Friday, January 22, 2016

Kindergarten Newsletter January 25-29th

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

·        Wednesday is our 100th Day of School!!!  This is a school wide spirit day. Please have your child come to school dressed as a 100 year old person! Be as creative and fun as you can!

·        Thank you to those who are willing to bring in a bag or box of snacks to sort for Monday’s centers-  We are still in need of more snacks.  Please bring them Monday. Thank you!!!

·        Our Great Kindness Challenge is ON!!!!  The Student Council has challenged us all to be as kind as you can this week.  A sheet went home with ideas if you need them.  If you fill out the sheet with things that you do for others, and bring it to school on January 29th you will earn a pride card for the office!! 

·        Our theme for this week is 100th Day of School, and our new word wall word is “went.”  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you, feel, we, look, are & went.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!!!!

·        Write and Share- is going home today. We are asking you to send in 100 of something in a ziplock bag and  write about it. It should be 100 of the same item. (Ex. Marshmallows, cheerios, pennies, chocolate chips, cotton balls, buttons, noodles, etc.) It should be something you have around the house. Please NO NUTS and do not buy anything. Please have your child bring it on his/her regular assigned share day.

·        Valentine to your child – This week a note went home asking you to make a beautiful valentine for your child. This is a surprise we will give to them on the day of our party. Please be creative and make it special for them. They will always remember this special valentine from you! You can send them in a folder or envelope to your child’s teacher as soon as you complete them. These are due to your teacher no later than Feb. 11th.  Thanks.

·        Valentine mailboxes- Please have your child decorate a shoe box or any box of similar size. Help them to make it unique and bring it in on the day of our party February 12th. Please make sure their name can be clearly seen. This is where the
    children will deposit the valentines to your child.

·        Valentine’s for classmates-The children love to make valentines for their classmates. Please make sure there is one for every child in the class.  Have your child sign their name in the from section but just address them to: my friend  in the to section. Do not put individual names as it will take a very long time to pass them out and someone may be mistakenly forgotten. Thank you for your understanding. Please do not bring these in until the 12th.

Kindergarten provides their own prizes for our Pride Card Drawings every Friday.  If you are willing and/or able to donate some little $1 prizes for our prize box, we would greatly appreciate it!!!!  THANK YOU!

·        WEEKLY HOMEWORK—Please have your child complete 1-2 pages per day.  Please help and encourage your child to USE THE LINES when writing words and to write 3 sentences on only one topic.  Please do NOT spell words for your child.  Instead, help them to stretch out their sounds.  They must use their very best handwriting, USING CORRECT LETTER FORMAITON, as this is a very important skill for Kindergarten.

·        Writing—Our writing job is the same all month.  We are STILL 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 has short blond hair and big blue eyes.  She is tall.  Her smile is beutifl.”  (in Kindergarten writing of course)  We will be having our Show Off Writing at the end of the week, so please help your child practice at home the next few days. 

·        REMINDER Please be sure that your child returns their book bag in their folder everyday.  We cannot send a new book home with them to practice reading if they do not bring their book bag to reading group.  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


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