PREP 3

NEWS

May/June
ISSUE

Prep Highlights
Objectives

MATH-

-Number recognition, quantity and

writing 1-100
-Rote counting 1-100
-Skip counting by 2s, 5s & 10s

- Phoneme segmentation (Separating all

the sounds in a word) & Blending
(making them all together to read the
word).
-Vowels A E I O U. Long sound: Ex.
Angel, short sound: Ex. Apple.
-Diagraphs: /ch/ chair, /sh/ shoe,
/th/three, /wh/ whale.

-Addition and Subtraction

-Writers workshop: Creative writing,

sentence structure, capitals, finger
-Place Value: Tens and ones
spaces, punctuation, sound out letters
-Telling time to the hour and half hour Invented spelling is OKAY!
-Fractions: Halves, thirds, fourths

Author of the Month

*Greater than >

Eric Carle

*Less than <

IPad Apps

*Equal to =

LANGUAGE ARTS-

-Letter Identification of all the

Pizza 1 (fractions)
MELs Phonics
Big Cat
ABC Phonics Rhyming Words Lite
RAZ-Kids
Hungry fish
Starfall Learning to read
Play Sight Words Gr. 1&2
PopMath Lite, Math bingo

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Activities for Home

Check out these websites for you and your child
to explore!
Sight Word Practice:
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/sightword
s/
Language Arts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/li
teracy.shtml
Math Games:
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?
f=PostSortingcalculationsv2
Listen to Readinghttp://all-that-is-interesting.com/amazing-factsocean-animals

Reminders to Students
Remember to return your homework

folder by Friday!
Please use the homework hints.

IB trait of the Month:

May: BE a Thinker/June: Be a
Communicator
Books for these months:
May- Oh the Thinks you can Think by Dr.

Seuss.
June- Rainbow Fish and The Big Blue
Whale by Marcus Pfister.

Sight Words

The, can, see, a, I, in, is, it, red, yellow,

orange, green, gray, blue, brown, black,
pink, purple, white, he, she, and, his, her,
am, was, run, one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten
has, had, have, you
Ordinal words:
First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
Them, they, then, there, this, that, what,
when, said, very, look, are, little, with,
say, at, yes, no, not, did, want, but, so,
be, get, all, of, play
Practice reading and writing these words!

Upcoming Events
Reminders to Parents

We will start making spelling quizzes every

Friday. On Monday, students will take a slip
home with the words they need to study that
week.
Every Wednesday we will go with our 1st
grade lunch buddies to eat at the Cafeteria.
Prep students are allowed to bring money
(500-1000 colones) to buy an ice cream if
they finish all their food.

June 12th Favorite clothes Day and Yoga

Presentation at 12:38.
June 17th- Taekwondo Presentation at
12:38.
June 18th-Last Day for Preschool. Early
dismissal 12:30.
June 19th-Parent Conferences 1:00 to
2:45 pm.