Kinder News Nov. 2 - 6th

Kindergarten Newsletter

November 2^nd - 6^th           

 Pajama Day is Monday, Nov. 2^nd for all students!  Come to school in your cozy jammies!

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

 

·        We’d like to send you ALL a very BIG THANK YOU for helping us to make our Halloween parties so much fun!  Your generosity and helpfulness is very much appreciated!!!!!

·        The Holiday Tree donations are DUE by Nov. 16^th. The goal is to have as many items in which to make our tree highly desirable!  If you are able, please bring in your donations as soon as possible!  THANK YOU!   

·        A sign up genius will be emailed soon so that you can sign up for student/ teacher/ parent conferences!!  Can’t believe it’s that time already!

·        TURKEYS in DISGUISE!!!!!  Please help your child to transform their turkeys in disguise, CUT THEM OUT and turn them in as soon as you finish them.  These are going up on our walls, and we would love for them all to be special and creative and fun.  Please help your child to add special details, such as fabric, scrapbook paper, glitter, or any other details to really disguise those turkeys.  PLEASE NO FOOD!

·        Please cut your turkeys OUT!  Thank you!

·        Upcoming Dates to be aware of----

o      Nov. 6^th –Teacher workday--no school for students

o      Nov. 11^th – Veteran’s Day – No school!

o      Nov. 16 – 20^th  are minimum days for the WHOLE school.  *ALL Kinder kids come to school together from 8:15-11:35am all week long. Dismissal every day will be just like Wednesdays.  Please be on time to pick up your Kindergartener.  Be prepared for a crazy week! 

o      Nov. 23^rd – 27^th is our Thanksgiving Break!  Enjoy a restful week!

·         Our theme this week is Leaves & Scarecrows, and our new word wall word is “has”.   We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, & has.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

• Writing—we have covered the following topics/words in our monthly writing—color words & size and shape words.  Our NEW writing job this month is to include FAMILY words, such as mom, dad, brother, sister, cousin, etc.  Please try to practice writing sentences using these words every day.  The kids will have less days this month in which to practice for show-off writing, so the more you can help at home, the better they will do!

·        Guided Reading Little Books—Our goal is to start sending these home again this week.  They will NOT come home, however, during the week of minimum days.  Thank you for returning these each day.

·        Please do NOT send your child’s little reading book back without the Ziploc bag.  This is our way of monitoring who has returned their books.

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

Kindergarten Newsletter October 26th - 30th

Happy Halloween!!!  Here’s what’s coming up for this week… 

Keep up your School Spirit!!!

We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week, all next week…

October 26-30

Ø  Monday: Boot Day [Give a boot to drugs]

Ø  Tuesday: Shades Day[My future is bright!]

Ø  Wednesday: Wear Red [Red Ribbon Week]

Ø  Thursday: Crazy Sock Day[Sock it to drugs]

Ø     Friday: Halloween Costumes [Say Boo to drugs]

·        Thursday is picture Retake day.  If you were unhappy with your child’s first fall photo, you can do a retake on Thursday.  J  The Picture ID# is CR705139Q1, if you would like to order online.

               

·        Upcoming Dates to be aware of----

o      BLOTTO is tonight in the MPR.

o      Monday October 26^th is our Field Trip to the pumpkin patch.  Please remember, all students must be here at 8:15 with a labeled booster seat (unless you are driving your own child).  All students need to be picked up at 11:35.

o      Nov. 6^th there is NO school for students.

o      Nov. 11^th is Veteran’s Day and no school for ALL.

o      Nov. 16^th– 20^th  are minimum days for the WHOLE school.  ALL Kinder kids come to school from 8:15-11:35am.    Traffic will be hectic!  Please stay in your cars and KEEP MOVING.  Do not park on the yellow curb out front or get out of your car.

o      Nov. 23^rd– 27^th is our Thanksgiving Break!

