This Week in A2

Dear Families,

Our Hidden Villa Field trip is coming up on May 27th.  Please help us fund this field trip by sending your child into school with $5 in an envelope with your child's name by this Wednesday. Our generous PTO will fund the other half+ of the ticket cost. Cash or check is ok.  Checks should be made out to Vallemar PTO.

5/16 Monday- Snack: Angelo, Psychomotor, Art Class, Afternoon Yoga, Letter D (Wear Disney clothes)

5/17 Tuesday- Snack: Angelina, Music, Afternoon Yoga, Letter E (Read Eric Carle books)
5/18 Wednesday- Snack: Anthony, Afternoon Yoga, Letter F (Bring your Favorite Fruits for snack)
5/19 Thursday- Happy Birthday, Shea! Snack: Shea, Afternoon Yoga, Emergency Drill, Letter G (Bring a board game to play during centers...your child should be able to teach others how to play.  Please write your family name on the box.)
5/20 Friday- Snack: Brooke, Library, Letter H (Wear a hat or Hawaiian clothes)

**SEE our class calendar for upcoming snack, event and ABC countdown info.

Thank you to all the families who have donated to our DonorsChoose project!  You are amazing!  We have also had donations from other Vallemar families, friends, a very generous retired Vallemar teacher, and a very generous anonymous donor.  Our project for wiggle stools is almost fully funded!  Only $99 to go!  Today is the last day DonorsChoose will match your donation dollar for dollar.  Just enter code LIFTOFF during checkout.  Sitting in a chair the majority of the day isn't an easy task, especially for young, wiggly learners. We created a DonorsChoose classroom request to fund 6 wiggle stools in the classroom to help create an engaging learning environment that meets the needs of all of our students. These safe, stable, ergonomic stools allow children to move while sitting down, which helps many children stay seated and focus more on learning and completing their assignments. These stools also help improve posture and develop trunk control. We will use these stools at our learning table, where we work with small groups of students on guided reading, math, etc. Because these stools are light and portable, they can also easily be moved around the classroom as needed.

Please click on the link below to learn more:

Wiggle and Learn- A Classroom For Everyone

In return, you'll get awesome photos of your gift in action and our heartfelt thanks.
Thank you so much,
Natasha & Brandy
P.S. If you know anyone who may want to help our students, please pass along the link!

This Week's Focus

• Math: MARS Task, Missing Numbers, Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's, Addition and Subtraction Practice

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

Save the Dates:

• 5/27 Hidden Villa Field Trip: 9:30-1:30ish, *We still need seats for a few more students. Please CLICK HERE to sign up to drive on this fun field trip!
• 5/30 No School (Memorial Day)
• 6/15 End of the Year Fun Day at Frontierland Park- All Drivers/ Parents Welcome, Sign up will be posted this week
• 6/16 Last Day of School & Final Report Cards