Friday, September 25, 2015

Newsletter Sept. 28th - Oct. 2nd

 Thank you, thank you, thank YOU to all of the parent volunteers who helped us today at Apple Festival and with picture day.  It was a LOT to do in one day and we appreciate your donations and help with our events. 

Fire Safety Week is upon us!  We are SO very fortunate to be visited by the fire fighters from our local fire station this Tuesday. 

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

·        If you did not turn in your child’s picture day money, we cannot collect it in the classroom.  You will have to do picture day make-ups.  We will let you know when it is as soon as we know.

·        PROGRESS REPORTS will be coming home the week of October 5th.  These will explain how many letter names, sounds, high frequency words and number writing your child is able to demonstrate that they know.  Students will receive an N in writing and conventions.  Although we are writing every day, most kids are not yet ready to understand what they are doing.  Please do not panic about an N in writing.  The most important things for now are letter names, sounds and high frequency words.  Sounds must come first in order for them to begin stretching out and writing words. Please continue to help your child practice their letter sounds and high frequency words. Further details regarding our end of the year standards will come next in your child’s report card and parent conferences in November.

·        Please sign one copy of your child’s progress report and return it to school.  You may keep the other copy for your records.

·        IMPORTANT FIELD TRIP INFORMATION:
Please be sure to fill out and return that form for field trip driving and also be sure to be fingerprinted by our district if you plan to drive.  We NEED DRIVERS in order to take field trips this year.  Taking a bus costs approximately $2,000.  We have always taken 1 field trip due to the bussing expense.  This year, we plan to take 3 field trips with the savings.  Please help us to make this happen.

Oct. 26th  -  Silveyville Pumpkin Patch in Dixon
April 21st – Vacaville  Performing Arts Theatre
And we are planning a trip to Loma Vista Farm in May as well.
We will need lots of parent drivers to have this many adventures. 

·        Holiday Fair—Our Nelda Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6th from 10 –2.  Each grade level will be decorating a tree with a different theme, that will be raffled off at the end of the day.  This year’s Kindergarten tree theme will be Outdoors.  You will soon recieve a sign up genius asking for donations for our tree. 

·        Homework this week—We’re continuing to work on proper handwriting for homework, as well as high frequency words and writing a sentence.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE work on letter sounds with your child at home.  There are 30 letter sounds that we test your child on, 26 letters in the alphabet and the digraphs, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /wh/.  ALL students need to continue to work on sounds, as well as High Frequency Words.  We work on them every day in class, but if you are doing flashcards or put them on the fridge or on the wall at home for more exposure, you will notice that they will learn them much quicker. 

·        Sharing for this week: Bring something that begins with the letter Jj.  Please have your child bring their item in a bag along with three written clues.  If your child is able, please have them write the clues and help them work on stretching out their sounds when they write.  Items should be small and fit inside of a bag that is not see through.  It is fun for the class to listen to the clues and try to guess what the item is.

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

·        Writing—We continue to write every day!  We are expecting your child to know the words “I, see, a, the, like, is, and, my & can.”  Please encourage them to write those every day.  You can even start writing simple sentences such as, “I like the ____.”  OR “ I see a _____.”  You can stretch out the sounds of the unfamiliar word or draw a picture.  If your child is ready, please encourage MORE in their writing!!!  We always encourage more detail and words in sentences if kids are ready.  Daily writing practice helps tremendously.

·        Guided Reading Books—We have begun to send home little guided reading books with your child.  These are the books that we read with your child each day.  Please help us to keep these beloved and VERY important books safe.  Please return them EVERY day in your child’s folder in the little Ziploc bag provided.  ****If your child does NOT receive one, it is because he/she is not ready for books at this time and is still working on letter sounds and high frequency words.****
           
·        LIBRARY—please return your library books BY Monday or Tuesday, as we will go to the library each Wed.  Please help us by reiterating the process of checking out a book--- find one you’d like, take it to Mrs. Sagara our librarian, find your library card on the table, check out your book.  We still have some confusion about taking it home without checking it out!  J  We are still learning!!

Folders & Homework— Just a friendly reminder, we do NOT send folders home on Wacky Wednesdays and we do not collect homework until Fridays. Thanks!!!

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



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