newsletter March 5-9

Kindergarten NewsletterMarch 5th - 9thHope to see you ALL at STEAM night TONIGHT from 5-7PM!
We plan to have a fabulous and sciency time...and remember, there is NO SCHOOL for students tomorrow!

Fieldtrip- We will be walking to the Cordelia Library on Thursday, March 8th to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday. We will listen to a story, complete a craft, and have a snack. If you are able to volunteer to supervise that day, please join us. Please do NOT bring any siblings to tag along when chaperoning a field trip (this is a school district policy). The AM Kinder classes will attend at 10 a.m. and two PM Kinder classes (Mrs. Macway and Mrs. Pravin) will attend at 12 p.m.  Mrs. Barron’s class will attend at 1pm.

DR. SEUSS LIBRARY DAY-- Let's wear RED, black & white again on Thursday, March 8th as we celebrate Dr. Seuss at the Cordelia Library.

Room 401 is in need of Pride Card Prizes for our prize box, if you would like to donate!  THANK YOU!

It is a school wide policy that we don’t allow toys at school.  Please help us keep all toys at home (unless it’s for the sharing can)!  Not only do they get lost, but they are a huge distraction.  THANK YOU!

Leprechaun Trap homework!!— It’s that time of year again!!  Please help your children design and create some sort of leprechaun trap to bring to school  ON St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17th. We will be setting up their traps ON St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) to see if we can catch a leprechaun!!! Please DO NOT bring your traps before the 17th, as we have no room to store 50+ leprechaun traps.  Please feel free to be as creative as you’d like OR as simple as you’d like! There are lots of ideas if you Google it or look on Pinterest.

IMAGINE THAT field trip- We will be taking a field trip to Imagine That in Vacaville on Wednesday, March 21st.  The AM classes will be leaving school at 9am and the PM classes will leave here at 11:30AM.  This trip is centered around hands-on STEAM activities and is super fun!. Please be sure to fill out BOTH sides of your permission slip and turn it in NOW, if you haven’t done so already.We will need all available approved drivers to help us get the kids to Vacaville. Please let your teacher know if you are available to drive! If you are able, we are asking for a $5 donation to help pay for our admission fees.  THANK YOU!!!  

Minimum Days- There will be minimum days for the entire school to accommodate Parent Conferences on March 14, 15, & 16th.  On these days, the whole school will ALL attend school from 8:15 – 11:35am. Please plan accordingly.

Speaking of parent conferences… for this trimester, all students who are working ON grade level or above will NOT be required to have a parent conference. If your child does need a parent conference, your child’s teacher will inform you and schedule it during this time.
Report Cards will come home next Monday, March 12th.

Our theme for next week is Frogs, 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.  At this time, 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.  

Writing—Our writing job has changed! For the month of March, we will be talking and writing about how things taste. Please have your child write at least two sentences about something you eat at home, school or out on the town, and write about what it tastes like. Our goal now is to have the kids choose one topic and elaborate on it, and really describe the experience. “Today my mom took me out for frozen yogurt. I picked vanilla frozen yogurt with blueberries on top. The frozen yogurt tasted cold and soft in my mouth. The blueberries squirted juice when I ate them.” (in Kindergarten writing of course) We are encouraging LOTS of writing that all goes together!

REMINDER- Please be sure that your child returns their book bag in their folder, not backpack everyday, and if it’s not coming home, know that it is because we are testing or we did a fun art project that day. Thank you!!

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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