Friday, January 15, 2016

Kindergarten Newsletter for January 18-22


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

·        Next Monday, the 18th, is a holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. observance.  Enjoy your three-day weekend!

·  Sharing- Next week’s letter is “Ii”. Please make sure your    child writes three clues about his/her share that s/he can read independently. If your child’s share day falls on a holiday/no school day, please have them bring his/her share on another day of that week.

·   100th Day of School Donations- We have been in school almost 100 days, wow! We will be having special centers on January 25th  to celebrate.  We would appreciate it if you could donate the following items- Nilla Wafers, Raisins, Goldfish, Cheez Its, M&Ms (plain), Skittles, Mini Marshmallows, Chocolate Chips, Pretzels, and Teddy Grahams. Please send in your donation item before January 25th.

·       Read to Succeed- Please remember that your child’s completed and signed Read to Succeed reading log is due by February 12th.  Students who participate will earn a one day admission ticket to Six Flags.

·        Reading Eggs- Thank you to those who have been utilizing this terrific phonics and reading program. Teachers are able to check who has logged on, the number of times, and for how long. Unfortunately, there are many students who haven’t done so. Next week, teachers will send home a letter with students who would most benefit from Reading Eggs.  They will now be required to use Reading Eggs as part of their weekly homework.

    ·   Fieldtrip- We will be visiting Paradise Valley Retirement again in March. In order to accommodate all of us better, we will be going on two different days. The AM Kinder classes will be going on March 8th and the PM Kinder classes on March 10th.  Please mark your calendars.

·        Writing—Our writing job is the same all month!!!  For the month of January, we are writing about the way people look.  Please have your child write at least two sentences about the way someone in your family looks.  For example, “My mom lives with me in my house.  She has brown, curly hair, brown eyes, and big red lips.”  (in Kindergarten writing of course)

·        Our theme for next week is Martin Luther King Jr. Our new word wall word is “saw.”  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, am, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you, feel, we, look, are, & said.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!!!!

·        Kindergarten could use some fun and colorful PONY beads (the fat ones with the big hole in the center) to use for beading on Fun Fridays!  If you would like to donate some, our kids would greatly appreciate it! 

Go Noodle is a fun, free program we have been using in our classrooms and many students want to use it at home.  It’s like indoor PE.  Just go to gonoodle.com and the Channels we have used are Moose Tube and Zumba.  There are lots of other areas to explore there as well.  Don’t forget about Starfall.com-they really love it!

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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