Friday, September 19, 2014

Newsletter Sept. 22nd - 26th

Picture Day is HERE !!!  Picture Day will be THIS Friday, the 26th.  We will be taking pictures as a whole class, up on the risers, so keep in mind that your child’s whole body will be in the picture!  So cute!  

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

·        This entire week is COLLEGE WEEK.  Our student council has come up with fun things for each day!
o      Monday—Crazy Socks!
o      Tuesday—Hats off to college!  Wear your fun & crazy hats!!!
o      Wednesday—College wear!!!  Wear as much college wear as you can find!
o      Thursday—Career Day; wear an outfit that shows what you might want to be when you grow up!!!
o      Friday—Mundy spirit wear; wear your Mundy wear or green & gray to show your school spirit!!

·        Apple Festival!!  Our annual apple festival is THIS Thursday, the 25th during center time.  We will have many fun centers in both classrooms, as well as outside.  We would LOVE to have parents to help us run the centers outside!  If you are willing/available to volunteer, we’d love to have you.    See you there!

·        DONATIONS NEEDED--We will be using lots of apples on Thursday, tasting, and measuring, and stamping them.  If you are able to donate yellow, green or red apples, please let your teacher know!  THANK YOU!!!  If you are interested in donating an apple pie or other fun apple treat, please see your child’s teacher.
  
 ·        Please plan to attend our 2nd attempt-Open House for Kindergarten from 5:30 – 6:30pm!  Please plan to come back and hang out in your child’s classroom for an hour of perusing their work and sharing the classroom with your child. 

·        DIAPER DRIVE!!!  Our Student Leadership team is collecting diapers of all sizes that will be donated to families in need.  If you are able to contribute, we will be collecting them in the front office until Oct. 8th.  THANK YOU for your generosity!

·        Guided Reading Books—We have begun to send home little guided reading books with your child.  These are the books that we read with your child each day.  Please help us to keep these beloved and VERY important books safe.  Please return them EVERY day in your child’s folder in the little Ziploc bag provided.  ****If your child does NOT receive one, it is because he/she is not ready for books at this time and is still working on letter sounds and high frequency words.**** 
  
·        Holiday Fair—Our Nelda Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6th from 10 –2.  Each grade level will be decorating a tree with a different theme, that will be raffled off at the end of the day.  This year’s Kindergarten tree will be a Family Fun Night.  You should have already received a sign up genius asking for donations for our tree.  Please let us know if you did not receive the email. 

·        Folders & Homework— Just a friendly reminder, we do NOT send folders home on Wacky Wednesdays and we do not collect homework until Fridays. Thanks!!!

·        Homework this week—We’re continuing to work on proper handwriting for homework, as well as high frequency words and writing a sentence.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE work on letter sounds with your child at home.  There are 30 letter sounds that we test your child on, 26 letters in the alphabet and the digraphs, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /wh/.  ALL students need to continue to work on sounds, as well as High Frequency Words.  We work on them every day in class, but if you are doing flashcards or put them on the fridge or on the wall at home for more exposure, you will notice that they will learn them much quicker. 

·        Our theme this MONTH continues to be APPLES, and our new word wall word is “can.”    NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can & my.

·        Writing—We continue to write every day!  We are expecting your child to know the words “I, see, the, like, is, can & my.”  Please encourage them to write those every day.  You can even start writing simple sentences such as, “I like the ____.”  OR “ I see a _____.”  You can stretch out the sounds of the unfamiliar word or draw a picture.  If your child is ready, please encourage MORE in their writing!!!  We always encourage more detail and words in sentences if kids are ready.  Daily writing practice helps tremendously.

 ·        LIBRARY—please return your library books BY Monday or Tuesday, as we will go to the library each Wed.  Please help us by reiterating the process of checking out a book--- find one you’d like, take it to Mrs. Sagara our librarian, find your library card on the table, check out your book.  We still have some confusion about taking it home without checking it out!  J  We are still learning!!
  
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!  Thank you!!

The Kindergarten Team
Mrs. Barnes:  sarahba@fsusd.org
Mrs. Barron:  erinba@fsusd.org
Mrs. Ron:  kimr@fsusd.org

Ms. Davila:  theresad@fsusd.org

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