Week of September 12, 2022

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS 

 

·      PreK For All Classes 8:00 AM - 2:45 PM Dismissal is at 2:45 PM

·      If you have registered your child in the After-School Program, please let me know tomorrow morning.

·      Parents are reminded to sign in and sign out their child each and every day at the classroom door. If someone else is picking up the child, please inform them of those regulations.

·      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 the art center

The children will be invited to explore the art center. The teacher will be in the art center modeling how to use art materials (paint brush, paint, makers, and watercolors) and point where the materials are below on the shelve. 

  

 

For children who need additional support: 

The teacher will model how to use a paintbrush and paint, watercolors, and markers on paper. The teacher will provide 1:1 support and repeat directions if the child/children struggle with the activity. 

 

For children who are ready for a challenge:

The teacher will encourage children to think about what they should do after they finished painting or what other art materials they would like to explore. 

 

 

 

ELL Students:

The students will be given the directions in Spanish. The words watercolors, markers, paintbrush, paint and paper will be emphasized when introducing how to use the materials. 

 

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: 

 

 

Dramatic Play -The children will be invited to explore the dramatic play center. The teacher will point out where the props and dress-up clothes can be found in the dramatic play. The shelves and containers will be labeled with props and dress-up clothes for children to put away. 

 

Blocks- The children will be invited to explore the blocks center.

The teacher will introduce wooden unit blocks (many sizes and shapes) and where they can be found.  The shelves will be labeled with the unit blocks for students to find and put away.

 

Art- The children will be invited to explore the art center. 

The teacher will be in the art center modeling how to use art materials and point where the materials below on the shelves. 

 

Science- The children will be invited to explore the science center. The teacher will introduce natural objects (rocks, shells, and pinecones), and how to use magnifying glasses, and magnets. The shelves and containers will be labeled with the materials for students to put away. 

 

Math- The children will be invited to explore the math center. The teacher will introduce various manipulatives. The teacher will show students where it can be found and how to put it away.  

 

Library-The children will be invited to explore the library center. The teacher will model how to turn the pages of a book and to take good care of books.

 

 

Writing-The children will be invited students to explore the writing center. The teacher will introduce the tools in the writing center. The shelves and containers will be labeled with the materials for students to put away.

 

Sensory-The children will invite to explore the sensory center. The teacher will introduce children to the tools in the writing center. The shelves and containers will be labeled with the materials for students to put away.

 

 

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