We are looking forward to some Halloween fun on Tuesday! I hope you were able to make it into the Alta Vista office last week to get a visitor's pass for the parade, if you are planning on coming. If not, I highly recommend that you go into the office on Monday, either before school or after school (until 3:00). If you do not get a visitor's pass prior to Tuesday morning, you will most likely miss the parade. Please plan accordingly!
More Halloween Info
Children should come to school in their costumes, as we won't have time to get 23 children changed into their costumes for the parade at 9:00. After the parade, children will be going straight to recess. At this point, costumes should be removed to avoid spilling on or damaging costumes during recess & lunch, and I encourage you to take costumes home with you if you are on campus for the parade. If you are not coming for the parade, please send your child with a bag for their costume, especially if it won't fit inside their backpack. Please have your children wear a layer under their costume that they will be comfortable wearing for the remainder of the day.
Conferences
This is the last full week of our regular school schedule before conferences begin on Tuesday, 11/7. During the two weeks beginning 11/7 and ending on 11/17, dismissal will be at 1:15 daily. If you need to check your conference time, you can find it on this document. Please note that this sign-up can no longer be edited. If you need to reschedule your conference, please email me. Special Family Project
In this week's Wednesday envelope, we will be sending home a turkey for your child to "disguise." This project goes along with a book called Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano. In this book, the turkey does not want to become Thanksgiving dinner, so he disguises himself in many different costumes to avoid getting caught. Your children will receive their own turkey to disguise, along with directions for this project, in their envelope. Examples of this project can be found here and here, but please let your child lead this project with their ideas on how to disguise the turkey. We love seeing these projects year after year and look forward to this year's editions!
Please note: the projects are due back in the following week's envelope, which will be 11/9. We will be making this project into a class book to share with all the families, so encourage your children to take their time on the project and have fun with it!
What We're Learning this WeekLanguage Arts:
We will introduce the letters Ee and Rr. To help your child with correct letter formation, please see this week's Fundations Family Letter. Our sight words this week are at and and.
Math:
We are wrapping up Module 1, Numbers to 10. Students should be able to recognize and write numbers 0-10. They should be able to count, order, and draw up to 10 items.
**Library books are due by Tuesday each week
This Week's Helpers & Activities
Monday: Centers (Lydia & Aida)
Tuesday: Halloween parade at 9:00, Halloween Party at 12:20 (Rachna & Rebecca organized parent volunteers for this event, thank you!)
Wednesday: Library @ 9:30 (Kristi & check in/out needed), Dismissal @ 1:15
Thursday: Centers (Lauren & Yuni)
Friday: Music class, ***Friday afternoons we have been going to the Occupational Therapy room, room 2, next door. This is a fun space for children to get their wiggles out and play on the equipment. Students do need to be able to remove and put back on their shoes, so please have your child wear shoes they can take off and put back on independently.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, 10/31: Schoolwide Halloween Parade @ 9:00 (get your visitor's pass ahead of time!!) and class party in p.m.
11/7-11/17: Parent-Teacher Conferences-- dismissal @ 1:15 daily
Thursday 11/9: Return Turkey Trouble project in Weds. envelope
Friday 11/10: NO SCHOOL: Veteran's Day
11/20-11/24: Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday, 12/19 @ 9:15 am: Nutcracker Performance
12/21-1/3: Winter Break