·        Happy Halloween!  All are welcome to our parties this Friday.  Our school-wide Halloween parade will be at 1:30pm on Friday afternoon, which means the morning kids will have already gone home.  Sooooo…the morning kids will be “parading” through all classrooms first thing on Halloween morning.  You’re welcome to join us for this, and if you would like to bring your AM student back for the afternoon parade, you are welcome to do that too!  J  

·         Our theme next week is HALLOWEEN, and our new Word Wall Word is have.    We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, go, to and have.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

·        Sharing next week is something that starts with N.  Please have your child write 3 simple clues.  If they

s-t-r-e-t-c-h out their sounds and only write what they hear, they can usually read it.  If you feel it needs to be deciphered, please write below their words.  Thank you!

·        Book Boxes – We make little paper books during center time almost weekly.  They are intended to be kept at home and re-read by your child.  Please have FUN with this and let your child create a little shoe box, or fancy bag to keep their “books” in. 

·        Reading Eggs – Every child in Kindergarten has a Reading Eggs account that is paid for by our MCA.  Sadly only half of our students are using it at all.  It is a wonderful resource and prizes have been awarded to students who are participating.  Please encourage your child to use their Reading Eggs account.  Their user names and passwords are taped inside of their folders.

·        Classroom volunteers—Thank you for helping us to keep the noise level down during center time.

·        Guided Reading Books—Just a friendly reminder that we don’t always send these home, depending on what we are doing in the classroom each week.  Right now, we are assessing students individually for our upcoming report cards, so we are NOT doing reading groups.  Please continue to read to and with your child every day.

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

kinder news Oct.19-23

Kindergarten Newsletter

October 19^th – 23^rd

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

 

·        Our trip to the Silvelville Pumpkin Patch is coming up!  If you are UNable to donate $7 to cover the cost of our trip, please let your teacher know.  Otherwise, please donate $7 ASAP so that we can get it over to the MCA to pay for our expenses.

·        Last call for Fingerprinting by the FF Police Dept.  They will be here on Wed. fingerprinting the kids for your records.  You must have a permission slip in order to do this.

·        You should have received TWO different sign up genius lists, one for Halloween & one for the Holiday Tree.  We have already begun collecting these items!  If you didn’t receive both, you might need to check your SPAM folder, as those sign ups end up in those folders sometimes. 

·        Our Halloween Party is fast approaching!  Thank you for your donations to our parties!  If you have anything non-perishable, please bring it now.  Any perishable foods should come on Friday, Oct. 30^th. 

·        Family Fun Night is THIS Friday, the 23^rd.  The MCA would love more volunteers and donations to help make this a fabulous night!  If you are planning to donate, please bring your items to Kindergarten ASAP (Halloween carving kits), AND if you would like to volunteer to help out, email the MCA @ neldamundymca@gmail.com.

·        Holiday Fair—Our Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5^th from 10-2.  Our Kindergarten tree’s theme will be The Great Outdoors.  Please see the sign up genius and sign up for an item(s) to donate!  If you haven’t received it yet, please let your teacher know!

·        BINDERS!  If you haven’t already, please send in a 2 inch binder, with a clear slip sleeve front, labeled WITH your child’s name inside.  Thank you!

·         Our theme this week is Monsters, and we are reviewing our word wall words.    NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go & to.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!!

·      SHARING this week----bring something that begins with the letter P.

  If you have signed up to donate any gift cards for the Holiday Tree, please give it to your child’s teacher.  We will keep it in a safe place.  Thank you!

·        Guided Reading Little Books—Just a friendly reminder that we won’t always send a new book each day.  Sometimes we are doing testing or special whole class projects, and can’t get to reading groups each day.  But when we DO send books home, thank you for returning them every day!

·        EVERY FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DAY! Wear our school colors, GREEN & GRAY!

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

Kinder news Oct. 13-16, 2015

Kindergarten Newsletter

October 13^th – 16^th

Please enjoy a wonderful three-day weekend!  We will see you all on Tuesday!  Here’s to another great week in Kindergarten!

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

 

·        Ms. Davila would like to send out a BIG thank you to all who worked so hard to make her birthday celebration in Kindergarten a special one!  She had a wonderfully sweet day with her class!

·        Be sure that you have returned your Fingerprinting permission slip (FF Police Dept.), as well as your field trip form to Silveyville Pumpkin Patch, including the $7 donation to cover the cost.  Please make your checks out to MCA.

