Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Kinder news Sept. 8 - 11

Kindergarten Newsletter
September 8 - 11th

We hoped you all enjoyed a lovely and fun-filled three day weekend!  Here’s to a great short week!  Here’s what’s coming up for the week… 


·        We are off and running with our Kindergarten Program!  We are pounding letter names and sounds, and have already begun assessing your child to see how many they know.  This information will be given to you at our 6-week progress reports in Oct.  At that time, we will give you a heads up as to what your child needs to know for our Report Card period in November.  Please help your child to know ALL letter names and sounds, as well as the High Frequency words that we have introduced.  Daily practice really helps!

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

·        Parent volunteers have started!!!!  If you have signed up to come in 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 11:45-1:20 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!!!!!! 

·        Our Homework this week continues to be handwriting!  There are only three pages because of our short week.  ALL of us need extra help in writing our names.  Please have your child write THEIR OWN NAME at the top of each side of the homework pages.  Please don’t do it for them, and if you take the packet apart, please staple it back together before sending it back to school!  We will check and record your child’s work, but won’t be sending it back anymore unless there is a problem.  Thank you! 

·        Writing—We have already jumped right into writing every day!  We are expecting your child to know the words “I, see, like, a, the, & is.” Please encourage them to write those every day.  You can even start writing simple sentences such as, “I like ____.” Or “I see the _____.” You can stretch out the sounds of the unfamiliar word or draw a picture.  Daily writing practice helps tremendously!
 
·        Birthdays… We have had several birthdays already.  Feel free to send in a birthday snack to share with the class.  If you would like to donate a hardcover book to the classroom, which then goes to our Mundy library at the end of the school year, please do so.  The kids love to see their Kindergarten birthday books when they are older!

·        One last reminder:  Please LABEL EVERYTHING, with a black Sharpie pen that your child could possibly take off or put down. 

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, Kim Ron  kimr@fsusd.org  


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