Kindergarten Newsletter December 12th - 16th

Thank you to all those who joined us for the Holiday Fair last Saturday! The kids were wonderful and adorable! Here’s what’s coming up for this week…

• BINDERS—We have been collecting all of your child’s special art projects and we are putting them into BINDERS. If you have not sent one in yet, please send in a 2in. Binder, LABELED with your child’s NAME on the inside, as soon as possible. The ones with a clear sleeve on the front are the BEST, as we would like to put a special cover page in it. Thank you!!!!

• We have sent home information regarding Kids’ Korner, the gift shop set up in our music room for students to purchase little gifts for their family members. Teachers do NOT take the kids. The parent volunteers will be able to help your child while there, but they must be accompanied by an adult, in order to visit.

• Spirit Day Alert!!!  Please mark your calendars with the dates below so your child can enjoy participating in the FUN!
• Wednesday the 14^th is Festive Wear Fun Day. Wear your fancy holiday clothes, or ugly sweaters, or Christmas T-shirts. Wear red & green or anything you'd like to show your festive spirit. 
• Thursday the 15^th, is Crazy Hair Day! Try out a new and crazy hairdo and show it off at school!

• The Friday before break, Dec. 16^th is Pajama Day! Please come to school in your cozy jammies or comfiest clothes!

• With this cold weather, please make sure that your child’s coat is LABELED!!!!

• Our theme for next week is Holidays Around the World, and we are reviewing our new word wall words. We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you, feel & we. Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!
• Our Writing Job for the month of December is using words that describe how you feel inside, such as happy, sad, nervous, excited...Please encourage these kinds of words in your child's every day writing practice! We don't have many days in which to practice before our show off writing this month, so the more you practice at home, the better and more confident your child will be when doing show off writing!

• Holidays Around the World—We are talking about our family’s special Holiday traditions this month. If you would like to come in to share your family’s special traditions, please let us know.

Have an amazing winter break. Enjoy the holidays with your families. We look forward to seeing you back at school on Tuesday January 3, 2017. Happy New Year!

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 December 5th– 9th

December will go by fast!  Two weeks until our next break...WOW!

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

·        Holiday Fair—Be sure to come and check out the Holiday Fair this Saturday, December 3rd^th from 10am-2pm.  There will be cool stuff to buy and sweet songs to hear!  Our Kindergarten tree will be raffled off, along with all the other grade levels.  The Book Fair will also be open in our library, be sure to stop by.  Hope to see you all there!

Singing at the Holiday Fair - Every grade level is invited to perform a few short songs.  Participation is completely voluntary.  Kindergarten is scheduled to perform at 10:30am.  If you would like to bring your child to sing tomorrow, please have them wear festive holiday colors.  Please bring them to the stone steps by our library at 10:15.  We will walk the students into the MPR and place them on the stage to sing at 10:30.

·        Toys for Tots--Student council has begun collecting new, unopened toys.  We have received very few toys this year.  Please consider donating! 

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

·        Get ready for GRINCH DAY: Tuesday December 6^th will be Grinch Day in Kindergarten.  Our class will be having lots of Grinchy fun with math & literacy activities centered around the Grinch.  Your child is welcome to dress up for this fun day.  Ideas include WEARING GREEN, trying out some Who inspired hairdos, wearing antlers like the Grinch’s dog Max…. Have FUN with it!

·        Our Writing Jobs have changed again!  We are now writing about how we feel.  Happy, mad, excited, sad, silly, thankful, tired, nervous, surprised…  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing practice each day. At this point of the year our goal is for your child to be able to write one complete sentence with proper conventions.  We encourage your child to remember 5 things when they write.

1. Start with a capital 2. Finger Spaces between words

3. Word Wall Words are spelled correctly 4. Monthly Job (feeling words) 5. Period at the end of your sentence. 

·        We will begin talking about the different Holiday traditions in December.  If your family celebrates a special December/January holiday, we would love 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 their name on their Homework Packets.  Many come in each week without names.

