Kindergarten News

December 15-19^th

            Who’s ready for a break???  Well, we’ve practically made it to the New Year already!  Can you believe it?  It goes by WAY too fast around here.  So, here’s what’s coming up for this last week in December…

v     Nelda Mundy’s policy is that we have 3 parties per year, Halloween, Valentine’s Day & End of the Year.  Therefore, we will NOT be having a party on Friday.  However, we will be enjoying our day by doing fun holiday activities.  We will be rotating classrooms and learning about different holidays celebrated around the world.  

v     Our theme for this week is Christmas and our new word wall word is “am”.

v     Just a quick note about vacation break…when you can, PLEASE, PLEASE encourage writing practice!  Our writing is about to step it up!  When we return, we will be beginning to prepare our kids for the first grade.  So…NO MORE uppercase letters scattered throughout the sentence or in your name, there MUST be spaces between words and your sentences MUST make sense!!  Two weeks is a very long time in the World of Kindergarten.  Please help us to keep up the writing practice over this long winter break.  Thank you!

v     Our Winter Break begins Dec. 22nd , and we return to school on Jan. 5^th.  We wish you the merriest of holiday seasons and a relaxing break with your families.  Be safe and sleep in!

v     Finally, we would to thank all of our parent volunteers who have come in week after week, without fail, to help with centers, make endless copies or help us to prepare for our Kindergarten days.  Thank you to all of those who have helped OUTSIDE the classroom as well, cutting, gluing or assembling our many projects…and thank you to all of those who have just been supportive and always ready with a kind word or email.  We truly couldn’t run such a great Kindergarten program without your support.  Nelda Mundy is great because of you!  Thank you for ALL that you do to support our kids and our school.  Have a great vacation!

Feel free to contact us via notes, e-mails, or phone calls to school (not when we’re teaching please!) at any time, and we will do our best to answer your questions and concerns as quickly as possible.  Again, we’re so glad that your child is a part of our lives for this year!

Kindergarten Newsletter

December 8^th – 12^th

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

·        BINDERS—We have been collecting all of your child’s special art projects and we are ready to start putting them into BINDERS.  Please send your child to school in the next week or so with a 2in. BINDER LABELED with your child’s NAME on the inside.  The ones with a clear sleeve on the front are the BEST, as we would like to put a special cover page in it.  Thank you!!!!

·        We have sent home information regarding Kids’ Korner, the gift shop set up in our music room for students to purchase little gifts for their family members.  The parent volunteers will be able to help your child while there, but they must be accompanied by an adult, in order to visit.   

·        Holiday Fair—Thank you to all who came out and participated in the raffles and silent auction!  The school was able to raise a LOT of money!  Thank you!

·        Toys for Tots—We are in need of MORE TOYS!!!  If you are able, please consider donating a new, unopened toy to a child in need. 

·        Our last Friday before break, Dec. 19^th is Pajama Day!  Please come to school in your cozy jimmies or comfiest clothes!

·        Six Flags Read to Succeed reading logs—Your child can earn a free admission ticket to Six Flags for logging six hours of reading.  You should have received a reading log.  Completed reading logs are due to school by February 13^th. 

·        With this cold and rainy weather, please make sure that your child’s coat is LABELED!!!!  

·        Our theme for this week is Christmas & the Grinch, and our new word wall word is “we”.   We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you, feel & we.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

·        Grinch Day!!!  We will be celebrating all things Grinch this Friday!  Feel free to dress like the Grinch, or wear green!  We will be doing fun Grinch projects and centers that day!

·        Holidays Around the World—We have been talking about our family’s special Holiday traditions this month.  If you would like to come in to share your family’s special traditions, please let us know.

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 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

Kindergarten Newsletter

December 1st – 5^th

Welcome to December!  It will go fast!  Three weeks until our next break...wow!

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

·        We’d like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Mrs. Tang, who has come in and taken the kids from Mrs. Ron’s class under her wing and treated them with such kindness and dedication, while Mrs. Ron is recovering.  We appreciate you!!!

·        Holiday Fair—Be sure to come and check out the Holiday Fair this Sat., the 6^th from 9-2.  There will be fun crafts for the kids, cool stuff to buy and food trucks for lunch!  Our Game Night Kindergarten tree will be raffled off, along with all the other grade levels.  Hope to see you all there!

·        Toys for Tots--Student council has begun collecting new and unopened toys!!  Please consider donating! 

·        Our theme for this week is Reindeer, and our new word wall word is “feel”.   We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you & feel.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

·        Our Writing Jobs have changed again!  We are now writing about how things feel when you touch them, soft, cold, squishy, bumpy, etc.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing practice each day.

·        We will begin talking about the different Holiday traditions in December.  If your family celebrates a special December/January holiday, we would like to invite you to come in and share it with our class.  Please talk to your teacher if you’d be willing to come in for a bit and share your family’s holiday traditions!

·        Please make sure your child is writing his/her name on Homework Packets!  Many are coming in each week without names!!!! 

·        Upcoming Dates to remember—

o      Winter break begins on Sat., Dec. 20^th and goes through the 5^th of Jan.  School resumes again on Monday, Jan. 5^th.

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 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