Pre K Newsletter
April 2016
Believe it or not, we are in the fourth quarter of the school year. Time is flying by in PreK.!
Hopefully you have seen lots of learning growth from your children, we certainly have at school.
On April 19, you will be invited to learn about PreK math by coming with your child to Counting
with Cookies. Please check backpacks for further information about this important event.
Mrs. Walton and Mrs. Kober (301) 353-0939
Important Dates
Learning Focus
April 19
Counting with Cookies: A workshop for
PreK parents and their child. Watch for the
flyer.
Curiosity
April 26: NO SCHOOL, Primary Election
Day
Reading/Literacy
Did you know that students have been reading
books in PreK? We’ve learned a few sight
words that good readers keep in their brain to
help them read. So far we learned the words
“the, go, a, is, I”.
At home: When reading with your child, see if
they can spot one of our sight words. When
you finish reading a story, ask questions to see
if they understood what was read. Ask, “who
was in the story?” or “what happened at the
end of the story?”
Students are encouraged to wonder and
ask questions.
Units of Study
It’s all about Nature!
How Do Plants Grow?, What’s in the Sky?,
Our Weather, The Seasons
Mathematics
We continue to practice counting to 30 each day at
school. Those teen numbers are tricky because 13,
14, 15, and 16 sound the same to their little ears.
Students are sorting and putting objects in groups!
We are working on describing how objects are the
same or different. When sorting, the items in a
group should have something in common. For
instance, they are all big, all blue, or all round. Find
things at home that your child can sort and ask him
or her to tell you what is the same in each group.
We are also learning about more, less, or equal. We
will provide opportunities for students to recognize
if two cups of water are equal or if two groups of
children are equal. If not, which group has less?
Which group has more?