PRE-K March NEWSLETTER
Dear Families,
This is our month at a glance:
ELA: 
●	Happily Ever After, Units 9  (Peter and the Wolf)
●	Letters e, r, p, j, i, h, v, w, y, and x
○	recognition, sound, trace, and write
●	Author of the month: Dr. Seuss
●	Write first name with capital and lowercase letters
●	Sentence dictation-add details
●	Class book of “Our stuffed animal sleepover.”
●	Rhyming, ending, and sounds
MATH:
●	Adding 
○	More and less
○	Greater than, less than, bigger, smaller
●	Using money to “buy”
●	Count to 20
●	Color recognition (White)

SCIENCE/Social:
●	Weather Changes
●	Signs of Spring
●	Home Address
●	Concepts of near and far
●	Bugs

RELIGION:
●	Be enthusiastic and think positive thoughts
●	Lent
●	Saints-Patrick and Joseph 
●	Irish Blessing

FINE/GROSS MOTOR:
●	Dancing
●	Climbing
●	Hula Hoops
●	Balance Beam

In addition to these skills, we include many different self guided centers where the children are encouraged to develop various types of play, including blocks, dollhouse, Kitchen, computer, play doh, and art center. These will change throughout the year.

Dates:
●	February 27th-March 3rd- Registration week
●	March 17th- No School
●	March 21st-25th-Wellness week	

Reminders:
-Please be sure to wear sneakers, especially on PE days.
-Water bottles are encouraged.  Please only water in the bottles.
-Check for folders daily.
-Please have hats, mittens, snow pants, and boots for playing outside.	

Virtus:
Please remember that if you want to help out in our classroom or on our field trips, you MUST be VIRTUS trained. You may register at www.rcdony.org . Thank you!	

Communications:
Some great websites to check out are:
-www.scholastic.com (our author of the month is Dr. Seuss and code is TFZNX)
-www.rowlandreadingfoundation.org (Our Happily Ever After Series)
-www.pbskids.org
-www.trinitycatholicschool.net
-http://www.seussville.com/ Dr. Seuss’s interactive site

Email me at anytime at asaucier@trinitycatholicschool.net 	

Thank you,
Ms. Saucier