This is a short week due to our Fall Break on Thursday and Friday. I hope you are able to enjoy some family time.
Conferences
If you haven't had an opportunity to do so yet, please see this document to sign up to meet with me for your child's conference. Just a reminder that conferences are for parent(s) only so that we can talk openly about your child’s progress, and there is one conference per child.
Language Arts
Due to the shortened week, we will not be introducing any new letters. Instead we will be having a review week.
Our sight words this week are am and can. You can find the sight words we've introduced on the classroom website.
Math
We will continue working on numbers 0-10. Children should be able to recognize, understand the value, and write these numbers.
Centers
Our first week of classroom centers went so well! Thank you for supporting small group instruction by coming in to join us at center time. I've added a few new dates to the center/library schedule to bring us up to the end of 2023. Check out the Sign Up Genius here.
Great Shake-Out
This Wednesday, 10/18, Union School District is participating in the Great Shake-Out. This is an event where people across California will be practicing earthquake safety. We will have an earthquake drill and practice exiting the building safely. I encourage you to talk with your children about earthquake safety at home and develop a plan in the event of an earthquake while in your home.
Halloween
Alta Vista will be celebrating Halloween with a costume parade that includes ALL of our TK through fifth grade students. The Halloween Parade will be on Tuesday, October 31st at 9:00 AM. During the school day, all visitors (Grandma and Grandpa too) must check into our office through our Visitor Management System. Safety remains a top priority for our school and district and the check in process takes a couple of minutes for each guest. The Halloween Parade has always been a popular event and we are expecting quite a crowd. To help expedite the check in process on Halloween, please help us by pre-registering into our Visitor Management System prior to the 31st. It's a simple process:
1. Stop by the office with your driver’s license anytime beginning the week of Monday, October 23rd, between 8:00 and 3:00. Let Chitra know that you would like a visitor’s sticker for the Halloween Parade.
2. Keep the sticker in a safe place until the day of the event. You will need to wear the sticker in a visible place on your shirt when you come for the parade on the 31st.
3. There will be two lines on the morning of the event. One will be for those who have pre-registered and have their sticker on. They will have their stickers checked and let in through the gate closest to the office. The other line will be for those that have not pre-registered for the event.
Please note, if you are unable to pre-register and pick up a sticker during the week prior to the parade, we anticipate a long line the morning of the event. It can take up to 2 minutes in some cases to check in each person. We highly suggest you come early so that you don’t miss the fun. No adult will be allowed on campus without a visitor’s sticker from the office. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we prioritize keeping students safe during school-wide events.
**Library books are due on Tuesday each week
This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Centers (Aida C. & Raji)
Tuesday: Return library books, Centers (Judy & Michelle)
Wednesday: Library (Kaela & Marianne), dismissal @ 1:15
Thursday: NO SCHOOL: Fall Break
Friday: NO SCHOOL: Fall Break
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, 10/18: The Great Shake-Out
10/19-10/22: Fall Break
10/23-10/27: Book Fair
Tuesday, 10/24: Special Kindergarten hours @ Book Fair: 1:40-2:40
Tuesday, 10/24: YSI Presentation: Insects, Spiders, and other Arthropods
Tuesday, 10/31: Schoolwide Halloween Parade & Class Party
11/7-11/17: Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday 11/10: NO SCHOOL: Veteran's Day
Language Arts
Due to the shortened week, we will not be introducing any new letters. Instead we will be having a review week.
Our sight words this week are am and can. You can find the sight words we've introduced on the classroom website.
Math
We will continue working on numbers 0-10. Children should be able to recognize, understand the value, and write these numbers.
Centers
Our first week of classroom centers went so well! Thank you for supporting small group instruction by coming in to join us at center time. I've added a few new dates to the center/library schedule to bring us up to the end of 2023. Check out the Sign Up Genius here.
Great Shake-Out
This Wednesday, 10/18, Union School District is participating in the Great Shake-Out. This is an event where people across California will be practicing earthquake safety. We will have an earthquake drill and practice exiting the building safely. I encourage you to talk with your children about earthquake safety at home and develop a plan in the event of an earthquake while in your home.
Halloween
Alta Vista will be celebrating Halloween with a costume parade that includes ALL of our TK through fifth grade students. The Halloween Parade will be on Tuesday, October 31st at 9:00 AM. During the school day, all visitors (Grandma and Grandpa too) must check into our office through our Visitor Management System. Safety remains a top priority for our school and district and the check in process takes a couple of minutes for each guest. The Halloween Parade has always been a popular event and we are expecting quite a crowd. To help expedite the check in process on Halloween, please help us by pre-registering into our Visitor Management System prior to the 31st. It's a simple process:
1. Stop by the office with your driver’s license anytime beginning the week of Monday, October 23rd, between 8:00 and 3:00. Let Chitra know that you would like a visitor’s sticker for the Halloween Parade.
2. Keep the sticker in a safe place until the day of the event. You will need to wear the sticker in a visible place on your shirt when you come for the parade on the 31st.
3. There will be two lines on the morning of the event. One will be for those who have pre-registered and have their sticker on. They will have their stickers checked and let in through the gate closest to the office. The other line will be for those that have not pre-registered for the event.
Please note, if you are unable to pre-register and pick up a sticker during the week prior to the parade, we anticipate a long line the morning of the event. It can take up to 2 minutes in some cases to check in each person. We highly suggest you come early so that you don’t miss the fun. No adult will be allowed on campus without a visitor’s sticker from the office. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we prioritize keeping students safe during school-wide events.
**Library books are due on Tuesday each week
This Week's Helpers & Activities:
Monday: Centers (Aida C. & Raji)
Tuesday: Return library books, Centers (Judy & Michelle)
Wednesday: Library (Kaela & Marianne), dismissal @ 1:15
Thursday: NO SCHOOL: Fall Break
Friday: NO SCHOOL: Fall Break
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, 10/18: The Great Shake-Out
10/19-10/22: Fall Break
10/23-10/27: Book Fair
Tuesday, 10/24: Special Kindergarten hours @ Book Fair: 1:40-2:40
Tuesday, 10/24: YSI Presentation: Insects, Spiders, and other Arthropods
Tuesday, 10/31: Schoolwide Halloween Parade & Class Party
11/7-11/17: Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday 11/10: NO SCHOOL: Veteran's Day
