Week of January 19, 2021

 

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

 

  

     ZOOM Links for This Week:

 

    Monday 01/19 to Friday 01/22

 

      8:30 a.m. Meeting 

        Meeting ID: 824 4622 2633

      Passcode: 123456

      Join URL: Click HERE

 

       2:00 p.m. Meeting

       Meeting ID: 824 4622 2633

      Passcode: 123456

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    If your child cannot attend one of these two meetings, please let me know and I can schedule a meeting at a time that is more convenient for you.  

 

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Whose Vehicle is This by Sharon Katz Cooper HERE!

My Favorite Part of Whose Vehicle is This by Sharon Katz Cooper 

Juliette  

 Sophia 

 Kamille

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

 

     There are numerous activities posted every week on our

     classroom SeeSaw Account! 

 

    Use recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite your child to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for your child to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.

 

    Invite your child to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask them what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful..

 

 

      Please send any pictures or drawings to 

 

       xiomaraserbones@olqmnyc.org or text the picture to

       (203)539-0863.

       Information for In-Person Learners

 

                              Unit Topic:

                           Transportation

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

How does my community use various modes of transportation?

     

Focus Question for this Week

                   Who operates the vehicles in my community?

 

 

Focused Learning Activity for this Week

 

Number Parking Lot

Teacher will work with students in the math center. She will assist students in numeral recognition by matching numbered cars to the corresponding "parking spot".

 

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 

PK. MATH.3a: When counting objects, says the number names in      the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object (1:1 correspondence).

 

Foundational text for the week:

              Whose Vehicle is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:  

PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

 

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week:   

 

 Level 1: Recall 

     What are some of the vehicles you noticed in this book? Who drives these vehicles? What does a locomotive do?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

     Where are some places we see vehicles?
How do vehicles move?
Some people ride bicycles. Where would you like to go on a bicycle?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

      How do people stay safe when driving vehicles?
 Why do you think some vehicles have (wings, wheels, lights, etc.)?
 Why don’t all vehicles have (wings, wheels, lights,etc.)?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

     Firefighters need to reach a fire quickly so no one gets hurt. What   other drivers and vehicles need to move quickly?
Fire engines have flashing lights and loud sirens. What are some other vehicles that have flashing lights and loud sirens? Why?

 

 

 

   Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why. 

 

Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center.  Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.

 

Science- Students are invited to create boats (with teacher support) and then will be asked to predict if their boat will float or sink, why or why not?

 

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds. 

 

Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story.

 

Writing- Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

 

Sensory- water or play-doh. 

 

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!  

 

 

If there are any questions regarding the Pre-K for All program that cannot be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175