We have learned the blends gl and gr this week.

We have been practicing counting down from twenty. We made

charts to cross out how many days we have left and wewill prac-
tice counting backwards each day. This will help them as they
continue to learn how to subtract.
We made addition bracelets this week. We each made bracelets
with 10 beads on them. Students can use these bracelets to add
or subtract to 10. For example, if you put three beads on one
side, there will be 7 on the other 3 + 7 = 10. Subsequently,
10-7=3.
We continued to learn about constellations this week and added
some of the real constellations to our made-up ones.
We have been continuing to track the phases of the moon and
record them using black paint and paper plates.
We have begun to make our solar system. We are using paper
Mache to make the planets and the sun. When we finish the
outside we will paint them to make them more realistic.
We read a folk tale from South Korea this week called The
Green Frogs. It was about two little frogs who didnt obey or
listen to their mother. Then she died and they finally obeyed
her, but to this day little children in South Korea who dont lis-
ten to their mothers are called green frogs. We then made
frogs and wrote about the story inside.
We began to write about our pictures this week. We have writ-
ten about two life events so far and will write some more next
week. Then, when we finish with those, we will begin to write
about what they foresee for their future.
We have been continuing to work with place value, playing mul-
tiple games and talking about it each morning using the date
(for example, How many tens and ones are in
23?).
We are still tracking our sunflowers
growth each week and they are getting taller
every day! The kids love coming in every
morning and going straight to the window to
see how much their plants have changed!
This week we read about spring, summer,
and fall and drew what people wear in each of
these seasons.
Pre-K/Kindergarten News
May 23, 2014
Another great week
Help at home!
Ask your child to tell you
the sound of the conso-
nant blends we learned
this week: gl, and gr.
Review the blends weve
been learning: bl, br, cl,
cr, dr, fl, and fr and be
on the lookout for words
that contain these
blends!
Look at baby and child-
hood pictures with your
child to see how they
have changed over the
years.

Practice reading and
spelling sight words: this
week our sight words
were very, because, and
right.

Read on Raz-kids and
practice math on ixl.com!
Now that the weather
is getting warmer, we
need hats again for re-
cess! Please make sure
that your child is
bringing a hat for re-
cess every day!
Also, library day is on
Monday. Please re-
member to bring back
your library books!
Reminder
The kids made their own constel-
lations and then drew some real
ones.
The kids made addition bracelets to
help them add and subtract to ten.
The students painted
the phases of the moon
for last week as weve
been watching how the
moon changes.
We used paper Mache to begin
making the planets of our solar
system.
The kids have been tracking the
growth of their plants this week
by measuring how tall it is and
drawing how its changed.