Kindergarten Newsletter February 26th - March 1st, 2018

Here’s what’s coming up …    

MUNDY FAMILY   Dance  Party!

       TONIGHT in the MPR, MCA is hosting a family dance  from 5:30-7:30pm

·         $5.00 per student (any student enrolled in school – Mundy, Cordelia, GVMS, etc)

·         Refreshments available for purchase – pizza, snacks, drinks, etc

Show your school spirit, wear your Mundy Spirit Wear or green & gray!

STEAM Night Thursday March 1st from 5:00-7:00

Join us in the MPR for NEW, hands on stations and

enter the raffle for a chance to win cool STEAM prizes!

One more week to collect Pennies for Patients

with leukemia and lymphoma.   Bring your donations and earn a PACK Card!

·        Our theme for next week is Dr. Seuss, and our new word wall word
is “do”.  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like,
the, see, is, can, my, and, am, have, go, to, has,
you, she, he, said, saw, no, this, up, feel, we, look,
are, want, went, play, up, they, and do.  Please encourage
your child to use these words in their writing every day!!!!  
This is the greatest, most impactful practice you can do at home.  
Every kindergartener should be able to independently write two
sentences with capitals, periods, finger spacing, high frequency words
and stretching out sounds phonetically of unknown words by February
28th in order to meet grade level expectations in writing for second
trimester report cards.  Practicing writing at school and at home daily
will have a powerful impact on your child’s writing ability.  

Please mark your calendars with the following dates....

There is NO SCHOOL Friday March 2nd (Teacher Work Day)
March 1st is STEAM Night in the MPR from 5-7pm

March 8th - Kinder walks to the Cordelia library for a Dr. Seuss story and
a craft. AM K will go from 10-11am. PM K will go from 12-1pm.

March 21st - Kindergarten Field Trip to Imagine That in Vacaville
We will need all of our approved drivers who are available to help us
shuttle the kids up to Vacaville.
AM Kinder will leave at 9am and return by 11:30
PM Kinder will leave at 11:45 and return by 2:15

There will be minimum days for Report Card Conferences

March 14th-16th.  All students will attend school from 8:15-11:35.
March 21st - Field Trip to Imagine That in Vacaville  

NO School March 26th - April 2nd for Spring Break

·        Writing—Our writing job for February is to write about sounds they
hear.  Please have your child write at least two sentences about the sounds
they hear.  For example, “I hear the doorbell ring.  It goes ding dong.  
Then my dog barks loud.  He says woof, woof.”  (in Kindergarten Writing of
course)  Pease help your child practice writing at home EVERY DAY!!!

Thank you again for supporting your child’s learning at home.  
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

Ms. Davila:  theresad@fsusd.org

Mrs. Ron:  kimr@fsusd.org

Mrs. Pravin: sheetalp@fsusd.org

Kindergarten newsletter Feb. 13-16

Kindergarten Newsletter

February 13th - 16th

Thank you to all who dressed up to celebrate the

100th day of school! School is so much more fun when we join in on the fun!!

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

• PARENT VALENTINE HOMEWORK!!!!!!!! We hope that you have turned these in today! If you haven't, please make sure we have it by Tuesday!

• Reminder about Valentine’s Day & our classroom parties. We hope you have all had an opportunity to sign up to bring in something for our class parties. We could not do what we do without your help! THANK YOU!!! Please plan to bring in your child’s VALENTINE BOX on the day of our party, Feb. 14th. Your child can also bring in 30 valentines for classmates on the 14th, NOT before. Please have your child SIGN his/her Valentines ONLY. They will not be delivered if they are addressed to specific friends. It is much too difficult to manage!!

• Our classroom theme for next week is Chinese New Year.  Our new word wall word is “up.” We now know the following words: I, like, see, a, is, the, can, my, and, have, go, to, has, am, look, are, saw, went, are & up.

• Writing—Our writing job is the same all month. We are NOW writing using SOUND words. Please have your child write at least two sentences about the sounds you hear while taking a walk outside.   “Today I took a walk with my dad around the block. We went to the creek and heard birds chirping in the trees. We also heard the wind blowing the grass and the weeds. Then we heard a fire engine siren far away. I like listening to the sounds outside.” (in Kindergarten writing of course)

• A note about writing with your child...we are always encouraging and helping the kids to sound out unfamiliar words when writing.  Please do NOT spell words for your child.  When they say the word slowly and write what they hear, even if it’s just a few letters from the word, it will only benefit them when writing.  We don’t want to discourage them from writing it the “wrong way” because this will inhibit them from writing at all.  For example, the word /candy/ is heard like this from a Kindergartener.../kande/, and this is perfectly normal and encouraged!  THANK YOU!

