Northview Elementary School Pre-K Newsletter Nov. 16-29 , 2017

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.
IMPORTANT DATES:
●Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Nov. 22, 23, and 24- School closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Theme 3: Giants
We just started week 1:
★The first week focuses on big and little.. Focus on letters B, b, L, l, and A, a.
★The second week focuses on Giants in Nature. Focus on the letters D, d, M, m, and V, v.
★The third week focuses on Giants made by people. Focus on the letters G, g, W, w, L, l, and Z, z.
★The fourth week. focuses on Pretend Giants. Focus on letters J, j, K, k, and W, w. / Suggestions to do at HOME
❖Practice identifying the letters of their names
❖Have your child count to 30.
❖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, and Eye Rest. 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 have been to be a good friend.
❖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. For the month of November we are focusing on Respect. Please talk to your child about different ways they can be respectful. Ask your child every day for an example of how they showed respect at school. YouTube is a great resource for videos about respect. Here are a few suggestions, but feel free to find your own age appropriate videos.
❖ / Reading/Language Arts
Language Arts:
●Identify the letters in their name.
●Identify and write the letters: G,g, W,w, L,l, Z, z, J, j, and K, k..
Comprehension:
●Use a combination of drawing and developmentally appropriate writing to state information on a topic.
●Connect individuals, events, and pieces of information in text to life experiences.
●Retell a familiar story.
●Answer questions about details in an informational text.
●Tell how the illustrations support the story.
Phonics:
-Identify the letters in their first name.
-Identify the letters G,g, L,l, W, w, Z, z, J, j, and K, k.
-Identify the sound each letter makes.
-Identify words that begin with each letter sound.
Language:
●Use letter-like shapes, symbols, letters, and words to convey meaning
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.
Math:
-Recognize the number of objects (0-5) in a set without counting (subitizing).
-Identify and write the numbers 0-10.
Thank you for all of your hard work and support!!!
If you have any questions, please contact us
tracie.barton@pgcps.org