Kinder news Oct. 30th - Nov. 2nd

Kindergarten Newsletter

October 30th – Nov. 2nd        

Happy Halloween!!!  Here’s what’s coming up for this week…

·        Happy Halloween!  All are welcome to our parties this Tuesday.  Our school-wide Halloween parade will be at 1:00pm on Tuesday afternoon, which means the morning kids will have already gone home.  Sooooo…the morning kids will be “parading” through all classrooms first thing on Halloween morning.  You’re welcome to join us.  Please have your child come to school in their costume (please no weapons)! Halloween is a party day in Kindergarten.  We will be celebrating all day long!

***Wednesday November 1st is Pajama Day!  Wear your PJ’s or coziest clothes to make getting up the day after Halloween a little easier.

***Disguise a Turkey is coming home in your child’s folder today or Monday.  PLEASE cut it out before decorating it and turning it in. We would like to hang them up as they come in, so the sooner, the better, but please don’t stress yourselves out to complete them!  Thank you!!!!

·         Our theme this week is Leaves & Scarecrows, and our new word wall word is has.  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, go, she, we, he & has.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!  Practicing reading and writing these words daily has an incredible impact.  Now that we are testing for Report Cards, we are seeing some students making AMAZING progress.  Each and every one of them practice their words at home.  Please start working on them now if you aren’t already.  You could put the words up on index cards with painters tape on your kitchen cabinet doors.  Make your own word wall and have your child work on them daily.  You’ll soon see the difference it makes.  It’s POWERFUL!  

·        Upcoming Dates to be aware of----

o      Nov. 3th there is NO SCHOOL for students.  Teacher Work Day.

o      Nov. 10th is Veteran’s Day and no school for ALL.

o      Nov. 13th – 17th  are minimum days for the WHOLE school.  ALL Kinder kids come to school from 8:15-11:35am.Traffic will be hectic!!  Walk in if you can.  Be on the lookout for a Sign Up Genius to schedule your Student Led Conference for one afternoon that week.

November 20-24th is Thanksgiving break.  Enjoy the holiday with your family!

·        We are continually collecting items for the Holiday Tree.  Thank you for donating fun things for our Kindergarten tree!  If you have signed up to donate any gift cards for the Holiday Tree, please give it to your child’s teacher.  We will keep it in a safe place.   

Six Flags Read to Succeed is a reading incentive program that is voluntary.  If you would like your child to participate, they can read six hours at home to earn one free admission ticket.  Paperwork is coming home today.  

·        Classroom volunteers—Thank you for helping us to keep the noise level down during center time!

·        Guided Reading Little Books—Just a friendly reminder that we won’t always send a new book each day.  Sometimes we are doing assessments, and we can’t get to reading groups each day.  But when we DO send books home, thank you for returning them every day!

·        Some of you have asked for clarification about your child’s Ziploc bags.  If we are sending home HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS on flashcards, please keep them at home.  As we learn new words, we will send new ones home.  Please practice reading and writing them every day.  Our goal and expectation is for every kindergartener to know all of their letter names and sounds by now, as well as the current High Frequency Words.  Please help us help your children achieve that goal.  

News from Mr. Kubiak and Ms. McCormick:

• Please remember that there are No Dogs allowed on campus, unless it is a service animal.
• Bikes and scooters are to be walked on campus at all times, and students MUST wear helmets.
• Cardboard Challenge/STEAM Night! 5:00-7:00pm, Read Here for details  Bring scissors, tape and whatever else you want to help put together your awesome creation! No student drop offs and parental supervision required.

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

Kindergarten Newsletter Oct 23-27th 2017

Our school is currently doing double duty, collecting school supplies for the kids in Santa Rosa, Napa and Sonoma who have lost everything, AND coins for the Suisun Wildlife Center.  Please consider donating to help these two wonderful causes!!!  Please follow the link for our School Supplies Drive- https://www.fsusd.org/domain/419.  

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

           

• THANK YOU to all those who joined us for the Pumpkin Patch field trip!  The kids had such a great day, and We couldn’t have fun field trips without our volunteers!

• Picture Day Make-ups are THIS Thursday, Oct. 26th.  Please grab a form in the office if you would like to have your child’s picture retaken.

• SPOOKY BLOTTO is this Friday in the MPR from 5-7pm.  Kindergarten parents were asked to donate mini pumpkins or plastic Halloween themed buckets for this event.  Please send those in ASAP if you have any!!  THANK YOU!   Come out and enjoy a fun family night!  Pizza, popcorn, and other fun snacks will be available for purchase!

• You should have received TWO different Sign-up Genius lists, one for Halloween & one for the Holiday Tree.  We have already begun collecting these items!  THANK YOU for helping to make these two events FUN for our classrooms and school!

• Our Halloween Party is fast approaching!  Thank you for your donations to our parties!  If you are signed up for NON-perishables, please bring it in ASAP so that we can inventory!  If you are signed up for a food item, please bring it ready to go at the time of your child’s party!!

• The Cordelia Library will be at the school library on Thursday, October 26 at 2:15. The children's librarian will bring a selection of books to our school for students to check out.   Students may also apply for a library card at this time and read off fines for the public library.

