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This Week in Preschool
Week 32
Recognizing Vowels and Their Sounds: U
Recognizing Vowels and Their Sounds: U
This week spend time with your child practicing identifying and writing the letter U. Encourage your child to think of words that begin with the letter U to extend their learning.
This week teach a lesson on the letter U and use the lesson as an opportunity to review other vowels as well. Even if a word does not include the letter U, ask students what vowel or vowels it does contain.
Writing the Letter u
Worksheet
Writing the Letter u
Work together with your preschool or kindergarten-age child to first recognize the lowercase letter u, then trace and write it
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
U Book
Worksheet
U Book
Uh-oh, can you sort out which pictures have words that begin with the letter U? Build a Busy U Book to practice the U sound by cutting and pasting the pictures.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Practice Tracing the Letter U
Worksheet
Practice Tracing the Letter U
First, kids trace lines on this prekindergarten writing worksheet to strengthen the fine motor skills needed to form the letter U. Then they trace the letter U!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Addition and Subtraction Practice
Addition and Subtraction Practice
Your child is now familiar with both addition and subtraction — but can they toggle between them without getting confused? Remember: the addition sign has an extra line, meaning they use it to make a bigger amount. The subtraction sign has one fewer line, so they use it to take away an amount.
Your students are now familiar with both addition and subtraction — but can they toggle between them without getting confused? Remember: the addition sign has an extra line, meaning they use it to make a bigger amount. The subtraction sign has one fewer line, so they use it to take away an amount.
Veggies Addition
Worksheet
Veggies Addition
Count the number of vegetables in each box to find the answer to each of the addition problems.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Chicken Addition
Worksheet
Chicken Addition
Don't be a chicken! Addition is easy to learn, even for preschoolers. Use the pictures of these cute chickens as a guide as you help your little learner.
preschool
Math
Worksheet
Butterfly Subtraction
Worksheet
Butterfly Subtraction
Spread your math wings, it's time for some subtraction practice! Count up the butterflies in this picture.
preschool
Math
Worksheet
Short Vowel Sounds
Short Vowel Sounds
Almost every word we say includes at least one vowel. Help your child become aware of the sounds vowels make in their conversations.
Almost every word we say includes at least one vowel. Help students become aware of the sounds vowels make in their conversations.
Short O Song
Song
Short O Song
The short o sounds like 'ah'! Practice short o sounds in words with this quick, catchy song that lists a few...and illustrates them, too.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Song
A-E-I-O-U
Lesson plan
A-E-I-O-U
Do your students realize that every word has a vowel? Help them to hear the vowel sounds all around them in this lesson.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Vowels Are Special
Lesson plan
Vowels Are Special
In this fun alphabet-focused lesson plan, students will learn all about vowels! With a special focus on the letter A, this is a great way to help your students learn all about short vowel sounds. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the A-E-I-O-U lesson plan.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Retell Writing
Retell Writing
Have your child use finger puppets to act out an imaginative or familiar story. Then, ask them to draw the parts of the story using the frame: beginning, middle, and end.
Have students use finger puppets to act out an imaginative or familiar story. Then, ask them to draw the parts of the story using the frame: beginning, middle, and end.
Rock Painting: Retell a Story
Activity
Rock Painting: Retell a Story
Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Activity
The Starfish
Worksheet
The Starfish
This ocean-themed worksheet helps students with their reading comprehension skills as they figure out the order in which the story goes.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Story Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Story Graphic Organizer
What do you do at school every day? Help your child sort out her school routine and write it down, from beginning, to middle to end!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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