Pre-K Newsletter
January 5 - January 7, 2022, Week #18
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Happy New Year! 2022
Wow! Here we are in a new year, 2022. We are so excited to enter our 2nd semester of Pre-K learning with your wonderful child. Starting January 5th, our Middle of the Year C.L.I. testing cycle will open. Students will be assessed individually on academic concepts, much like their Beginning of the Year test. Should you have any questions regarding this testing cycle, please email your child's teacher.
Please continue to encourage your child to practice writing their name, counting, identifying letters and letter sounds, as well as other Pre-K skills mentioned in our weekly newsletters. Your support at home is evident!
Hang on as we begin this wonderful semester full of growth in Pre-K! We can't wait to see how much your child learns!
"Under Construction"
This week we will begin our exploration of a new thematic unit, "Under Construction". Students will learn vocabulary words such as: architect, blueprint, construction, cooperation, engineer, foundation, parallel, polygon, quadrilateral, skyline, and skyscraper. We will explore the concept of alliteration as we read various books about building. Students will search for words that begin with the same sound. Students will also seek to sequence the events of a story.
Looking forward to...
Important Dates:
January 3- No school!
January 4- Professional Development for Teachers-No school for students!
January 17- Martin Luther King , Jr. Day- No School!
Literacy
This week we will focus on:
Alliteration-beginning sounds
End Punctuation
Letter Sounds: /c/, /i/, /r/, and /w/
Letter Writing-"X"
Math
This week we will focus on:
Shapes with Straight Sides
Parallel Lines
Parallelogram to Rectangle
Rhombus to Square
Social/Emotional
This week we will focus on:
Cooperation
Encouraging others
Sharing with others
Pre-K Sign Up Genius
Thank you to everyone who has helped fulfill our needs by donating items on our Sign Up Genius lists. Please know that we appreciate you and all your support! We will continue to keep our lists current with classroom needs throughout the school year. Thank you!
Please remember ...
Your child needs the following items sent in their backpack, every day:
*a change of weather appropriate clothes in a ziploc bag
*a water bottle that they can manage without spilling
*2-3 healthy snack items (no items that require utensils, please)
*Daily Folder, signed each night
Daily Folders
Each school day, your child brings home their Daily Folder. Please make sure you are signing the GREAT Chart nightly and returning it to school on the following day. Your support and communication is very much appreciated. Thank you!
Dismissal Reminder:
If you find your child must go home a different way than planned, please notify the office by a phone call by at least 2:00 p.m. Teachers and our front office staff do not always have access to email or are busy teaching or helping others. A phone call is required. Sometimes we have only one person in the front office, so we want to provide ample time to be able to meet your needs.