Northview Elementary School Pre-K Newsletter Mar. 22-April 12, 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:
●March 29 Thursday 2 hrs Early Dismissal
●March 30 - April 5 Friday
Theme 7 : Things that move
★Week 1: I Move (different ways we can move our bodies)
The focus is on letters Vv, Gg, Hh
★Week 2: Travel (different ways we can move from 1 place to another)
The focus is on letters Kk, Ww, Aa
★Week 3: Transportation (forms of transportation that move on land, the water, and in the air)
The focus is on letters Ee, Jj, Oo, Qq
★Week 4: Mysterious Movers (wind, waves, stars, the moon, the sun, and bees)
The focus is on letters Uu, Xx, Yy, Zz / Suggestions to do at HOME
❖Practice identifying the letters of their names
❖Have your child count to 70.
❖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 first 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, please stop them and remind them of their commitment and the importance of keeping it. At the end of the day, review examples of when they kept their commitment and a plan for tomorrow for the times they did not keep their commitment. Our commitments in March are Integrity and Honesty.
❖You and your child can go to your local Public Library and check out books and educational games and videos for free.
❖Each month for the rest of the school year we will focus on Character Education. In March, we will focus on Integrity and Honesty. There are good videos on YouTube that explore being honest.
Thank you for all of your hard work and support!!!
If you have any questions, please contact us
tracie.barton@pgcps.org
/ 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 words that begin with the same sound (dig, drill).
-Identify the letters in their first name.
-Identify the letters Kk, Ww, Aa, Ee, Jj, Oo, Qq.
-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:
-Compare groups of objects up to 5 and then to 10. Identify whether the number of objects is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
*There are several fun videos about greater than, less than, and equal to on YouTube. Type more than, less than, and equal to for Pre-K students.