Kindergarten Weekly Newsletter

We will be going to Frisco Fire Safety Town for our second field trip of Kindergarten. Please have students wear their YELLOW kinder field trip shirts on their designated field trip day. Please see below to see what day your child is going.

Monday 2/23 - Wenham & Aranda

Tuesday 2/24 - Jasmine & Akbar

Wednesday 2/25 - Parker

FISD utilizes text messaging on a limited basis for a variety of timely communications, including school closures/delays. Frisco ISD parents and guardians are encouraged to subscribe to text message alerts from the campus and District. Opt in by texting “Y” or “Yes” to 67587

Every EB 2nd-5th grader in the state of Texas is required to take the STAAR tests. Please refrain from making any appointments for your child on his/her testing dates. The campus will also be closed to visitors and parents for the 2 TELPAS days.

February 24th

• 2nd/3rd Listening and Speaking

• 4th/5th Reading and Writing

February 25th

• 2nd/3rd Reading and Writing

• 4th/5th Listening and Speaking

All TELPAS tests are administered online. If you would like your child to practice the format of the test at home, please follow these directions.

Hello, Smith Parents!

The Specials Team is requesting sidewalk chalk donations for a new event at Smith called Big Art Day!

The trading card projects in Art have been such a success that we would like to designate Friday, March 6th for a combined Specials team day where we draw and decorate all of the sidewalks, play games, listen to music, and trade cards between the students during their grade level's specials time!

If you would like to donate sidewalk chalk for this event, please send the chalk with your student and have them give it to Ms. Pitts.

We are grateful for your generosity and support!

Keeping skills fresh over the break can be fun and simple! Try these quick games at home:

• Sight Word Hunt: Hide sight words around the house and have your child read them aloud.

• Counting Games: Count toys, snacks, or steps. Create math story problems and have your child solve using a problem solving strategy.

• Read & Retell: Read a favorite story and ask your child to tell what happened first, next, and last.

• Letter Sounds Game: Say a word and have you child chop up the sounds

• (example: trap "t-r-a-p")

• Write for Fun: Draw a picture and label it or write a short sentence together.

Just 10–15 minutes a day makes a big difference!

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We understand that all children deserve to feel loved and celebrated on their BIG day, however FISD policy does not allow students to pass out/share food, candy, or cupcakes. If you would like to send your child with goodie bags with small trinkets/toys that is fine!

If your child is wanting to pass out invitations AT SCHOOL, they must have enough for the entire class. If you would only like to invite a select group, that MUST be done outside of school. This creates conflict in the classroom.

Here are classroom numbers in case you would like to send goodie bags or invitations:

Parker: 19

Jasmine: 19

Aranda: 18

Wenham: 18

Akbar: 19

Feb 23: Wenham & Aranda will go to Fire Safety Town

Feb 24: Jasmine & Akbar will go to Fire Safety Town

Feb 25: Parker will go to Fire Safety Town

Parker - Friday at 2:30

Aranda - Friday at 9:00

Wenham - Friday at 11:00

Jasmine - Monday at 11:45

Akbar - Tuesday at 9:00

Your child will check out books each week, you can keep these at home until the next week. Please place them back in their backpack the night before they go to the library.

Reading: I can use strategies to read and solve unknown words.

Math: I can read, write, and, represent numbers 11 to 20. I can recognize and describe 2D and 3D shapes.

Writing/Grammar: I can write for others to understand. I can write a letter for each sound.

Phonics: I can read and write CVC Words. I can read blends and digraphs (wh, th, ch, sh).

Science/Social Studies: The student understands physical and human characteristics of place to better understand self, home, family, classroom and the world around them.

Life and Character Skills: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that a kind act is something they can do to help someone feel good. They’ll practice suggesting kind acts to do for people in different scenarios.

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Character Trait of the Month: Self-Control

We have snack time from 2:20 - 2:30 PM . Please pack a healthy, nut-free, utensil-free snack separately from their lunch. Please DO NOT put snacks in your child's lunchbox. They do get the two confused and often eat their snack for lunch and lunch for their snack. Pack separately and have a conversation about the difference with your child. Thank you!

TIP: label "snack" and put it in the front pouch of their backpack! Quick, easy, healthy snacks are best! No nuts, please!

If your child has any food restrictions, please click here! You can also monitor their purchases and add money to their account. Our cafeteria offers extra snacks and ice cream for students to buy. If you want to prevent your child from buying, please place a restriction on their account. Classroom teachers do not have access to this information and it must be in writing on their account.

https://www.schoolcafe.com/FRISCOISD

If you put the lid on a hot lunch in the morning, it makes it very hard for someone to open it for your child at lunch. It seals shut. Allow it to cool before putting the lid on it. This prevents it from exploding onto the floor at lunch. Thanks!

If your child will be eating breakfast here at school, please have them here at 7:20 or as CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. Breakfast is from 7:20 - 7:40 in the cafeteria. There will be an adult assisting. The bell rings at 7:45 and students return to class. Thank you for all that you do!

NO OUTSIDE BREAKFAST WILL BE ALLOWED into the classrooms! For example, Whataburger, McDonald's, Donuts, etc.

If you're child eats breakfast at home, they will come straight to the classroom.

Here is the link for the school cafe:

https://www.schoolcafe.com/FRISCOISD

1. Please practice tying and untying shoes at home!

2. Please practice putting on and zipping up a jacket!

3. Please keep an extra change of underwear, pants, socks, shirt, etc. in a ziploc bag in your child's backpack in case of spills and accidents.

4. Please practice opening lunches.

5. Please practice restroom skills.

Please update the extra clothes in your child's backpack for colder weather. When/If they have an accident, they will need something warm to put on. Most still have summer clothes in their backpacks!

To Report an Absence/Tardy for your child, go to the Smith homepage and click on the yellow “Report an Absence” button in the upper right corner and complete the short form.