·        Upcoming Dates to remember—

o      Winter break is Dec. 19^th through the 2nd of January.  School resumes again on Tuesday January 3^rd

o      No School January 16^th for Martin Luther King 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

Kindergarten Newsletter November 28-December 2 2016

Kindergarten Newsletter

November 28th - December 2nd

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

Here’s what’s coming up……    

·        Sharing can - 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!

·        Holiday Fair—Be sure to stop by  our Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 3rd from 10:00a.m-2:00p.m.  There will be fun crafts for the kids, cool stuff to buy plus 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 10:30 a.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 now-December 8^th.  

·        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. 17th and goes through the 2nd of Jan.  School resumes again on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd.

 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 14th-18th

 Because of our WACKY days NEXT week, we will need parent volunteers for only one hour: Volunteers for Mrs. Barron’s & Mrs. Ron’s class are welcome from 9:00-10:00a.m. Volunteers for Mrs. Barnes’ and Ms. Davila’s class are welcome from 10:30-11:30a.m. Thank you in advance.

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 8:15-11:35a.m all week long. Dismissal every day 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 in. Mrs. Barron and Mrs. Ron will dismiss students from the Kinder Playground Gate. Mrs. Barnes and Ms. Davila will dismiss from the front Kinder Classroom Door.

·        We look forward to meeting you all next week for your parent/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 your teacher’s SignUp Genius.  This is our ONLY sign up, so please make sure you are on it! Please be on time, conferences are only 15 minutes.

·        The Lion King Fieldtrip- is next Friday, November 18^th.  ALL kinder classes will attend from 8:15-12:15a.m. If you haven’t turned in your child’s permission slip yet, please do so immediately.

Please send your child to school with his/her labeled booster seat on that day.

·        Toys for Tots will start on November 28^th-December 9^th (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. It ends next week on November 16^th. The food collected will be used to help families and kids in our community (David Weir Elementary/Mission Solano).

·        Please help your child be successful in school by attending regularly and on time.

·        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 3^rd from 10am-2pm.  Kindergarteners are encouraged to come and perform on stage the holiday songs they learned at 10:30a.m. Santa will be there!

·        Our theme next week is , 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!

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 7th-11th

Happy SHORT week everyone…No School tomorrow the 4^th for teacher work day or on Friday, November 11^th for Veteran’s Day. 

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

·        Fieldtrip- Our next fieldtrip will be on Friday, November 18^th to see The Lion King at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theater. ***ALL kindergarten students will attend school from 8:15am – 12:15pm ***. Please turn in your child’s completed permission slip (front and back) as soon as possible.

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·        Family STEAM Night- will be on Thursday, November 10^th from 5:00-7:00pm in the MPR. Come enjoy the hands-on science, math, technology, engineering, and art activities and learn at the same time. Fun for all!

·  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.  They offer a variety of free children’s activities and crafts. Please visit their website: www.solanocountypubliclibrary for days and times.

 

·        November 14^th – 18^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 ***.  Please be sure to stay in your car and wait in the loading zone line with everyone…  It’s going to be a long wait.  If you can, please park and walk in. DO NOT get out of your car if you are in the loading zone….it holds up everyone.

·        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/Teacher Conference date and time through Sign-up Genius.  This is our ONLY sign up, so please make sure you are on it!

·        Read to Succeed- Six Flags Read to Succeed reading logs and cover letter were sent home this week. This is a great and fun way to encourage your child to read daily. S/he can earn a free one day ticket to Six Flags by completing the reading log and turning it in to his/her teacher by February 15^th.

·        Holiday Tree Donations—Thank you for all of your classroom donations so far!  Please check out the Signup Genius to donate needed items. We hope to raise lots of money for our kiddos at the Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 3^rd from 10:00am-2:00pm in the MPR.  Santa will be there!!!

·        Canned Food Drive—Student council is collecting canned and boxed foods from November 3^rd-16^th for local families who are less fortunate.  Please consider donating!  Donations can be delivered to the MPR or your child’s teacher. 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

Kinder News Oct. 31st - Nov. 4th

Kindergarten Newsletter

October 31^st – November 4^th

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!!!!!