• REMINDER Please be sure that your child returns their book bag in their folder everyday. We cannot send a new book home with them to practice reading if they did not bring their book bag to reading group. Thank you!!

• Our very own pediatric dentist, Dr. Anita Ford (Sam's mom from Mrs. Barron's class) will be visiting our class on Thursday to talk about dental health with the kids. THANK YOU Dr. Ford!

• Upcoming dates to calendar…

Feb. 14-- Valentine's Day party

Feb. 19—no school in honor of President’s Day

MUNDY FAMILY DANCE

·         Friday, February 23rd from 5:30-7:30

·         $5.00 per student (any student enrolled in school – Mundy, Cordelia, GVMS, etc)

·         Refreshments available for purchase – pizza, snacks, drinks, etc

·         Tickets will go on sale, in the office, starting on Tuesday, February 13th.  We strongly encourage tickets to be purchased before the dance

PARENT’S NIGHT OUT

·         Friday, March 9th from 6:00-9:00 at Green Valley Cellars

·         Presale tickets // $15.00 for a wine tasting – up to 5 wines // $20.00 at the door

·         Food truck menu available for purchase

·         Cornhole tournament

·         Tickets will go on sale, in the office, starting on Tuesday, February 13th.  We strongly encourage tickets to be purchased before the event

March 2—Teacher workday, no school for students.

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 February 5th - 9th 2018

Here’s what’s coming up …    

·       This  Wednesday February 7th is our 100th Day of School!!!  This is a school wide spirit day. Please have your child come to school dressed as a 100 year old person! Be as creative and fun as you can!

·        Our theme for this week is 100th Day and Valentine’s, and our new word wall word is “play”.  We know the following High Frequency Words: I, a, like, the, see, is, can, my, and, am, have, go, to, has, you, she, he, said, saw, no, this, up, feel, we, look, are, want, went and play.  Please encourage your child to use these words in their writing every day!!!!  This is the greatest, most impactful practice you can do at home.  Every kindergartener should be able to independently write two sentences with capitals, periods, finger spacing, high frequency words and stretching out sounds phonetically of unknown words by February 28th in order to be at grade level in writing for second trimester report cards.  Practicing writing at school and at home daily will have a powerful impact on your child’s writing ability.  

Please mark your calendars with the following dates....

There is NO SCHOOL

Monday February 12th (Lincoln’s Birthday)

Monday February 19th (Washington’s Birthday)

Friday March 2nd (Teacher Work Day)

There will be minimum days for Report Card Conferences

March 14th-16th.  All students will attend school from 8:15-11:35.  

·        Valentine’s Day Party- A Signup Genius has been sent out by your child’s teacher. Please let your child’s teacher know if you didn’t receive it. Many items (non-perishables) need to be sent in asap so we can prep for the party. Thank you, thank you THANK  YOU!!!

·        Parent Valentine to your child – Please get your secret, surprise Valentine card for your child turned into your child’s teacher by this Friday.  This is a surprise we will give to them first thing on the day of our party. Please be creative and make it special for them (ie. add photos, stickers, glitter, poems). They will always remember this special valentine card from you! You can send them in a folder or envelope to your child’s teacher as soon as you complete them. Please do NOT send in any gifts or candy with your Parent Valentine card. Thank you!

·        Valentine Mailboxes- Please have your child decorate a shoe box or any box of similar size to collect all their Valentines. Help them to make it unique. There are lots of fun, creative ideas on Pinterest and Google. Please make sure their name can be clearly seen on their mailbox. This is where the children will deposit the valentines to your child.

Please do NOT bring them until Wednesday, February 14th the day of our party, not before. Thank you!

·  Valentine’s for Classmates-Please make sure to send your child with 28 valentines for their classmates.  Have your child sign their name in the “from” section, but just address them to: my friend  or leave that area blank. Do NOT put individual names on the valentines. It is not possible for your child to pass out individual valentine’s to specific children. Thank you for your understanding. Please have your child bring his/her valentines ON the day of our party on February 14th, not before.

·        Writing—Our writing job for February is to write about sounds they hear.  Please have your child write at least two sentences about the sounds they hear.  For example, “When I am on the playground I hear birds in the trees.  They sing tweet tweet.”  (in Kindergarten Writing of course)  Pease help your child practice writing at home EVERY DAY!!!

·        REMINDER Please be sure that your child returns their book bag in their folder everyday.  We cannot send a new book home with them to practice reading if they do not bring their book inside their book bag to reading group.  Thank you!

Thank you again for supporting your child’s learning at home.  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

Ms. Davila:  theresad@fsusd.org

Mrs. Ron:  kimr@fsusd.org

Mrs. Pravin: sheetalp@fsusd.org