Monday, September 8, 2014

Newsletter Sept. 8th-12th

We have a big favor to ask…if you are the last one out through the gate after the school day starts, will you please CLOSE the gate behind you? Thank you! 

Here’s what’s coming up for this week… 

·        Our theme this MONTH is APPLES, and our new word wall word is “is.”  (Sorry, I made a mistake last week.  Our new word wall word last week was “the”.)   So NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see & is.

·        Parent volunteers have started!!!!  If you have signed up to come in to volunteer for center time, please COME IN!  We would love to have our volunteers come from 8:15 – 10 am for the morning session, and 11:45-1:15 pm for the afternoon session.  Please check in with the office and get your volunteer badge, and come in through our back doors!  Thank you!!!!!! 

·        New Volunteer Training will be held Tuesday September 10th starting at 8:45 in the MPR.  MCA will train parents on operating copy machines and other equipment.  They will also discuss Room Parent duties.  Any one who wants to volunteer in Kindergarten is welcome to attend. 

·        All of Kindergarten will be having our annual Apple Day Festival on Thursday, Sept.25thThis is a fun day where each class travels from 401, to 402, then outside, doing different fun apple activities.  There will be two sessions, one in the am and one in the pm, and it will take place during our center time.  We will need parent volunteers to help us run and manage the centers.  If youre available to come in, please let your teacher know.  Thank you!

·        Our Homework this week continues to be handwriting!  Please reinforce the letter formation of letters a-f.  Please refer to the handwriting sheet from our Back to School Night for our phrasing.  It really helps students to hear the same wording at home as they do from us in the classroom. 

·        Writing—We have already jumped right into writing every day!  We are expecting your child to know the words “I, see, the & like.”  Please encourage them to write those every day.  You can even start writing simple sentences such as, “I like ____.”   “ I see a _____.” Or “The _____ is _____.” You can stretch out the sounds of the unfamiliar word or draw a picture.  Daily writing practice helps tremendously!

·        LIBRARY has started!!!  We want to clarify any confusion about library books.  The kids get to “keep” their library books for the whole week.  We just ask that you send them back by Monday or Tuesday so that we can return them to the library by Tuesday afternoon and be ready for check out Wed. morning!  Your child is never expected to return a library book on their own!!  There will be a library return bucket outside in the mornings so the kids can return their library books whenever they are done with them!

·        JUMP HIGHWAY!  Our MCA along with Jump Highway is having a fundraiser for Nelda Mundy on Friday, Sept. 12th from 5:30-8:30pm.  There will be pizza available to buy and fun to be had by all!  MCA members have been outside selling tickets at the beginning and end of the school day.  Come out and jump with us! 

Thank you again for all that you do at home to support your child’s learning.  We appreciate all that you do!  Please feel free to email your child’s teacher with any concerns or questions!  Please do not hit reply to this email.
Thank you!! 

The Kindergarten Team
Sarah Barnes sarahba@fsusd.org,  Erin Barron erinba@fsusd.org

Theresa Davila theresad@fsusd.org  and Kim Ron kimd@fsusd.org

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