Week of January 3, 2023

  

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·      Under New York State and City Health codes all Pre-K and Kindergarten students are required to have an annual Flu shot. 

·      Documentation must be presented to the school office before the child enters school for the day.

·      Monthly calendar will be sent home along with the menu for the month. Please check your child's book bag. 

·      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

                               Where we live?

  

Essential Question for the Unit:

 Where do people and animals live around me?

 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text

         Where do people and animals live? 

     

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

                  

Animal Habitats

 

The teacher will have a set of cards with different animals.  She will ask the students where they think each animal lives, modeling how to put the animal card on the correct habitat sheet. The teacher will observe students in the science center as they match animals to their habitats.

 

For children who need additional support: 

The teacher will provide fewer sets of cards to match.   

 

For children who are ready for a challenge: 

The teacher will provide more sets of cards to match and ask higher-order thinking questions, such as "Why do you think an animal would need thick fur to live in the arctic?"

 

Children whose home language is a language other than English:

The teacher will provide the activity in the child’s native language. 

 

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 

 PK.SCI.5. Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to survive.

 

Foundational Text for the Week

             

 Ruby’s Birds by Mya Thompson the link to the foundational text HERE!!

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week 

      related to the foundational text: 

     Level 1: Recall

    Where did Eva and Ruby go together?

    What did Eva want show Ruby in the park?

    What did Ruby want to show her family in the park?

 

     Level 2: Skill/Concept

    Do you think Ruby knew that birds lived in Central

    Park before she went there with Eva? Why do you

   think that? What type of home do you think Ruby and Eva 

    live in? How do you know?

 

     Level 3: Strategic Thinking

     Eva liked to hear the warbler’s song because it is a

     sound she heard at her home in Costa Rica. What

     are some sounds you like to hear? Why?

     Eva wanted Ruby to be quiet when they were in

     Central Park together. Do you think Ruby likes to be

     quiet? How do you know?

 

     Level 4: Extended Thinking

    Eva taught Ruby how to watch for birds living in

    Central Park. How might we find birds near us?

    In this book, there was a bird living in Ruby’s house

    (her pet, Alex) and birds living in Central Park.

    Where else can birds live? 

  

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

 Blocks- Children will be provided with pictures of different types of homes and buildings in the block center. Children will be encouraged to discuss what shapes they can use to recreate the structures. 

 

Dramatic Play- Children will be invited to create the façade of a home using a very large piece of flat cardboard.

 

Art- Children will be supplied with popsicle sticks in order for them to create a home by gluing sticks onto paper.

 

Science- Children will be able to identify the different habitats that animals live in. Children will be encouraged to use pictures to match the animals to their habitats. 

 

Math- Children will be provided with people figures, number cards, and pictures of homes which will be placed in the math center.  Students will be encouraged to pick a number card and place the corresponding number of people into a car.

 

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

 

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprints with write-and-wipe blueprint mats.  

 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their 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 Help Line at 888-227-8175.