• BINDERS!  We are already starting to collect your child’s special work from Kindergarten.  If you have not already, please send in a 2 inch binder, with a clear slip sleeve front, labeled with your child’s name inside.  Thank you!

• Our theme this week is Halloween & Monsters, and our new word wall word is “he.” NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, she, we & he.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

• Classroom volunteers—We’d like to ask if you could please help us to keep the noise level down in our classroom during center time!  While assisting the kiddos with their centers, please remind & encourage them to do their work with as little talking as possible!  We are trying to get these guys ready for independent center work in the first grade!  The more practice, the better!!!  Thank you!

• Holiday Fair—Our Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 2nd.  Each grade level collects donations in which to put on the tree, that will be raffled off.  Please see the sign up genius and sign up for an item(s) to donate!

• If you have sign up to donate any gift cards for the Holiday Tree, please give it to your child’s teacher.  We will keep it in a safe place.  Thank you!

• Guided Reading Little Books—Thank you for returning these important books back to school every day!  Again, these do not go home every day, as we sometimes do not have reading groups.

• Reminder: EVERY Monday, PLEASE wear college spirit wear!

• EVERY FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DAY! Wear our school colors, GREEN & GRAY!
• Twitter:  If you aren’t already, please follow us on Twitter.  We share photos, fun events and important information.  Twitter is being used almost school wide, so if you aren’t using it already, you will enjoy it for years to come if you start now!
• Mrs. Barnes:  @MrsBarnes13
• Mrs. Barron:  @barron_erin
• Ms. Davila:  @MsDavilaNM
• Mrs. Ron: @Kimron91870
• Mr. Kubiac:  @jeffreykubiak
• Ms. McCormick:  @mccormicknm10
• Nelda Mundy Elementary: @NMTimberwolves

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

Kindergarten Newsletter October 10th – 13th

NO SCHOOL MONDAY OCTOBER 9TH.  HAVE A GREAT THREE DAY WEEKEND WITH YOUR FAMILY!!!!!

THANK YOU to all those who helped make and hang our Halloween door decor!  They are adorable!  Here’s what’s coming up for next week…

• Guided Reading Little Books—We’ve begun sending home your child’s guided reading book, several days a week (not every day!) They go home in a labeled Ziploc bag. These are the instructional books that your child is reading in small group every day.  These books are a very important part of our Reading Program, and cannot be replaced, but we know the value in sending home reading practice at your child’s reading level.   PLEASE have your child read it many times, and return it to school in the Ziploc bag provided, INSIDE your child’s folder.

• Our Silveyville Pumpkin Patch field trip will soon be here.  We are ALL attending school from 8:15 - 11:35AM.  Please remember that PM comes early that day.  If you have not yet gotten in your paperwork to be approved as a volunteer driver, it is too late for this field trip.  You can still be cleared for future trips though.  

• Hopefully by next week, we will be sending a Signup Genius to help prepare for our Halloween parties!  Please be on the lookout!  Sometimes these go straight to SPAM, so you may want to check there if you don’t receive it.

• The Sharing Can is your child’s opportunity to read and share in front of their peers.  Please help them to be as confident as possible by helping THEM to write their own clues.  Please don’t write it for them because they cannot read it!  We want this to be THEIR moment in the spotlight!  Thank you!

A note regarding writing.  We work on writing every day as a whole class.  When writing independently, we encourage your child’s writing to include...

o       1 complete sentence that makes sense

o    left to right, using finger spaces between words

o        uppercase letter at the beginning, lowercase throughout the rest of the word or sentence

o        spelling all word wall words correctly

o        stretching out unfamiliar words--please DON’T spell for your child!

o        a period at the end of the sentence

***Please note…most children have barely begun to write words, not to mention a complete sentence.  This is what we are working on every day.  Therefore, most children are still “progressing” in writing, which is perfectly ok!  As the year progresses, students will be expected to write 2 sentences in March and 3 sentences in May.  Daily practice WILL make a world of difference!  Thank you for your support and reinforcement of our standards from home.  Like always, feel free to email your teacher with any questions or concerns.

• Because we are no longer requiring homework, we really rely on you to provide that extra practice your child needs, from home.  The more practice they have in letter names, sounds, recognizing high frequency words and writing their name, the more confident they will be in class.  

• Our theme next week is BATS & SPIDERS, and our new word wall word is “is.”  NOW, we know the following High Frequency Words:
• I, a, like, the, see, she, can, and, go & is.  **Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day.

• Yearbook Reminder:  Order your Mundy yearbook today!!  You can order online to make it easier! https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob Yearbook ID Code: 10276918….Reminder - Ordering deadline for Yearbooks is December 31st, 2017.

• Holiday Fair—Our Mundy Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 2nd, from 10AM - 1PM.  Please mark your calendars, and plan to join us.  It is always a fantastic event!  More information will be coming soon.

• EVERY FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DAY!   Wear school colors, GREEN & GRAY, OR wear Nelda Mundy spirit wear that can be purchased on line.  Please show school spirit!  Our Kindergarten t-shirts should be here by next week!!!!  We are excited!

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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