Kindergarten Newsletter: Novermber 27-December 1

THANK YOU for making our Thanksgiving Feast a huge success!!! The kids enjoyed eating all of the special, yummy food with their friends.

We wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving break!!!!! There is NO School from Nov. 18-26^th. The next month will go fast!  Four weeks until our next break...wow!

Here’s what’s coming up when we return……    

·        Sharing can - Please have your child stretch out the sounds of all their words in their 3 written clues. Please do NOT tell them how to spell the words.  They will benefit much more from stretching out and writing the sounds they hear.  It will also help them to be able to read their writing.  Thank you for your support!

·        Holiday Fair—Be sure to stop by our Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 2^nd from 10:00a.m-1:00p.m.  There will be fun crafts for the kids, cool stuff to buy plus our Holiday Kindergarten tree will be raffled off, along with all the other grade levels. All Kindergarteners are invited to come and sing on the stage for everyone at 10:30 a.m.  Santa will be there. Hope to see you all there!

·        Toys for Tots--Student council will begin collecting new and unopened toys!!  Please consider donating from December 4^th-December 15^th.  

·        Our new theme will be Reindeer. Please review all of the high frequency words we have learned so far.  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, she, he, go, we, am, my, has, & you..  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!

·        Scholastic Book Fair- Please stop by the library between November 27^th-December 4^th to checkout the wonderful selection of books for sale.

·        Napa Fires Book Drive- donate a new or gently used book at the Scholastic Book Fair and be entered into a drawing.

·        We will begin talking about the different Holiday traditions in December.  If your family celebrates a special December/January holiday, we would like to invite you to come in and share it with our class.  Please talk to your child’s teacher if you’d be willing to come in for a bit and share your family’s holiday traditions!

·        Upcoming Dates to remember—

o      Winter break begins on Friday, Dec. 22nd and goes through January 7^th.  School resumes again on Monday, January 8th.

 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

November 13th-17th

Kindergarten Newsletter

November 13^th – 17^th

Because of our WACKY days NEXT week, we will need parent volunteers. Please check with your child’s teacher for exact times. Thank you in advance.

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

 

·        Every day next week is a minimum day for the WHOLE school in order to accommodate parent conferences.  *ALL Kinder kids come to school together from 8:15-11:35a.m all week long. Dismissal every day will be crazy….please stay in your car if you are in the yellow loading zone. If you need to get out of your car, you need to park in the parking lot or on a neighboring street and walk in. Mrs. Barron and Mrs. Ron will dismiss students from the Kinder Playground Gate. Mrs. Barnes and Ms. Davila will dismiss from the front Kinder Classroom Door.

·        We look forward to meeting you all next week for your parent/teacher conference.  Your child IS encouraged to attend their student-led conference.  This is a great way to involve your child in his/her own education. 

·        PLEASE make sure that you are signed up for a parent conference time through your teacher’s SignUp Genius.  This is our ONLY sign up, so please make sure you are on it! Please be on time, conferences are only 15 minutes.  

·        “A can a kid that’s all we ask.” Please donate canned or boxed food towards our food drive. It ends next week on November 17^th. The food collected will be used to help families and kids in our community (David Weir Elementary/Mission Solano).

·        Please help your child be successful in school by attending regularly and on time.

·        Holiday Tree Donations—Thank you for all of your classroom donations!  We hope to raise lots of money for our kiddos at the Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 2nd from 10am-1pm.  Kindergarteners are encouraged to come and perform on stage the holiday songs they learned at 10:30a.m. Santa will be there!

·        Our theme next week is THANKSGIVING, and our new word wall word is “am.”   We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, you & am.  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

Ms. Pravin: sheetalp@fsusd.org

Kindergarten newsletter Nov. 6-9

Kindergarten Newsletter

November 6th -9th    

        

Happy SHORT week everyone…No School tomorrow NOV. 3rd for Teacher work day AND on Friday, November 10th for Veteran’s Day.

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

    

• THANK YOU to all those who donated supplies and time, volunteered or hung out with us on Halloween!  The kids had an epic day of fun!  THANK YOU!

• Family STEAM Night/Cardboard CHallenge is TONIGHT from 5:30 - 7:30!!!!! This year we will be having a big cardboard building event!  Come join us and have some fun!

• We have already begun collecting your child’s special artwork in Kindergarten that will go into a binder for you at the end of the year.  If you haven’t already done so, please send in a 2 in. binder with your child’s name clearly labeled on the inside cover.  We would also like to preserve their art as much as possible, and would like to put them in clear plastic slip sleeves.  If you would be willing to donate a box, we would GREATLY appreciate it!  

• Cordelia Library will be in the School Library on Thursday, November 9th and December 14th at 2:15. Stop by after school or before running club and check out a book or two. Prizes for Solano Kids Read will be available on November 9th only!

• The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the School Library starting Friday, November 17th until Monday December 4th.  Stop by for some Holiday reading and gifts.

• Holiday Tree Donations—Thank you for all of your classroom donations so far!  Please check out the Signup Genius to donate needed items. We hope to raise lots of money for our kiddos at the Holiday Fair on Saturday, December 2nd from 10:00am-1:00pm in the MPR.  Santa will be there!!!

• Canned Food Drive—Student council is collecting canned and boxed foods from now through Nov. 15th for local families who are less fortunate.  Every food item will stay in Fairfield!  Please consider donating!  Donations can be delivered to the MPR or your child’s teacher. Thank you!!!

• November 13th – 17th  are minimum days for the WHOLE school in order to accommodate parent/teacher conferences.  ***ALL Kinder kids come to school together from 8:15-11:35am all week long ***.  Please be sure to stay in your car and wait in the loading zone line with everyone else…  It’s going to be a long wait.  If you can, please park and walk in. DO NOT get out of your car if you are in the loading zone….it holds up everyone.

• A Parent/Teacher Conference Sign up Genius has been sent home for you to choose a time to meet with your child’s teacher.  Please let YOUR teacher know if you need the link again.  This is our ONLY sign up, so please make sure you are on it!  Your child IS encouraged to attend their student-led conference.  This is a great way to involve your child in his/her own education.  

• Read to Succeed- Six Flags Read to Succeed reading logs and cover letter were sent home last week. This is a great and fun way to encourage your child to read daily. S/he can earn a free one day ticket to Six Flags by completing the reading log and turning it into his/her teacher by February 15th.

• This week’s theme is TURKEYS, and our new word wall word is “you”.   We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, have, go, to, has & you.  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

Mrs. Pravin: sheetalp@fsusd.org