Hello and a warm welcome to Pre-K. My name is Mrs. Hepworth and my classroom aide is Ms. Maddy. We are very excited about meeting your child on September 5th at 8:30 at our Pre-K orientation. This year they will learn many new things, make friends and have fun! Tell them to bring their smiles and we look forward to meeting all of you as we share this new year together!

• Learning the Life Cycle of people, plants, chicks, butterflies, frogs, ladybugs, dogs and bees.

• Adding spots on a ladybug. 
• Make butterfly AABB patterns with a stamp pad. 
• Counting tadpoles up to a specified amount / identify number.

• Making thumbprint catterpillars. 
• Painting symmetrical butterflies and sequencing life cycles. 
• We will be drawing the life cycle of a butterfly.

• Reading about ladybugs and we will be able to do the Reader Response about ladybugs.

Wishing all the MOMS a "Happy Mother's Day!"
 

April Newsletter
We will be starting a new unit in Pre-K for All this month, "Plant / Tree Unit".
Our Essential Questions for the students will be:
1.  What do trees/plants give us?
2.  What does a garden need to grow?
3.  What are the parts of a flower?
In Math we will be doing:

• Counting by Tens to 100

• Identifying # Tens to 100

• Making patterns with seeds

• Sorting seeds

In Science we will be:  Observing seeds with a magnifying glass.
In Literacy we will be doing:  "Letter Art Collage"  After reading 'Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom'.  We will continue working on "AP" Family.
In Health we will be:  

• Sorting fruits/vegetables

• Learning what plants give us.

• Draw a healthy lunch.

• Learn how different vegetables grow:  under the ground or on top of the ground.

Wishing everyone a happy Spring!
 

March Newsletter
Welcome to a new month in Pre-K for All!
This month we will be learning about "Water".
These are some of the topics we will be discussing:  What are the sources of water?  How does water help people, animals, and nature?  We will discuss water pollution, ocean life, and the three states of water.
In Math we will be doing:

• The 'Octopus Math Project' - counting and stamping up to specified amounts.

• Adding 'Fish in a Bowl'.

• Sorting, counting ocean life.

• Learn the numbers:  13, 14, 15, 16, & 17.

• Learn how to count with base 10 block and ones.

• Learn how to count using base 10 blocks to 100.

In Writing we will be:

• Writing complete sentences with a color word - My fish is red, (yellow, etc.).

• Learning letter and sound of Rr, Ss, Tt, and Uu.

• Learning about sea turtles.

• Drawing how water helps us, people or nature.

In Science we will:

• Float or Sink objects.

• Learn how water turns to steam.

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February Newsletter
Welcome to a new month in Pre-K for All!
This month we will be learning about "Light".
We will learn how and why we use different kinds of light.  What kinds of lights are around us?  What is darkness?  How does light help us?  What are shadows?
We will learn that there are many types of lights in our homes and cities.
We will learn that lights help us see and stay warm.
We will learn that light helps plants grow.
We will learn when there is little or no light it is dark.
We will learn that shadows appear when an object blocks light.
We will be reading books on light - like:  "I Am a Star".
We will be sorting sources of light.
In Math, we will be sorting small, medium, and large hearts.
We will be learning to create AAB patterns.
We will be adding stars.  4 **** + 3 *** = 7 *******
We will be counting up to the number 8.
And we are going to learn about subtraction!  3 - 2 = 1
We will paint Van Gogh's "The Starry Night".

January Newsletter
Our UPK Unit is on Transportation.
We will be talking about the various modes of transportation.  What does it mean; what are the different kinds of transportation.
Literacy:  The children will be learning the names of different kinds of transportation and they will be sorting different kinds of transportation on a sorting tray.  We will be learning the letter Rr which is for road. We will be learning about rockets and train letter recognition.
Math:  We will be doding the ABC Patterns with transportation pictures.  We will be learning More or Less with Transportation Pictures.  We will be creating groups and circling groups that has More and we will write the word more.  We will see transportation pictures on basic shapes.  We will be adding with unifix cubes and on the smartboard we will be adding with potatoes on Starfall.
Social Studies:  Traffic light project; Stop sign project; and "Rule of the Road".
Science:  We will be learning about winter, hibernation and ramps.
Art:  We will be using transportion sponges to create a picture.  We will also be using popsicle sticks to make an airplane and clouds.  We will draw a scene - city or country.