June 7, 2024
Dear PreK Families,
We have had a wonderful year in PreK. The students have all had so much growth and development it is amazing to see.
In May we learned about the lifecycle of the honeybee and the Painted Lady Butterfly. Ms. Cody from VINS came to teach us about bees. We read many books on the topic including Honeybee the Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann, Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? By Anne Rockwell, buzz, buzz, buzz by Byron Barton, and The Happy Bee by Ian Beck.
We raised Painted Lady caterpillars in the classroom and then set them free in the garden when they hatched from their cocoons. The students were very interested in the process of metamorphosis. We kept journals on their development and did many arts and crafts projects. We read many books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, Butterflies by Melvin and Gilda Berger, Farfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller, The Butterfly by Anna Milbourne and Cathy Shimmen, The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent, and Percival the Plain Little Caterpillar by Helen Brawley.
In May, we worked on an insect unit in Math to explore symmetry; sequence events; order numbers; compare sets; create different combinations of 4, 5, and 6; and practice addition doubles. In June, we conducted sink and float experiments, made and tested load bearing boats, modeled and solved story problems, explored the idea of counting on, and learned two new board games.
Field Day will be the last week of school on Wednesday, June, 12th. We will play indoor and outdoor games that day. We will still have lunch and rest time in the classroom. Please send your children in clothing that can get wet and apply sunscreen before school.
The last day of PreK will be June 13th. This will be an early release day for PreK at 12:30.
Please fill out this google survey on WRS’ PreK program.
I hope that you all have fun and relaxing summer breaks. I will see many of you back in the fall for another year of PreK. Other students are ready for the challenges of Kindergarten in the fall.
Thank you,
Amy
IMPORTANT DATES
6/12 Field Day
6/13 LAST DAY for PreK
