We are heading into our last week before Spring Break. I always feel like after we return from Spring Break, the weeks just fly by. We have a lot to pack in during our remaining 44 school days, so keep supporting your children at home by reinforcing concepts and doing lots of reading & writing.
Classroom Help
I added a few more dates to the Sign-Up Genius for parent volunteers in April. Also, in a different way of helping, we need more hand soap-- we are just about out. If anyone is out & about and can pick up some hand soap, I'd appreciate it.
Field Trip
We have a field trip coming up on April 24th! We will be going to Prusch Farm Park. This is always a great trip, as there are often baby animals to see at this time of year. We will also go on a hay ride and look at their crops. A permission slip for this field trip will come home in this week's Wednesday envelope. There will be two permission slips: one from Union School District, and one from the City of San Jose. The city's permission slip is a general form they use for all sorts of city activities (and for all ages, including adults) to gather information about those who participate in city programs. Please do not feel like you need to fill out the entire form for the city. Please read through the information we're attaching to the permission slips about which boxes are required on the city form.
Field Trip Chaperones
While we wish we could take all who wish to go on this trip, we are very limited on space due to the farm's restrictions and can only take 4 parents per class. If you are interested in chaperoning, please read through this document carefully.
Spring Fling
This Thursday the 4th we have a special event called Spring Fling. We will use both the indoors and outdoors for the activities. Children will do STEAM activities and various crafts and activities. Parent helpers for this event are Bhavna, Aditi, Sara, Sandy, Sujay, Sogol, and Anna. Please arrive at 12:20, just like at center time. Thank you!
Language Arts
Our sight word this week is here. We will continue reading books with a Spring-theme this week.
We will also continue to focus on digraphs in Fundations, particularly sh, ch, wh, th, and ck. Parent tips for this unit can be found here.
Math
We will continue with Module 4: Number Pairs, Addition & Subtraction to 10. We will spend the remainder of this school year on subtraction, then move to addition & subtraction word problems and fluency. Parent tips for this module can be found here.
STEAM
We had another fun visit to the Makerspace last Wednesday, where we worked with Strawbees again. We had a 3D shape challenge, and first built one cube as a group, then a cube that they could fit inside. Challenge #2 proved to be quite difficult.
Art Vista
We have our final Art Vista lesson this Friday the 5th. Thank you to the many helpers for making this program so fun and educational for the kids. I was so impressed at our last lesson with all the art questions the children answered correctly. Thank you to Snigdha, Sahana, Shelley, Gazal, and Sandy for helping with Art Vistas this year.
Reminders
**Library is every Wednesday. Please return your child's library book by Tuesday each week.
**School spirit days are every Wednesday. Wear your Alta Vista t-shirts or your Grasshopper t-shirts to show your school pride
This Week's Helpers & Activities
Monday: Centers @ 12:20 (Vikram & Hardeep)
Tuesday: Centers @ 12:20 (Jessica & Sandy)
Wednesday: Makerspace @ 8:30 (Jackie & Sogol), Library @ 9:10 (Jackie & Niki), Dismissal @ 1:15, Whimsical Wednesday Ice Cream Sales @ 2:40
Thursday: Spring Fling @ 12:20 (Bhavna, Aditi, Sara, Sandy, Sujay, Sogol, and Anna)
Friday: Art Vista @ 10:30 (Snigdha, Sahana, Shelley, Gazal, and Sandy), Music @ 12:30
Monday: Centers @ 12:20 (Vikram & Hardeep)
Tuesday: Centers @ 12:20 (Jessica & Sandy)
Wednesday: Makerspace @ 8:30 (Jackie & Sogol), Library @ 9:10 (Jackie & Niki), Dismissal @ 1:15, Whimsical Wednesday Ice Cream Sales @ 2:40
Thursday: Spring Fling @ 12:20 (Bhavna, Aditi, Sara, Sandy, Sujay, Sogol, and Anna)
Friday: Art Vista @ 10:30 (Snigdha, Sahana, Shelley, Gazal, and Sandy), Music @ 12:30
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, 4/3: Whimsical Wednesday Ice Cream Sales
Thursday, 4/4: Spring Fling
4/8-4/12: Spring Break
Thursday, 4/18: UMS Math Students Visit
Wednesday, 4/24: Field trip to Prusch Farm
Friday, 4/26: AV Family Dance
Tuesday, 4/30: Spring Pictures
Friday, 5/3 @ 5:00: Kindergarten Movie Night
