Week of September 13, 2021

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS 

 

·      Please return all forms completed. 

·      Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes. 

·      Please bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family tree!

·      Please always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

·      If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at xiomaraserbones@olqmnyc.org or text/call (203)539-0863. I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

 

 

Unit Topic:

                          Welcome to Pre-K

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

                           What is Pre-K?  

 

     Focus Question for this Week:

What will I learn and do in Pre-k?

 

 Focused Learning Activity for this Week:

 

Exploring our classroom 

Teachers will be introducing the centers and model how to use the materials/manipulatives in an appropriate and safe manner.

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.AL.1 Actively engages in play as a means of exploration and learning.

Foundational text for the week:

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text  HERE!

 

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 

Who is welcome at the school in this book? 

What are some of the things the children in this book do at school? 

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

What does it mean to be “welcome?” 

Has anyone in our pre-K class made you feel welcome here? What did they do?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

What are some ways we can make people feel welcome in our pre-K? 

In this book, the children say their time together is the best. What do you like to do with other children in pre-K? Why?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

The children in this book say they are part of a community. What makes a community? Is our class a community? How do you know?

The children in this book say there are many things they can discover together. What are some things our class could learn about and discover together? 

 

  Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

 

Blocks- The teachers will invite students to explore the block center.

 

Art- The teachers will invite students to explore the art center.

 

Science-The teachers will invite students to explore the science center.

 

Math-The teachers will invite students to explore the math center.

 

Library-The teachers will invite students to explore the library center.

Writing-The teachers will invite students to explore the writing center.

 

Sensory-The teachers will invite students to explore the sensory center.

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

 

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me atxiomaraserbones@olqmnyc.org or text/call (203)539-0863. I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

     

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