Kindergarten Newsletter November 30 - December 4th

Welcome back!  We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break. The next month will go fast!  Three weeks until our next break...wow!

Here’s what’s coming up……    

·        Sharing- bring in something that starts with the letter f (like in fish or feather). Please have your child stretch out the sounds of all their words in their 3 written clues. Please do NOT tell them how to spell the words.  They will benefit much more from stretching out and writing the sounds they hear.  It will also help them to be able to read their writing.  Thank you for your support!

·        Fieldtrip- Please turn in your green fieldtrip permission slip if you haven’t done so already. We will be singing holiday songs for the residents of Paradise Valley Estates Retirement Home on Tuesday, December 15. Students are encouraged to wear a Santa hat and festive clothing on that day.

We need parent drivers on that day. Please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible if you will be chaperoning and driving a group of children, or if you will be driving only your own child.

·        Holiday Fair—Be sure to stop by  our Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 5^th from 10:00a.m-2:00p.m.  There will be fun crafts for the kids, cool stuff to buy and food trucks for lunch!  Our Holiday Kindergarten tree will be raffled off, along with all the other grade levels. All Kindergarteners are invited to come and sing on the stage for everyone at 11:00a.m.  Santa will be there. Hope to see you all there!

·        Toys for Tots--Student council has begun collecting new and unopened toys!!  Please consider donating between November 30-December 11! 

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

·        Our Writing Jobs have changed again!  We are now writing about how things feel when you touch them, soft, cold, squishy, bumpy, etc.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing practice each day.

·        We will begin talking about the different Holiday traditions in December.  If your family celebrates a special December/January holiday, we would like to invite you to come in and share it with our class.  Please talk to your teacher if you’d be willing to come in for a bit and share your family’s holiday traditions!

·        Please make sure your child is writing his/her name on Homework Packets!  Many are coming in each week without names!!!! 

·        Upcoming Dates to remember—

o      Winter break begins on Sat., Dec. 21^st and goes through the 4^th of Jan.  School resumes again on Tuesday, Jan. 5^th.

Our attendance in Kindergarten last month was 97.90%.  Our school wide goal is to increase our attendance rate to 98%.  The importance of your child’s attendance cannot be emphasized enough.  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 November 16-20

Because of our WACKY days NEXT week, we will not be doing regular centers and will not need parent volunteers.  We would like help however, with FOLDERS in the morning, if you’re willing to stick around for a moment!  

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

 

·        Every day next week is a minimum day for the WHOLE school in order to accommodate parent conferences.  *ALL Kinder kids come to school together from 8:15-11:35am all week long. Dismissal every day will be just like Wednesdays. It will be crazy….please stay in your car if you are in the yellow loading zone. If you need to get out of your car, you need to park in the parking lot or on a neighboring street and walk.

·        We look forward to meeting you all next week for your student/teacher conference.  Your child IS encouraged to attend their student-led conference.  This is a great way to involve your child in his/her own education. 

·        PLEASE make sure that you are signed up for a parent conference time through sign-up genius.  This is our ONLY sign up, so please make sure you are on it! Please be on time, conferences are only 15 minutes.

·        Toys for Tots will start on November 30-December 11 (right after we return from Thanksgiving Break).  Student Council will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for kids of all ages.  These toys will be donated to families in need in the Fairfield community.    

·        “A can a kid that’s all we ask.” Please donate canned or boxed food towards our food drive from November 4-18. It will be used to help families and kids in our community (David Weir Elementary).

·        Please help your child be successful in school by attending regularly and on time. Attendance in Kindergarten is 97.77% Let’s make it 100%.

·        Holiday Tree Donations—Thank you for all of your classroom donations!  We hope to raise lots of money for our kiddos at the Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 5^th from 10am-2pm.  Kindergarteners are welcome to come and sing at 11:00a.m. Santa will be there!

·        Fieldtrip- Kindergarteners will be singing holiday songs to the elderly residents of Paradise Valley Estates Retirement Home on Tuesday, December 15. A green permission slip was sent home in folders at the beginning of the week. Please complete, sign, and return the permission slip by November 20^th.

We will need parent drivers on that day. Please let your child’s teacher know if you can help drive/chaperone. ALL students must go to their classroom first or they will be marked absent. Teachers will have a sign-out sheet for those parents who wish to drive only their own child.

Students are encouraged to wear a Santa hat on that day. Dollar Tree has them for a buck. Please write your child’s name in the inside of his/her hat.

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

·        SHARING next week…bring in something that starts with the letter E (like in elephant or egg, not eel).  Please have your child stretch out their sounds of all the words in their 3 written clues.  Please do NOT tell them how to spell the words, as they cannot read them.  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

Kindergarten Newsletter November 9th-13th

Happy SHORT week everyone…No School Wednesday for Veteran’s Day! 

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

·        We are in our second week of dance lessons from the Royal King Dance Company. Please continue to bring your child to the MPR at 8:10 a.m. (AM Kinder) and 11:30 a.m (PM Kinder) all of this week. Students will be performing for parents/families. The date and time hasn’t been determined yet. We will let you know as soon as we do. Please help your child be successful by practicing the dance moves at home each day.

·  The Cordelia Public Library would love to have our students  take advantage of some of their wonderful programs, such as Paws for Reading, Book Club,etc.  Every Tuesday at 3:30p.m they offer free children’s activities and crafts. On November 10 at 4:00p.m the Vacaville Children’s Ballet will be performing the Nutcracker at the library.  A calendar of library events has been sent home in your child’s folder. 

 

·        November 16^th – 20^th  are minimum days for the WHOLE school in order to accommodate parent/teacher conferences.  *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 sure to stay in your car and wait in line with everyone…  It’s going to be a long wait.  If you can, please park and walk in.

·        Your child IS encouraged to attend their student-led conference.  This is a great way to involve your child in his/her own education. 

·        PLEASE make sure that you are signed up for a parent conference time through Sign-up Genius.  This is our ONLY sign up, so please make sure you are on it!

·        Students will not be checking out library books next Wednesday, Novermber 11 due to the holiday/no school.

·        Holiday Tree Donations—Thank you for all of your classroom donations!  We hope to raise lots of money for our kiddos at the Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 5^th from 10am-2pm.  Santa will be there!  All Kindergarteners are invited to perform at 11am.  So fun!

·        Canned Food Drive—Student council is collecting canned and boxed foods for local families who are less fortunate.  Please consider donating!  Donations can be delivered to the MPR.  Thank you!

·        This week’s theme is TURKEYS, and our new word wall word is “you”.   We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has & you.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing 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