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

 

·        PJ/Comfy Clothes Day is TOMORROW!!!! 

·        There is NO SCHOOL for all students this Friday, the 4^th.

·        We are now collecting the supplies for the Holiday Tree.  Please see the sign up link if you have not yet signed up

·        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, 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. 4^th –no school for students

o      Nov. 10^th—Family STEAM night

o      Nov. 11^th is Veteran’s Day--no school.

o      Nov. 14 – 18^th—MINIMUM days for ALL students.  All students attend school from 8:15 – 11:35AM **Dismissal every day will be crazy with the WHOLE school dismissing at the same time!  Please be on time to pick up your Kindergartener.  Be prepared for a crazy week! 

o      Nov. 21^st - 25^th-- Thanksgiving Break

·         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

October 24-28th Newsletter

Kindergarten Newsletter

October 24^th - 28^th 

^Picture Day Make-ups will be on Thursday, Oct. 27th       

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

·        Sharing is starting this week!!!  Your child will come home with a metal paint can with the instructions about sharing on the inside lid.  Please help your child to choose something that he/she would like to share, following the rules in the can, help your child to write three clues about the item, put the item in the can and bring it to school.  It must fit in the can!  Your child will get to read the clues and share their item the next day.  The goal of sharing is to practice writing three clues, and to speak loudly in front of peers in order to share their item.  Sharing is an important skill in Kindergarten.  Please help your child to participate!  There is no schedule.  We will simply start at the top of our list, and send the can home the next day with the next child.  

·        Next week is RED RIBBON SPIRIT WEEK, with the exception of Wednesday and Friday in Kindergarten, due to our field trips.  Please try to participate for each day of the week.  It’s so much more fun when we all join in on the fun!

o      Monday 10/24—Boots Day—“Give drugs the boot” and wear boots to school.

o      Tuesday 10/25—Shades Day—“My future is so bright, I gotta wear shades!”

o      Wednesday 10/26—wear Red for Red Ribbon Week, but this is our field trip to Silveyville, so please be sure your child is wearing appropriate clothes & closed toed shoes for the farm.

o      Thursday 10/27—Sock Day—“Sock it to drugs” and wear crazy socks!

o      Friday 10/28—Mundy Spirit wear—but this is our field trip to the Senior center for trick or treating, so we will be dressed in costumes!

·        We are now iPad friendly in Kindergarten!  Our ipads are up and running, and we are using them as a center, several days a week.  We are currently using Reading Raven, a district suggested app, as well as Starfall, a free website that teaches letter names, sounds, word families and other fun activities.  Check them out at home!  

·        Our Halloween Party is fast approaching!  Thank you for your donations to our parties!  If you did not receive the Sign up, please ask your teacher.  We had some challenges with them this year!  If you have signed up for non-perishable items, please bring them in ASAP.  We would like to have inventory of all that we have and all that we still need.  If you are donating a fresh food item, please bring it on Halloween.  THANK YOU!

·        Here’s what to expect on Halloween at Nelda Mundy…

o      Kindergarteners come to school dressed in costume—please no weapons of any kind!!

o      The AM classes will “parade” through the school in the classrooms of the big kids.  Parents are welcome to join us!

o      Parties will happen immediately after that “parade.”

o      Afternoon kids come to school and will participate in the “School-Wide Parade” around the park, beginning at 12:45.

o      The PM party will begin at the start of the kids’ day, and continue after the parade.  It’s an ALL DAY event!J

·        PJ Day is coming!  We will ALL be exhausted after our day of festivities on Monday and Monday night.  Sooooo….Tuesday, Nov. 1^st will be pajama day at Mundy!  Please wear real shoes!