·        You should have received an invite for our Halloween Sign Up Genius.  We hope that you are all able to contribute something to our class parties on Oct. 30^th.  If you signed up for a food item, please bring it on the day OF the party.  If you have signed up for anything else, please bring it as soon as you can so that we can inventory all that we have and still need.  THANK YOU!!!  J

·        Often times, the Sign Up Genius link will go to your Spam folders.  If you haven’t received it, but normally do get our weekly newsletters, it may be in your Spam folder.

·        Our Fall Field trip to the Silveyville Pumpkin Patch will be on Monday, Oct. 26^th from 9-11AM.  We should be returning to school by 11:35AM.  Please be sure that you have returned your child’s field trip form to school, along with the $7 donation to cover the cost of the field trip.  Remember, if you are planning to drive your own child to the pumpkin patch, you must come to school first, and then SIGN THEM OUT in the front office.  If you would like to volunteer to drive on our trip and haven’t signed up, please see your child’s teacher for the necessary paperwork.

·        If you did not receive the Field Trip Information Sheet that we sent home this week, please ask your child’s teacher for it.  There are so many details that you need to know regarding our trip.

·        Please remember, that because this is a special Kindergarten Field Trip arranged just for our classes, we cannot bring siblings, even if you are driving your own child.  This is a liability issue, and a District-wide policy.  Thank you so much for your understanding and cooperation regarding this issue!!!  J 

·        BINDERS!  We are already starting to collect your child’s special work from Kindergarten, for the end of the year.  If you have not already, please send in a 2 inch binder, with a clear slip sleeve front, labeled WITH your child’s name inside.  Thank you!

·         Our theme this week is BATS & SPIDERS, and our new word wall word is “to.”    NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go & to.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

·        SHARING this week--- please bring in something that begins with the letter /Ss/.  If your child forgets to bring sharing for the week, please just skip it and send it the following week.  It gets too crazy to try to accommodate those who forgot on the next day!

·        A HEADS UP about the Nelda Mundy Holiday Fair—Our Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10-2.  This is an annual school-wide fundraising event held in the MPR.  Each grade level is responsible for decorating a Christmas tree in a different theme, which will be raffled off.  There are always wonderful gifts and gift cards to be won!  This year, the KINDERGARTEN tree will be a Great Outdoors theme.  We will begin collecting various items and gift cards that will go with our theme, in order to start assembling our tree.  Please be on the lookout for another sign up genius in the next couple weeks that will help us create a super cool tree for this event!

·        Guided Reading Little Books—Thank you for returning these important books back to school every day!  Please understand that we will not be sending more books home if you have not returned one.  Please help your child to remember that they should come back to school every day in their FOLDERS, not backpacks.  We never look in backpacks!

·        Room 401 is very much in need of kid headphones!  If you are able to find and/or donate over-the-head, plastic headphones to our classroom, we would greatly appreciate it!  Thank you so much!

·        EVERY FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DAY! Wear our school colors, GREEN & GRAY!

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

Newsletter October 5th - 9th

Wednesday, Oct. 7th is WALK/BIKE TO SCHOOL Day!  Our very own Mayor Price will be here to celebrate and give out prizes to those walking to school!  We hope you can participate!

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

·        Our Halloween party will be here before you know it.  Be on the lookout for the Sign-Up Genius to help out with our Halloween party!  Thank you to our room parents for helping us plan and orgainize!

·         Our theme this week is PUMPKINS, and our new word wall word is “go.”    NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, have & go.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

·        Sharing: Our sharing letter of the week is O. 

·        Reminder:  Progress Reports will be coming home next week.  Please sign one copy and return it in your child’s folder. 

·        There is NO SCHOOL Monday October 12^th. 

·        Pride Card Prizes-Your Kindergarten may have shared his/her excitement for earning a Pride Card for being caught doing something thoughtful or responsible.  Every Friday, we will pull 3-5 pride cards and award prizes.  If you would like to donate prizes for our Kindergarten prize bucket, please send in small items from the dollar bins from Target or the 99cent store.  THANK YOU!

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