March 6-March 10th, 2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our Newsletter. There is a lot of important information. We have included a copy of our Kindergarten daily schedule and March special schedule. Please see the four things below (Specials schedule, spirit squad, Art Night, Multicultural Night, Open House, Stem night, and reminder about snacks)

If you have any questions, concerns, please reach out to your teacher.

Love,

Your Prestwick Kindergarten Team

Next week we will be wrapping up the habitat unit by creating IN CLASS habitat dioramas. I am asking each student to bring a small shoe box or amazon box and some items that they can use to decorate the inside of their habitat in class! We will have some supplies to use within the classroom, but anything in particular your child may want they can provide from their home, if parents allow them to do so. The only requirement is that each student brings their own UNFINISHED empty box by Friday, March 3rd or Monday, March 6th at the latest. This will be an IN CLASS assignment. The habitats students will be able to choose from are: desert, arctic, rainforest and water habitats.

Thanks so much for your support in this FUN Science Extension!

P.S. Even old animal toys that are small that you would like to get rid of will work as well!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PACK YOUR CHILD A HEALTHY AND MESS FREE SNACK EACH DAY.

Did you know that a snack at the right time between meals can prevent major hunger pangs and gives a child an energy boost to keep him or her studying and playing hard at school?

Specials S'More link.

Phonics: In phonics this week we will review the following concepts, blending phonemes to form words and isolating initial sounds. You can help your child practice these review skills at home by doing the following: Tell children that they will be playing a blending game. I will say all of the sounds in a word. I will take a step for each sound and then jump to say the word altogether. Listen: /sh/ /o/ /p/. Shop! Have children line up and say a familiar one-syllable word sound-by-sound. Listen: /ch/ /i/ /p/. Have children take a step forward as they say the sounds and jump as they say the word. What word? (chip). Students will also learn the initial digraphs in a word. The two that we will focus on this week will be, sh and ch. Ways to help at home with this concept: Write the words ship, shock, and shut on the board. Point to the digraph (two fingers together for two letters) in each word, and ask children to say the sound and read the word. Write the words chat, check, and chip on the board. Point to the digraph (two fingers together for two letters) in each word, and ask children to say the sound and read the word. Lastly, students will be learning four new sight words: back, let, were, what.

Grammar : In Grammar, we will be reviewing what an adjective is. It is a word that describes a noun. The brown dog ran down the street. We also will be reviewing and working on writing a complete sentence. It always starts with an uppercase letter and ends with an end mark, like a period. Writers use complete sentences to help make their message clear and that a complete sentence includes a subject and a verb. The subject has a noun that tells who or what the sentence is about and the verb tells what that person or thing is doing or did.

Reading: The students will be reading a non-fiction (informational text) and a fiction read aloud. The stories are Plants Feed Me. and PB & J Hooray The students will be reviewing story sequencing and will be able to retell the story. We will also be reviewing authors purpose and central idea and key details. Students will also be reviewing text features in our informational text. Our new vocabulary words are: crop, factory, ingredient, garden, harvest, plant.

Writing- In writing students will practice their procedural writing by writing how-to's. Day one will begin with the students writing a how-to on how to blow a bubble. After they finish their procedural writing, they will put their writing clarity to the test and give the directions to another student to see if they can successfully blow a bubble. Day 2-3 will consist of the students writing a how-to on how to catch a Leprechaun. Students will use transitional words to write their how-to. The next day students will engage in a STEM challenge and use their procedural writing to guide them in making a Leprechaun trap!

Math- In math we are continuing our 3 Dimensional Shapes Unit. Now that we know what the 3-D shapes are we will be working on more challenging skills. Here we will focus on reviewing the name of the shape as well as identifying/classifying the attributes of vertices, sides, Faces and if it slides, rolls or does both.

Social studies As we near the end of our good citizens of Texas unit, students will learn about Ann Richards and George H.W. Bush. Students will focus on how these citizens' actions impacted the history and make-up of Texas.

Science: This week we will be wrapping up Unit 8 and taking an assessment. In this unit students learned how to observe and identify the dependence of animals on air, water, food, space, and shelter. To review this unit, this week students will examine evidence that living organisms have basic needs by learning about a habitat and how an animal can survive there. Students will also examine evidence that living organisms have basic needs by researching an animal and how it can survive in its habitat.

• .Reminder about transportation changes time call the office @ 972.947.9450 by 2:00pm

• As the weather gets cooler, please make sure your child has the appropriate warmer clothes in their backpack.

• Having Lunch with Your Child-We have been asked to remind y'all that if you come have lunch with your child, the high tops at the back of the cafeteria or the picnic tables outside are the designated spots for y'all to eat together! You can only eat lunch with your child, they can't invite anyone else to eat with you. Enjoy your time together!

• Please bring library books back on designated days: Alter- Thursdays, Bounkhong- Tuesdays, Fillebrown- Mondays, Rushing- Wednesdays
• Girls- Please wear shorts under your dress/skirts.
• Please wear tennis shoes on your PE days.
• Please SIGN and have your child return their daily folder every day. Also, it's important to bring water bottles and snack everyday. NO JUICE PLEASE!!
• Don't forget to bring guided reading book bags everyday once your child receives them.
• Please read 15 minutes every night with them.
• Please check and clear their take home folder every night.
• Please make sure that your kiddos are wearing their athletic shoes (or bringing them to change into) when their class is scheduled to go to PE. We want to keep everyone safe when they are participating in physical activities.
  

Important Dates:

3/9 Report Cards posted to Focus Portal

3/13 - 3/17 Spring Break

A Look ahead:

4/28 Multicultural Day

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