school.  In our "families" we complete fun, community building activities each month.  Students stay with their school families throughout their years at Vallemar.  As 8th graders graduate, new kindergartners join each family.  Upper grade students come to our classroom to escort kindergartners to their family day classroom and drop them off after.  This is a great activity that makes our Vallemar community feel a little smaller.  

2. If you have not yet signed up for a Parent Teacher Conference, please do so.  Conferences are 10/16-10/23.  We are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's transition into kindergarten.  Please CLICK HERE to sign-up for a day and time.  

3.Encouraging reading is one of the most important things we can do to help your child succeed. It can be tough finding the right books to keep them interested, which is why I am so excited that our class will be participating in Scholastic Reading Clubthis school year. With Scholastic Reading Club: 
- Every book you buy earns FREE Books for our classroom library - You can choose from handpicked, grade- & reading-level-specific books for your childEach month, your child will bring home Reading Club flyers. Together you can choose from books hand-selected by teachers and experts, and then order online or send your order form and payment to Mrs. Glasgo/Mrs. Vazquez.  Book Orders are always due on the last Wednesday of the month.  This month they are due and orders will be submitted on 9/30. CLICK HERE to get started. Our one-time class activation code is: HT6N7.

Our Week:

STAR STUDENT: Shea (We can't wait to see your poster and learn more about you!)

9/28 Monday- Psychomotor (9:20-10:00), Today is the last day to turn in Driver/Chaperone Info & $$ (driver form, copy of driver's license, copy of insurance with liability limits- cost is $12 per child and $3 per adult), Snack: Richard

9/29 Tuesday- Music (11:00-11:30), Snack: Shane

9/30 Wednesday- Family Day (10:45-11:30), Homework Packet Due, Library Book Due, Last Day to Submit This Month's Scholastic Book Order, Snack: Shea

10/1 Thursday- Snack:TJ

10/2 Friday- Visit School Library (9:00-9:30), Computer Lab (10:45-11:25), Snack:Tony

What We're Learning

• Math: Calendar Math: Counting to 30, counting by 10's, ID 2D & 3D shapes, ID colors, days of the week, patterning, days in school/beginning place value. We are practicing sorting by color, shape, and size, counting 0-5 objects, writing numbers 0-5.  
• Science: We will be studying pumpkins this week.  Optional- Feel free to bring in a small pumpkin any day this week for our pumpkin study.  These pumpkins will not be returned.
• Language Arts: 
• Our letter/sound of the week is P.  Optional- Your child can bring something for sharing on his/her sharing day that begins with the letter P. We will be painting pictures of pumpkins.
• We have been learning the following sight words: a, the, I, see, my.  This week we are learning the sight word: go to.  
• In Writers Workshop we are working on personal narratives/ small moments.  Please help your child think of ideas for great stories in the car on the way to school or at night before bed!  In class we will be drawing pictures and adding details and labels to tell a story. This week we will begin trying to sound out words: Say it like a snail, stretch it like a snake, write down the sounds you hear. Join us in praising your child for his/her attempts!  This is how writers are made!  
• In Reading this week, we will be focusing on making connections to the stories we read. 

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