PreK-2: Gina Stabile

Week of March 18th


This week we will be finishing our unit on light. We will be learning and discussing what shadows are? We will look at our shadows when we go outside for gross motor. We will describe what we see. We will be learning new vocabulary to help strengthen our knowledge about shadows. The vocabulary we will be learning about are: parallel, shadow, silhouette, outline, weather, wavy

In math, we will be learning about 2D and 3D shapes. 
This week we will be reading some great books to go along with our unit for this week. The books we will be reading are: 

MoonBear’s Shadow by Frank Asch 

Guess Who’s Shadow by Stephen R. Swinburne

Shadows by Suzy Lee 




Home Extensions 

Have you and your  children create finger shadow puppets together at home by putting their hands in various positions in front of a light source (i.e. flashlight, lamp or sunny window) and looking at the shadows produced.  Try to make different types of animals or make one puppet and use it to tell a story together.

Please continue to practice with your child on how to write numeral numbers 1-20. 

Continue to practice with your child on how to properly write their first name if they mastered that have them begin to write their last name. 

Please have your child group items based on the same color, shape and size and have your child count the number of items they have in each group. 

Use objects and practice with your child basic adding and subtracting.(e.g. you have two red cars and two blue cars, have your child count the number of cars to see how many your child have in all and then take one of the cars away and have your child count to see how many are left) this will help strengthen their knowledge of adding and suntracting. 

Your child will be given an optional packet every Friday. This packet will constist of tracing, writng and coloring shapes, numbers and letters. If you chose to do this packet with your child its due the following Friday. You have a week to complete it but remember it is OPTIONAL.