Friday, October 21, 2016

October 24-28th Newsletter

Kindergarten Newsletter
October 24th - 28th 

^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. 1st 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 3rd.  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 BooksJust 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





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