March 10, 2023

Dear PreK Families, 

Last month we had a great Valentine's Day Party. All of the students showed kindness in making cards for their classmates. Everyone was also very patient and used good manners to pass out cards during our card exchange. Thank you to everyone who sent in items for our party. The students enjoyed it very much. 

After the February break we did an author study on Dr. Seuss. We read The Cat in the Hat, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, Fox in Socks, The Many Colored Days, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Lorax.  We made many projects about our readings, we made oobleck and flubber, we did color yoga, and we even ate green eggs and ham. It was a fun week of work. 

This week, we had our last visit of the year from Miss Laurie, our VINS educator. At the visit we studied earthworms. We are learning about worms this week, and our class will be setting up a worm box in the spring. 

Next week, we will do a unit about St. Patrick’s Day.  PreK will not be participating in the Spring Concert slated for 3/17, since we do not have PreK that day. 

In Math, this month we have been using teddy bear counters to compare sets, write numbers, add numbers together, sort, pattern, and graph. Next week, we will have a Teddy Bear Celebration on Wednesday, 3/15. Your child may bring in a teddy bear for the day. We will do several math activities with our bears and sleep with them during rest time. They will come home at the end of the day. Please help your child choose a small or medium sized bear from home that can be used at school. Please let me know if your child needs a bear, because we have some at school. 

Students who will be returning to PreK next year should have gotten re-enrollment forms. Please fill them out and send them back to school to register for PreK next year. Students who are moving up to Kindergarten are already registered for K because they have attended PreK here at WRS. Those students will get some paperwork from the office for Kindergarten. Mrs. Cooney will reach out to anyone who is missing any forms. You will also be receiving a Kindergarten registration form to give to any friends or neighbors who  may have a child who will be entering Kindergarten here at this school. 

Spring Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up at the end of the month. You will receive a link to a sign up sheet to choose your appointment times. 

Thank you, 

Amy 

IMPORTANT DATES

3/17 No PreK - ECP In Service

3/30 Early Release - PTC

3/31 No School - PTC