Kinder News

Welcome to Kinder News! Here you can find upcoming events, reminders, and things going on here in kindergarten. For any other questions, visit our Baker Website or contact your child's teacher!

Address: 3125 Bluewood Dr, McKinney, TX 75071

Phone number: (945) 678-2100

• October 29th: Trunk-Or-Treat
• October 30th: House Assembly
• November 3rd: Picture Retake
• November 11th: Veteran's Day Assembly
• November 16th-20th: Book Fair Week
• November 19th-20th: Special Friends/Grandparents Lunch (more info coming soon)

YOUR CHILD IS INVITED TO PLANT A PUMPKIN IN OUR PUMPKIN PATCH DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL ACTIVITY AND SHOULD BE DONE AT HOME. YOUR CHILD CAN CHOOSE A CHARACTER FROM A BOOK AND TRANSFORM THE PUMPKIN INTO THAT CHARACTER. PLEASE USE ARTIFICIAL PUMPKINS FOR THIS PROJECT! YOU MAY BRING IN A COPY OF THE BOOK THAT MATCHES YOUR PUMPKIN FOR THE DISPLAY IF YOU WISH! WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2026 THROUGH FRIDAY OCTOBER 30th, 2026
IN THE BAKER LIBRARY PLEASE PICKUP PUMPKINS BY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6TH

We are hosting a Toy & Gift Drive benefiting Cornerstone Christmas, supporting over 350 children in our local area this season. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys and gifts valued above $15, with our greatest need being items for kids and teens ages 8–18. In order to offer a varied selection for our youth and prevent duplicate donations, we kindly ask that no books or board games be collected right now.

Drop-off location: Baker Elementary Front Office

Collection deadline: Tuesday, December 1st

Thank you for helping us make Christmas morning special for our neighbors!

Birthday grams are here! Make your student’s Birthday extra special at school!
-All Birthday Grams include a goody bag with a Birthday Button, pencil, bracelet and personalized message.

-Order at least one week before

• ELAR: We will be able to make connections when reading/listening to a story and understand the author's purpose.
• Social Studies:We will learn about relative location and use spatial terms to describe a location.
• Math: We will be learn about measurement and ways to measure length, weight, and capacity.
• Science: We will show how objects can only be seen when there is a light source.

Below you will find a copy of our nightly homework schedule. Homework is optional, but is highly encouraged. It is a great idea to find a safe place to keep the half sheets that come home with students each week. Please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions!

In order to help with practicing our high frequency words, we thought it would be helpful to note which words we have already covered in class. We will continue to add learned words to the list throughout the year!

• Every kindergarten class goes to the library at some point on Tuesday. Please make sure you are sending your child's book back in their backpack so they can check out a new book each week. We will start by keeping books at school for the first few weeks.
• Please make sure your child has ONE DRY snack and a water bottle every day. Please try to keep your child's snack separate from their lunch. Please remember at school ONLY water is allowed in a student's water bottle.
• Every kindergarten class is allergy aware. Please do NOT send products with nuts in them for your child's snack. Thank you for your help with this!
• Please make sure your child is bringing their red take-home folder to school everyday. Also, please make sure you are emptying it each night.
• If you haven't already, please send in a pair of headphones for your child to use with their Chromebook throughout the year. They will stay at school and be returned in May.

Please use the button below to sign up to have lunch with your child and eat on the stage in the cafeteria. Due to limited space on the stage, we must limit each parent/guardian to signing up only once per week. Please check in with the front office before you head to the cafeteria. Ms. Flores will also be able to assist you with any questions you may have about the process of lunch at Baker.