Week of April 29, 2019

WEEKLY REMINDERS

·               School resumes on Monday, April 29th.

·               Tuesday, May 7^this Picture Day

·               Wednesday, May 8^thSchool will be Closed 

·               Thursday, May 9^that 10:00 amwill  

         be  Muffins with Mom 

·               Friday, May 24th and Monday, May 

     27th, School will be Closed  for Memorial Day. 

Unit Topic:

Plants 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

How do plants grow and why are they important?

     Focus Question for this Week:

What are some different kinds of plants?

Focused Learning Activity for this Week:

    Teacher will work with students in the writing center. She will discuss each part of a flower and talk about its importance. Students will be encouraged to use flowers, green and brown piper cleaner, and leaves to create and label their own flower.

   

 Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:

       PK.CKW.5 (Scientific Thinking): Observes and 

       describes characteristics of living things.

Foundational text for the week:

An Orange in January by Diana Hutts Aston

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed: 

PK.CLL.6 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, can describe the role of the author and illustrator.

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week: 

  

Level 1: Recall
where was the orange at the beginning of the book? Where was the orange at the end of the book?
How did the orange get from the tree to the grocery store?

Level 2: Skill/ConceptThe book says, “The petals fell away and the orange began to grow into what it was meant to be.” What was the orange meant to be?
How did the boy get the orange?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

The boy shared the orange. Why do you think he did that?
How do you think the other children felt when he shared the orange with them?

Level 4: Extended ThinkingThe illustrator of this book, Julie Maren, used curly lines to show the wind. Why do you think she did that? How would you show wind in a picture?
How did Julie Maren illustrate the sun? Why do you think she did that? How would you show the sun in a picture?

How did Julie Maren illustrate the rain? Why do you think she did that? How would you show the rain in a picture?
This book talks about how an orange grows and travels. How do you think other fruits grow and travel?

Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

Blocks- Students will be invited to build a park using blocks and materials added to the block center.

Pretend Play- The teacher will turn Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers, pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc. Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will be highlighted.

Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower. After creating these flowers children can use them in the Dramatic Play flower shop.

Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they play and talk with them about each stage in the life cycle. 

Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number.

Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.

Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper.  They can glue seeds onto the letter.  Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.

Sensory- Sand and water, or 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 

Week of April 8, 2019

WEEKLY REMINDERS

·      Monday, April 8, dismissal is at 12:00 noon 

·      Thursday April 11th at 8:30 a.m. Parents are invited to join their children to celebrate The Week of the Young child. Parents and children may participate in science experiments that will be set up in the gym

·      Friday April 12dismissal is at 12:00 noon

·      Friday, April 12^thfrom 2 pm to 6 pm is Parent-Teacher Conferences

·      Easter Recess for all students begins Friday April 12th after dismissal. School resumes Monday April 29th.

Unit Topic:

Plants 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

How do plants grow and why are they important?

     Focus Question for this Week:

      What do plants need and where do we find them? 

Focused Learning Activity for this Week:

    Teacher will work with students in the writing center. She will discuss each part of a flower and talk about its importance.Students will be encouraged to use flowers, green and brown piper cleaner, and leaves to create and label their own flower.

   

 Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:

PK.CKW.5 (Scientific Thinking): Observes and describes characteristics of living things.

Foundational text for the week:

            The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed: 

PK.CKW.5 (Scientific Thinking): Observes and describes characteristics of Earth and science. 

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week: 

  

Level 1: Recall
What parts of plants can be vegetables?
What are some different types of vegetables?
Where do vegetables grow?
How do vegetables get to grocery stores?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
What are some different ways that you eat vegetables?

What are some things people have to do if they want to grow a vegetable garden?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Some people grow their own vegetable garden. If you were going to grow a vegetable garden, what vegetables would you grow? Why?
Why do you think farmers on big farms sometimes use machines to harvest the vegetables?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
Vegetables are good for your body. How do they help your body?
Why is it important to take good care of your body?
Vegetables can be different colors. Why do you think vegetables are different colors?

Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

Blocks- Students will be invited to build a park using blocks and materials added to the block center.

Pretend Play- The teacher will turn Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers, pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc. Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will be highlighted.

Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower. After creating these flowers children can use them in the Dramatic Play flower shop.

Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they play and talk with them about each stage in the life cycle. 

Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number.

Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.

Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper.  They can glue seeds onto the letter.  Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.

Sensory- Sand and water, or 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 

Week of April 1, 2019

WEEKLY REMINDERS

Thursday April 11th at 8:30 a.m. Parents are invited to join their children to celebrate The Week of the Young child. Parents and children may participate in science experiments that will be set up in the gym

Easter Recess for all students begins Friday April 12th after dismissal.School resumes Monday April 29th.

Unit Topic:

Plants 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

How do plants grow and why are they important?

     Focus Question for this Week:

                                      What are plants?

Focused Learning Activity for this Week:

    The teachers will work with students in the dramatic play are.  Teachers and students will transform the center into a flower shop.  Teachers will discuss the roles available to students in the flower shop and what each job requires.  Students will be able to choose the job, "customer", "cashier", or "florist" and assume the roles they have selected.  

   

 Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:

PK.CKW.7 (Social Studies): Develops a basic understanding of economic concepts within a community.

Foundational text for the week:

                The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed: 

PK.CLL.11 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, make connections between self, text and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week: 

  

Level 1: Recall

Where did the garden start growing? Where did the garden spread?

What did Liam do in the winter?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

How does the city look at the beginning of the book? How does the city look at the end of the book? Do you prefer the way it looks at the beginning or the end? Why?
The book says that Liam didn’t feel like a gardener at first but after a while he did. Why do you think that happened?
Other people in the city decided to be gardeners too. Why do you think they wanted to be gardeners?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Do you think the people in the city felt different after there were many gardens and plants growing in the city? Why or why not?How do plants and gardens make you feel?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Can you be a gardener? Why or why not?
If you were going to grow a garden, what would you need? What would you do?

Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

Blocks- Students will be invited to build a park using blocks and materials added to the block center.

Pretend Play- The teacher will turn Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers, pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc. Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will be highlighted.

Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower. After creating these flowers children can use them in the Dramatic Play flower shop.

Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they play and talk with them about each stage in the life cycle. 

Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number.

Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.

Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper.  They can glue seeds onto the letter.  Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.

Sensory- Sand and water, or 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