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

·        Holiday Tree Sign up Genius—The MCA has begun preparations for the Annual Mundy Holiday Fair, coming up on Saturday, December 3^rd.  It’s an annual fundraiser for our school, where each grade level creates an ornamental tree with different themed “prizes” on it, to be raffled off.  It’s a fun event!  We are now starting to collect the prizes that will go on our tree, which is an “Advent” themed tree.  The sign up Genius has gone out to all Kinder families, in hopes to have as many people sign up to donate as possible.  Here’s the link… http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4bacaf2ea20-holiday  THANK YOU for your donations!!!!!

·        Please note:  We do NOT look through kids’ backpacks, so if there is something that needs to come to us, such as Halloween supplies, please have your child hand it to us at drop off.  If homework or guided reading books are at the bottom of a backpack, we will NOT see it.  Thank you for remembering this! 

·        Guided Reading Little Books—Just a friendly reminder that we won’t always send a new book each day.  Sometimes we are doing testing, and can’t get to reading groups each day.  But when we DO send books home, thank you for returning them in your child’s folder, 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. 17 - 21

Kindergarten Newsletter

October 17^th – 21^st

The month of October is flying by!  We were so happy to see all of our parents in the MPR for our Royal Dance!  The kids did such a great job!  Also, thank you to our thoughtful parents who have decorated our doors so creatively!  Here’s what’s coming up for this week… 

 

·        Coins for Critters—in years past, our school has raised over $1000 for the injured and rehabilitated animals at the Suisun Wildlife Center!  This year, the word isn’t spreading, and we have only collected a little over $100.  If you are willing and able, please consider helping your child to bring in some coins for this very important LOCAL organization.  If we raise enough, we will receive a really cool assembly from them!

·       The 40th Annual Doug Butt Run will take place on Wed.Oct. 19, at Laurel Creek Park (1050 Cement Hill, Fairfield, CA).  The event is free and is open to K-8th graders.  The first race begins at 3:30 pm for K-1 girls.  Races are spaced five minutes apart, girls before boys and grouped by grade levels.  Race distances vary from 1/2 mile to 1 mile.  Following is the link for registration and details associated with each group's race:  http://nbefc.com/registration/?n=&org=nbefc.com&cat=ALL.   

The school that sends the greatest number of participants to the run will be recognized.  We will earn our school name on a race plaque and hold the honor of keeping the award on site until next year's race.  Let's get out there and run!!!

Thank you,

Casey Casas

·        Nelda Mundy Physical Educator

·        SILVEYVILLE PUMPKIN PATCH

o      Our trip to the Silveyville Pumpkin Patch is coming up on Oct. 26^th from 8:15 – 11:35AM. All classes will be attending together.  There will be NO PM kinder that day. 

o      If you are UNable to donate $7 to cover the cost of our trip, please let your teacher know.  In order to attend multiple field trips throughout the school year, we are depending on your donations.  Thank you!

o      Please send your child to school with a labeled booster seat that will be returned the same day.

o      We ask that you please do not bring siblings, as this complicates things.

o      You MUST bring your child to school on that day, even if you are driving your own child to the field trip.  Otherwise, s/he WILL BE MARKED ABSENT.

o      In addition, your field trip permission slip must be turned in now, in order for your child to go.  If one or more sections are incomplete, they have been returned to you, including the BACK.  We must have all parts filled out!  THANK YOU!

·        You should have received a sign up genius list for our Halloween parties.  Each class will have identical parties, but we will each be collecting our own supplies. We have already begun collecting these items!  If you didn’t receive it, you might need to check your SPAM folder, as those sign ups end up in those folders sometimes.  If you haven’t received the sign up, please let your teacher know.

·        Thank you for your donations to our parties!  If you have anything non-perishable, please bring it now.  Any perishable foods should come on Monday, Oct. 31^st. 

·         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!!

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

·        Classroom volunteers—Please help us to keep the noise level down in our classroom during center time!  While assisting the kiddos with their centers, please remind & encourage them to do their work with as little talking as possible!  We are trying to get these guys ready for independent center work in the first grade!  The more practice, the better!!!  Thank you!

·        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