Ventana Vistas

September 29-October 5, 2021

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT BILINGUAL BINGO AND BOOK FAIR OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT!

2nd grade students demonstrate their learning about maps and cardinal directions.

Thanks for Donations of Masks, Hand Sanitizer and Wipes!

Ventana Vista would like to thank Treasures for Teachers for donating disinfecting wipes to all of our classrooms this week! Check out this awesome community resource.

We would like to thank the Drake family for donating large masks.

We would like to thank the Espinoza family for donating hand sanitizer and masks.

And thanks to the Mystery Mom who donated children's masks.

We appreciate your generosity as these things are used everyday on our campus.

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Donation Request

Unfortunately our stock of Child' size masks is running low and our distributor has them on back order for us. If you are out and about and would like to pick up a packet to donate we would greatly appreciate it. Plain or colored is acceptable. Thank You!

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Get Ready to Smile!

Picture day is next Thursday 10/07/2021. You can pre order your pictures here.

Please note there will be NO class picture taken at this time.

FTT Update

Thank you for participating in our first Family Teacher Teams meetings over the last two weeks! We had a great turnout and we’re thrilled that you’ll be partnering with us on this important initiative.

Our teachers spent many hours planning and preparing, and each grade level picked a specific focus area and prepared activities they felt would be best for students to focus on.

We received great feedback from families about the FTT meetings – thank you for all the survey responses! Here are just a few below:

“We got great ideas for some fun math games that we can play for just a few minutes at a time.”

“Getting examples of how to help my student with their reading at home was very helpful and I learned new tips I’ll be integrating.”

“Love this new format/technique with Parent/Teacher partnership and goal setting! So excited to see where it will take our child!”

A recap of the focus areas and activities that teachers chose by grade level is below.

Kindergarten:

Letter Names & Sounds

Activities include using alphabet cards to play Alphabet Boom!, One Minute Time Trial, Letter Scavenger Hunt, and Object Scavenger Hunt Race.

1st Grade:

Letter Names & Sounds and Fry’s First 100 Sight Words

Teachers provided lots of fun activities and games for parents that use alphabet or sight word flashcards. Need more great resources? Check out this Padlet!

2nd Grade:

Reading: Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM)

Parents will time & track their 2nd graders as they read a set of words or passages for 1 minute 3 times a week for the next 5 weeks.

3rd Grade:

Math Fluency: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division

Tons of great math games to play with your 3rd grader were provided.

4th Grade:

Reading Fluency: Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM) & Comprehension

A set of 3 reading passages with questions were given to families to read 4 times a week over the next 3 weeks.

5th Grade:

Math: Computational Accuracy

Parents and 5th graders will play Multiplication War, Multiplication Heads-Up, & Multiplication Compare using number cards.

Thank you for working with your child on these activities over the next 5 weeks. We look forward to seeing their progress.

Teachers will host your individual parent-teacher conference the last week in October.

FFO Corner

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The Fall Scholastic Book Fair kicks off tonight (weather permitting)!

The fair will be set up in front of school this evening in conjunction with Bilingual Bingo and will be going during lunchtime starting tomorrow. Please see the attached Book Fair flyer for grades and times and don't forget to set up your e-wallet before your student(s) can shop.

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October Dine Out with Zinburger this Monday!

On Monday, Oct 4th from 11am - 9pm, dine in or take out with Zinburger and they will give back 20% of each ticket to our school. See the attached flyer for details!

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Backpack Hook Update

Be on the lookout for a work day sign up to mount the new backpack hooks onto the existing boards. As of now, we are looking at a weekend day after fall break.

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Thanks So Much VV Families for the “Stock the Lounge” donations this week!!

We’ll be collecting again Monday morning, October 18th. Again, a simple opportunity to show our VVE Staff/Teacher some appreciation…if you happen to be running errands, pick-up a little something extra for the VVE Staff Lounge and drop it off with our volunteers when you drop off your student (or if your child rides the bus or walks and they have room in their backpack that's great too)! (Ideas for items: “shelf-stable” snacks, sparkling water, Keurig pods, etc.)

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Please join us for our next FFO meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 20th at 6pm via Zoom.

We promise it won't be too scary!

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Return of Trunk or Treat - 10/29!!

Please join us for the annual Trunk or Treat event on October 29 from 6:30-8pm. We are currently looking for families who would like to participate in handing out candy. Please see the sign up link below for additional information. If you are interested in bringing your vehicle, be sure to sign up early as spaces will fill up early. We are also in need of candy and small non-candy items for donations. Please drop them off at pick-up or drop off and we will be collecting them for you Starting 10/4.

We are in need of two small generators for the event, if you are willing to donate one please contact Chrissy at Christine.L.Flaherty@gmail.com. We need assistance setting-up as well…please consider coming the Saturday before and helping us set up.

Vehicle Sign up

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ABAE22AAF85-trunk3

Volunteer

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ABAE22AAF85-trunk2