Monday, September 14, 2015

Kinder news Sept. 14-18

Kindergarten Newsletter
September 14 - 18th   

We have a big favor to ask…if you are the last one through the gate after the school day starts, will you please CLOSE the gate behind you? Thank you! 

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

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

·        This week we will also be celebrating Constitution Day, as it falls on Thursday.  We LOVE Constitution Day in Kindergarten and have planned some super fun activities for center time.  Please encourage your child to wear red, white & blue on Thursday!  We love any chance we get to dress up around here!

·        Parent volunteers are in full swing!!!!  If you signed up to volunteer for center time, please COME IN!  We would love to have our volunteers come from 8:15 – 10 am for the morning session, and 11:45-1:15 pm for the afternoon session.  Please check in with the office and get your volunteer badge, and come in through our back doors!  Thank you!!!!!! 

·        New Volunteer Training will be held Wednesday, September 16th starting at 8:30am in the MPR.  MCA will train parents on operating copy machines and other equipment.  They will also discuss Room Parent duties.  Any one who plans to volunteer in Kindergarten is welcome to attend. 

·        All of Kindergarten will be having our annual Apple Day Festival on Thursday, Sept.24thThis is a fun day where each class travels from Rm. 401, to Rm. 402, and outside, doing different fun apple activities.  There will be two sessions, one in the am and one in the pm, and it will take place during our center time.  We will need parent volunteers to help us run and manage the centers.  If youre available to come in to help that day, please let your teacher know.  Thank you!

·        Our Homework this week continues to be handwriting!  Please reinforce the letter formation of letters a-f.  Please refer to the top of the handwriting sheet for our phrasing.  We have included the wording on all handwriting pages.  It really helps students to hear the same wording at home as they do from us in the classroom. 

·        Writing—We have already jumped right into writing every day!  We are expecting your child to know the words “I, see, the, like & is.”  Please encourage them to write those every day.  You can even start writing simple sentences such as, “I like ____.”   “ I see a _____.” Or “The _____ is _____.” You can stretch out the sounds of the unfamiliar word or draw a picture.  Daily writing practice helps tremendously!

·        LIBRARY has started!!!  We want to clarify any confusion about library books.  The kids get to “keep” their library books for the whole week.  We just ask that you send them back by Monday or Tuesday so that we can return them to the library by Tuesday afternoon and be ready for check out Wed. morning!  Your child is never expected to return a library book on their own!!  There will be a library return bucket outside in the mornings so the kids can return their library books whenever they are done with them!

  •      Picture Day will be on Friday, Sept. 25th.  More details to come!



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!  Please do not hit reply to this email.
Thank you!!  

The Kindergarten Team
Sarah Barnes sarahba@fsusd.org,  Erin Barron erinba@fsusd.org
Theresa Davila theresad@fsusd.org  and Kim Ron kimd@fsusd.org



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