Kindergarten Newsletter
September 25th – 29th
THANK YOU to all of the parent volunteers who helped us today at Apple Festival and with picture day!!! It was a LOT to do in one day and we appreciate your donations and help with our events!!!
Fire Safety Week is upon us! We are very fortunate to be able to have our local fire fighters visit us next week.
Here’s what’s coming up for next week…
· Our theme next week is Fire Safety, and our new word wall word is “can.” NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, and, my & can.
· PIRATE Day is Thursday, September 28th. Come dressed as a pirate. Checkout Pinterest for some great ideas with no sewing involved.
The Nelda Mundy BEACH PARTY is FRIDAY THE 29TH!!!!!
2:30-5:30 What a great way to say goodbye to summer with all your friends. We hope to see you there for all the fun!
· PROGRESS REPORTS will be coming home the week of Oct 2nd. These will explain how many letter names, sounds, high frequency words and number writing your child is able to demonstrate that they know. Sounds must come first in order for them to begin stretching out and writing words. Please continue to help your child practice their letter sounds and high frequency words. Further details regarding our end of the year standards will be discussed at your child’s parent-teacher conference in November
IMPORTANT FIELD TRIP INFORMATION
Please be sure to fill out and return the Volunteer Personal Automobile Use and DMV form for field trip driving, along with a photocopy of your current driver’s license and auto insurance declarations page. Additionally, you will need to be fingerprinted by our district if you plan to drive (please call 399-5078 to make an appointment). We NEED DRIVERS in order to take field trips this year. Taking a bus costs approximately $2,000. We have always taken 1 field trip due to the bussing expense. This year, we plan to take at least 4 field trips with the savings. Please help us to make this happen.
We will need lots of parent drivers to have this many adventures. Please complete ALL of the paperwork and fingerprinting early.
If you were planning on sending in a donation for this field trip but haven’t yet please do so by next week. Thank you!
· Holiday Fair—Our Nelda Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, December 2nd. Each grade level will be decorating a tree with a different theme that will be raffled off at the end of the day. In the next few weeks you will recieve a sign up genius asking for donations for our tree. Please help with this very important school fundraiser.
ALL students need to continue to work on sounds, as well as High Frequency Words. We work on them every day in class, but if you are doing flashcards or put them on the fridge or on the wall at home for more exposure, you will notice that they will learn them much quicker.
· Writing—We continue to write every day! We are expecting your child to know the words “I, see, a, the, like, is, and, my & can.” Please encourage them to write those every day. You can even start writing simple sentences such as, “I like the ____.” OR “ I see a _____.” You can stretch out the sounds of the unfamiliar word or draw a picture. If your child is ready, please encourage MORE in their writing!!! We always encourage more detail and words in sentences if kids are ready. Daily writing practice helps tremendously.
· Guided Reading Books—We have begun to send home little guided reading books with your child. These are smaller versions of the books that we read with your child each day. These are for you to keep. Please do not throw them away! Build a small library for your child with these and have them practice them again and again. You will see the difference it makes!
· LIBRARY—please return your library books each week. Please help us by reiterating the process of checking out a book--- find one you’d like, take it to Mrs. Sagara our librarian, find your library card on the table, and check out your book. We still have some confusion about taking it home without checking it out! We are still learning!!
Folders — Just a friendly reminder, your child needs to bring their folder to school EVERYDAY and place it in the bucket.This is how they take home their center work as well as important information for you. Please take out the papers each day.Thanks!!!
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
Mrs. Pravin: sheetalp@fsusd.org
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