Kindergarten Newsletter for May 16th-20th

THANK YOU for making Teacher Appreciation Week so wonderful!!! All of the handmade cards, pictures, gifts, and flowers are lovely. We are truly blessed to have all of you.

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

·        Our theme for this week is Father’s Day.

·        Review all word wall/high frequency words. 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, do, but, said, will, come, was, would, there, & of.

·        Mundy Jog-a-thon is next Friday, May 20^th. Please be sure to turn in your donation envelopes by May 18^th. Everyone is welcome to come out and cheer for the kids while they run. AM Kindergarteners will run at 8:15a.m and PM Kindergarteners will run at 12:05p.m. Please make sure your child has on comfy clothes and running shoes.

·        Last week was our final library check out for the year.  ALL library books are due back by Friday, May 20^th.

·        Sharing- Next week’s letter is “Z”.

·        Calling all Dads…  PLEASE come to our FATHER’S DAY Celebration in Kindergarten Tuesday, May 31st!  AM Kinder will have their session from 8:30-9:15 and PM Kinder will celebrate with their dads from 11:45-12:30.  We understand that this is may be inconvenient for most of you.  If you are able to come in, please be prepared to be celebrated by more than just your own child as many of the kids will not have their own dads here to play with. We will be making kites, paper airplanes, building with blocks, playing with Play-Doh, cars, drawing… All the fun things daddies usually like to do with their kids.  Sorry dads, no massages and nail painting at this event. 

·        Writing—During our last month of Kindergarten, we want everyone to think about all of the previous writing jobs we’ve had and try to incorporate DIFFERENT things to write about!  Our job in May is to use number words in our writing.  Our goal is to have the kids choose one topic and elaborate on it, really describing it. 

·        Important dates to remember—There are many upcoming dates to remember.  May is JAM- PACKED, full of activities and dates to remember…

·        Friday, May 20^th: Jog-a-thon

·        Tuesday, May 24^th: Field Day

·        Wednesday, May 25th: Safety Day

·        Friday, May 27^th AND Monday, May 30^th: NO SCHOOL  

·        Tuesday, May 31^st: Father’s Day in Kindergarten and Perfect Attendance & Honor Roll Assembly

·        Wednesday, June 1^st: Hawaiian Day in Kindergarten

• Thursday, June 2nd: Kindergarten Slideshows at the beginning of class and 5^th Grade Promotion
  
  
• Friday, June 3rd: Last Day of School/Minimum Day

·        Reading Eggs!!!  Once your child enters the First Grade, you will no longer have this program.  Please continue to log onto Reading Eggs and use it to help reinforce our standards.

·        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