Week of January 3, 2022

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·      All children are required to have the FLU shot before returning to school on January 3, 2022

 

·      School/Church doors close at 8:15 AM

 

·      No admittance after 8:15 AM beginning today.  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

            What kinds of transportation do I use and why?

 

Focused Learning Activity for this Week

Ramps

The teachers will work with students in the blocks area. Teachers will provide long wooden planks and ask students how they think they can create a ramp. The teacher will then ask how they can make the ramp more or less steep. Students will then be able to predict which ramp will make the car go down the fastest and why. 

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 PK.SCI.10. [K-2-ETS1-1.] Asks questions, make observations, and gathers information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool

  

Foundational text for the week:

The Lost Property Office by Emily Rand the link to the foundational text HERE!!

  

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

 

    Level 1: Recall

 What does the girl leave on the train?

 Where is the little girl going when she leaves Teddy on the train? Who takes the girl to find Teddy?

 

  Level 2: Skill/Concept
 Why do you think the girl was so sad about losing Teddy?

 Have you ever lost anything special? How did that feel?

 Did you ever lose something special and then get it back later? How did that feel?

 

 Level 3: Strategic Thinking
 There were many, many things at the lost property office. Why do you think there were so many things there? How do the things people leave on the train get to the lost property office?

 

 Level 4: Extended Thinking
There were lots of glasses, umbrellas, hats, and teddy bears at the lost property office. Why do you think were so many of these items there? What types of things might be easy to leave on the train? What types of things might be harder to leave on the train? 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!

 

 

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 HelpLine at 888-227-8175