‘Northview Elementary School Pre-K Newsletter May 3 - 17, 2018

Reminders/Announcements
●Please be sure to place all money sent to school in an envelope marked with your child’s name, the amount of the money you are sending, and the purpose for the funds.
●Please check your child’s backpack and folder daily for important information and their Daily Commitment Calendar.
●Please make sure your child has an extra set of clothes (shirt, pants, socks, and underwear). Please make sure that your child’s name is labeled inside all of their clothes. Please update your child’s extra clothing to winter clothes.
IMPORTANT DATES:
May 28 Monday - Memorial Day School Closed
Theme 9 Changes
★Week 1: Changes In Or Around Me
The focus is on letters Rr, Dd, Vv, Uu, Yy
★Week 2: Earth Changes
The focus is review all letters.
★Week 3: Nurturing Earth
The focus is letters in names and letters sounds.
★Week 4: Before and Now
The focus is on all alphabet letters in words. / Suggestions to do at HOME
❖Practice identifying the letters of their last name.
❖Have your child count to 80.
❖When you feel overwhelmed or your child does, remind each other to use one of the Calming Strategies we have learned: S. T. A. R. (Smile . Take a deep breath . And . Relax.), The Balloon, Belly Breathing, The Drain, Pretzel, Eye Rest, Inhale Exhale, and Bunny Breathing. Do the calming strategy you choose 3 times in order to fully feel calm.
❖Encourage your child to write their last name, capitalizing the first letter in the name and writing the remaining letters in lowercase.
❖Help your child use the correct pencil grip.
❖Read to your child every night.
❖Have your child make a commitment at the beginning of each day. Give examples of what they can do throughout the day to keep that commitment. If your child is not keeping their commitment during the day,
❖ Our commitment in May is Trustworthiness. Good people are people you can trust. They are brave enough to do good, even when people want them to do bad things. They keep promises and are loyal.
❖You and your child can go to your local Public Library and check out books and educational games and videos for free. / Reading/Language Arts
Language Arts:
●Identify the letters in their name.
●Identify and write the letters:
Comprehension:
●Use a combination of drawing and developmentally appropriate writing to share an opinion about an experience or book.
●Focus on capitalization, punctuation, and spelling during shared reading and writing experiences.
●Tell how the illustrations support the story.
●Confirm understanding of text read-aloud and information presented orally.
Phonics:
-Identify the letters in their first name.
-Identify the letters Rr, Dd, Vv, Uu, Yy
-Identify the sound each letter makes.
-Identify words that begin with each letter sound.
Language and Literacy:
●Use letter-like shapes, symbols, letters, and words to convey meaning
●Understand and use question words such as who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Speaking and listening:
-Follow agreed upon rules for discussions ( listening to others and taking turns, speaking about the topics and texts being discussed )
-Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
-Speak using complete sentences.
-Focus on details in the illustrations and text.
-Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
Sight Words:
-We are sending home a booklet of Kindergarten sight words. We will send home a booklet every 2 weeks with new sight words for your child to have fun with. We want to introduce the students to the sight words they need to know by the end of their Kindergarten school year.
Math:
-Represent a number by producing sets of objects with concrete materials, pictures, and or numerals. ( 0-5and then to 10)
Thank you for all of your hard work and support!!!
If you have any questions, please contact us
tracie.barton@pgcps.org