Kindergarten Newsletter for February 22nd-26th

We are already in our last week of February!  Things are moving so quickly!!!  Here’s what’s coming up for next week…    

·        There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 4^th for all students.This is a teacher work day.

·        Our theme for this week is Dental Health.  We are very lucky to have a presentation from Dr. Cervantes-Prado. If you see them on the playground please give them a big thank you! This is sure to be a highlight of our week.

·        If you have any food magazines or grocery ads that you can donate to our class, please bring them by Wednesday. We will be using them for a center on Thursday. Thank you.

·        Our letter for sharing next week is “J”. Please have your child write three clues about his/her share and practice reading them aloud.

·         Our new word wall word is “all.”  We now know the following words:  I, like, see, a, is, the, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, am, look, are, saw, went, with, up & they.

·        Fieldtrip- We will be walking to the Cordelia Library on Thursday, March 3^rd to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday.  We will listen to a story, complete a craft, and have a snack.  If you are able to volunteer to supervise that day please join us.  You may not bring any siblings to tag along when chaperoning on a field trip.  AM K will be leaving at 9:45am, and PM K will be leaving at 11:45pm. 

·        DONATION NEEDED: We need ONE big Costco box of Rainbow colored Goldfish crackers per classroom by Friday, February 26^th for a special center.

·        Let’s Dance- Come get your groove on at Mundy’s first School Dance on Friday, February 26^th from 5:30-7:30pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance, please read the MCA newsletter for details.

·        Permission Slips- If you have not yet turned in your field trip permission slip to Paradise Valley, please do so ASAP. Let your child’s teacher know if you will be driving either a group or your own child. Students must report to school first or they will be marked absent. Thank you!!!

·        Writing—Our writing job is the same all month.  We are still writing using SOUND words.  We will be doing our monthly show-off writing this week!!!  Please have your child write at least two sentences about the sounds you hear.  You can go for another walk, tell us about the sounds you hear in your house, on the way to school, whatever you like.  “On the way to school I heard a garbage truck.  It went beep beep beep.  It was very loud and rumbly.”  (in Kindergarten writing of course)

·        Reading Eggs is up and running.  We do expect your child to be using it at least one night a week.  Your child’s username is taped inside their folder. 

·        REMINDER Please be sure that your child returns their book bag in their folder everyday.  Thank you!!

·        Typing FUN!  Dance Mat Typing is a very child friendly, FREE, colorful, FUN typing tutor program available online that we have used.    Here is the link to cut & paste…  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/levels/level1.shtml

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