Kindergarten Newsletter January 23rd-27th

Kindergarten Newsletter

January 23rd – 27th 

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

·        Progress Reports will be going home next week. Please SIGN it and RETURN it to school.  Please do not hesitate if you have questions to email.  Thank you. 

• Permission slips for our FIELD TRIP went home. If you have not yet returned it signed, please do so ASAP.

·        It will soon be our 100^th day of Kindergarten!  We have many fun activities planned. A sign up genius will be sent next week. Please be on the lookout for it if you would like to donate to help our special day be a success.

·        Valentine’s Day is coming up!  We will be celebrating on the 14^th with a fun party!  A sign up genius went out with items we will need. If you didn’t see it please let us know.

·        SECRET-A special email was sent to you today regarding a VERY SPECIAL VALENTINE FOR YOUR CHILD. PLEASE READ IT ENTIRELY!!!

·        Speaking of Valentine’s Day…please send your child to school that day with 30 valentines.  PLEASE have your child write “From (name)” on each valentine.  Please do NOT address Valentines to individual students in our classes.  We cannot help your child deliver valentines to specific friends. 

·        Please have your child bring his/her valentines ON the day of our party, not before. We cannot store all of them in our classrooms!! Thank you!

·        WEEKLY HOMEWORK—Please have your child complete 1-2 pages per day, in their best handwriting, with proper spacing!!!!  Please help and encourage your child to USE THE LINES when writing words.  Complete the work in your very best handwriting, as this is a very important skill for Kindergarten.

·        EXTRA WORK—Please be sure to check your child’s folder each day to review their center work for the day.  If you see anything UNfinished, please have your child take the time to sit and complete the job.  It does NOT need to be returned to school.  Thank you!  

·        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.

·        This week, we are learning about Chinese New Year.  We are also talking about rhyming words, listening to the ENDING sounds of words and our new word wall word is “are.”  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you, feel, we, look, said and saw.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing 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