Thursday, August 20, 2015

August 24th-28th Newsletter

DONATIONS!!!! Thank you to all who have donated to our school supplies!  Kindergarteners need lots of supplies and with your help, we are hoping to have plenty to last for a long time!

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

·        Upcoming Important Dates~~ August 25th is Back to School NightKinder-2nd grade 6:15-7:15.  3rd – 5th grade 5:00-6:00.  Please start in the MPR at 6:15.  We will then meet in our library for a brief overview of Kindergarten.  Finally we will go to the classrooms.  There will be paperwork for you to take home on your child’s desk.  Please have your child show you their Pete the Cat and their rainbow book.  The rainbow book and the Pete the Cat art work are assessments on both your child’s ability to listen to and follow directions, as well as being an assessment of their fine motor skills (ability to cut, color and write).  As you will see, several of our students are in need of daily practice with both cutting and writing their names.

·        Parent Volunteers~ We can’t wait to have your help in the classroom!  A sign up sheet for Parent Volunteers will be out in your child’s classroom at Back to School Night.  If you are interested in volunteering in our classroom this year or chaperoning a field trip, you will need to be fingerprinted with the school district.  You can get this process started early by being fingerprinted at Back to School Night in the front office, or calling the District Office and scheduling an appointment to be fingerprinted.  

·        FINGERPRINTING will be available in the front office from 5:00-7:15pm on Back To School Night.   Fingerprinting is $44 and cash, check or credit card will be accepted.

·        PLEASE make sure that we have your email address.  If we don’t, you will not know what’s going on!!! 

·        Homework will come home every Monday and be due back to school every Friday.  Your child should always complete their homework in pencil unless specifically asked to color something in crayon.  Please do not return it to school earlier in the week.  It will not be collected until Friday.

·        Homework this week~ So far, we are only requiring handwriting practice.  We cannot stress enough the importance of proper formation for handwriting.  Please be sure to sit with your child to ensure proper formation of letters, spaces between each letter, and writing ON the lines.   

·        This week we are working on the letters Dd, Ee, & Ff.  Please help us reinforce proper letter formation by using the same phrases we use at school:

o      When you make the lowercase letter d, start with a “magic c”, don’t pick up your pencil, and go up, then back down on the same line.
o      When you make a lowercase e, start on the middle line, make a straight line out, then up and around.
o      When you make a lowercase f, always start from the TOP, make a candy cane down, pick up your pencil and cross it.

·        Folders~~ folders go back and forth to school EVERY DAY, with the exclusion of Wed.’s.  Please encourage your child to put their folder in the bucket every day.  Thank you for  NOT do it for them, as they will not learn the routine.  We are trying to encourage independence! 

·        Please be sure that EVERYTHING you bring to school is    LABELED with your name!!!!

·        Please have your child use the BATHROOM BEFORE school every day.

·        SNACK~~ please send your child to school every day with a snack. We do not provide snack for your child.

·        We have severe peanut allergies in Kindergarten every year.  Please NO PEANUTS at snack time!!! 

·        Paperwork~~ If you have not returned the paperwork from the first week of school, please do so NOW!!!! 


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
Sarah Barnes sarahba@fsusd.org,  Erin Barron erinba@fsusd.org
Theresa Davila theresad@fsusd.org  and Kim Ron kimr@fsusd.org

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