Monday, August 31, 2015

Newsletter Aug. 31 - Sept. 4th


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

·        Thank you to all those who attended our Back to School Night last week!  We had a fabulous turnout!  We are very fortunate to have so many invested and concerned parents!  You all make the difference in your child’s education! On a similar note…As I attended my own Back to School Night for my own high schoolers (sigh), I was not at all surprised to see that the majority of the students who are now in the Advanced Placement classes in high school, were from Nelda Mundy.  We truly have awesome kids and parents around here and their ambitious education starts right here in Kindergarten!

·        A second Emergency card went home with your child last week.  These are required by the office.  Please send them back as soon as you can, so that we can have a copy of your emergency information in the classroom. 

·        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 of letters and our high frequency words.  We cannot stress enough, the importance of proper formation for handwriting.  We may have returned some of your child’s handwriting homework last week with notes explaining what we expect.  Please be sure to sit with your child to ensure proper formation of letters, spaces between each letter, and writing ON the lines.  This is hard for them.  They need your support and encouragement at home.

·        This week we are working on the letters Dd, & Gg.  They were chosen because they both start with making the “magic c.”  Here’s what you need to know about them:

o      To make a g—make a “magic c”, go up, then down into the basement and give it a tail.
o       To make a d—start with a “magic c”, go up to the top line, then trace back down to the bottom line.
o       To make the word (and letter) I—start at the top and make a tall man down, give it a hat and shoes.  Lower case, make the line going down and then put the dot above it. 
·        Our theme this week is Shapes AND building and making Patterns.  This is an important skill for Kindergarteners.  You can always find patterns all around with your child, as well as make them yourselves at home! 

·        Our new word wall word is the.  We will introduce a new word wall each week that your child will be expected to learn and use.  These are displayed in the classroom for them to reference and use in their writing.  So far, we know the following words: I, see, a, like & the.

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

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

·        Parent Volunteers~~We have begun our parent volunteer hours!  If you signed up to volunteer, you are welcome to start coming in this week.  Thank you to all those who have already started coming in each day!  We appreciate you!

·        School Spirit Fridays!!!~Every Friday is School Spirit Day.  Please have your child wear school colors, green & gray.


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

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