Newsletter Jan 20 - 23rd

Kindergarten Newsletter

January   20^th - 23^rd 

We hope you enjoyed a relaxing three days.  Here’s what’s coming up for this week…    

·        Progress Reports are coming home this week.  If your child received a progress report, please sign the HIGHLIGHTED copy, and return it to school.  If you are receiving an “at-risk of retention” letter, please SIGN it and RETURN it to school.  Please do not hesitate if you have questions to email.  Thank you.

·        If your child does NOT receive a Progress Report, this means that s/he is performing ON or ABOVE grade level at this time. 

·        If you have not yet turned in a 2in. binder with your child’s name labeled inside, please do so ASAP.  We have already begun to put your child’s collection of Kindergarten art into a keepsake binder!  We are still missing MANY!!!

·        Valentine’s Day is coming up!  We will be celebrating on the 13^th with a fun party!  Please be on the lookout for a sign-up genius, showing which items we will need for our parties! 

·        Speaking of Valentine’s Day…please send your child to school that day with 33 valentines.  PLEASE have your child write “From (name)” on each valentine.  Please do NOT address Valentines to individual students in our classes.  We cannot help your child deliver valentines to specific friends. 

·        Please have your child bring his/her valentines ON the day of our party, not before. We cannot store all of them in our classrooms!! Thank you!

·        WEEKLY HOMEWORK—Please have your child complete 1-2 pages per day, in their best handwriting, with proper spacing!!!!  Please help and encourage your child to USE THE LINES when writing words.  Complete the work in your very best handwriting, as this is a very important skill for Kindergarten.

·        EXTRA WORK—Please be sure to check your child’s folder each day to review their center work for the day.  If you see anything UNfinished, please have your child take the time to sit and complete the job.  It does NOT need to be returned to school.  Thank you!  

·        Writing—Our writing job is the same all month!!!  We are STILL writing about the way people look.  Please have your child write at least two sentences about the way someone in your family looks.

·        This week, we are learning about the very important Martin Luther King Jr.  We are also talking about rhyming words, listening to the ENDING sounds of words and our new word wall word is “saw.”  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you, feel, we, look, are, & saw.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!!!!

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