Week of January 18, 2022

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·      Tuesday, January 18 is Winnie the Pooh Day. Children can dress up as Winnie the Pooh. 

 

·      No admittance after 8:15 AM.  Health and Safety Protocols of COVID-19.

 

·      No adults are permitted in the building past the table at the main door. 

 

·      Dismissal times remain at 3:00 PM for all PreK classes.

 

·      There is no early pickup for appointments etc. -- if there is an appointment the child should remain home for the day.

 

·      All parents etc. coming near the building are required to have a mask on their face for the safety of all students and staff.

 

·      Seesaw accounts have been set up for all students. You can find your child’s access code in the Home-School Connection folder. 

 

·      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:

                                  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 

 

The 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.3. a. 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:

 

Trucks by Donald Crews                              Click Here

School Bus by Donald Crews                        Click Here                

Flying by Donald Crews                               Click Here

Harbor by Donald Crews                             Click Here  

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

 

    Truck by Donald Crews

 

Level 1: Recall

What was in the back of the truck?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

What was the truck in this book doing? How do you know?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

There are many pictures in this book and only a few words. That  

means I used the pictures to tell this story and there are many 

different ways we could tell the story. Let’s take a look at some 

of the pages and tell a partner what we think could be happening.

 

School Busby Donald Crews

 

Level 1: Recall

What do school buses do?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Why are school buses helpful?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Why are school buses yellow?

 

**After reading several, or all, of the Donald Crews books, children will be asked the following

 

Level 4: Strategic Thinking questions:

We have read several books written and illustrated by Donald Crews. What is similar about all of these books? What is different? We read several books by Donald Crews about transportation. He wrote other books about transportation, too. Why do you think Donald Crews wrote about transportation? If you were going to write a book about transportation, what type of vehicle or travel would you write about? Why?

 

 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

 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- The teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads.  Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands.  Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.

 

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, using a felt board.

 

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

 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

 

 

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