Sunday, April 29, 2018

Week of April 30, 2018


Plants!

Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:

·Plants are living things; every part of a plant has an important function.
·Plants grow from seeds and need water, nutrients and light to live.
· Plants are all around us.
·There are many different types of plants. 
·Plants are important for many reasons. 

Lessons and activities for each learning center 

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.

Some of the books we will read this week are: 

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle


                  Reminders

Thursday, May 3rdis Picture day, money may be given to Mrs. Resto in the picture envelope that was given out. 
   
Friday, May 11th at 9:00am is our Mother's Day show (Muffins with Mom).
  

If you have any questions Mr. Woods or I cannot answer feel free to contact the Archdiocese at (888) 227-8175 from 9:00 am to 5:00pm
or Email At Cathlicschools.upk@archny.org 
  
Thank you

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Week of April 23, 2018


Plants!

Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:

·Plants are living things; every part of a plant has an important function.
·Plants grow from seeds and need water, nutrients and light to live.
· Plants are all around us.
·There are many different types of plants. 
·Plants are important for many reasons. 

Lessons and activities for each learning center 

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.

Some of the books we will read this week are: 

·               The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons
·               The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss


                  Reminders

 Tuesday, April 24th at 9:00a.m.will be our spring show.
 Friday April 27th will be Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Friday April 27th   dismissal is at 12:00 noon



If you have any questions Mr. Woods or I cannot answer feel free to contact the Archdiocese at (888) 227-8175 from 9:00 am to 5:00pm
or Email At Cathlicschools.upk@archny.org 



Thank you

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Week of April 16, 2018


Plants!

Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:

·Plants are living things; every part of a plant has an important function.
·Plants grow from seeds and need water, nutrients and light to live.
· Plants are all around us.
·There are many different types of plants. 
·Plants are important for many reasons. 

Lessons and activities for each learning center 

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.

Some of the books we will read this week are: 

·                An Orange in January by Diana Hutts
·                The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons


                 Reminders
Parents should have received an online survey to complete this past Wednesday from the Archdiocese of New York regarding the upcoming school evaluation. If you did not receive the survey please contact Mr. Guzman in the school office.

 Tuesday, April 24th at 9:00a.m.  Will be our spring 
 show.
 Friday April 27th will be Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Friday April 27th   dismissal is at 12:00 noon



If you have any questions Mr. Woods or I cannot answer feel free to contact the Archdiocese at (888) 227-8175 from 9:00 am to 5:00pm
or Email At Cathlicschools.upk@archny.org 



Thank you

Sunday, April 8, 2018



Week of April 9, 2018


Plants!

Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:

·                Plants are living things; every part of a plant has
     an important function.
·                Plants grow from seeds and need water,  
     nutrients and light to live.
·                Plants are all around us.
·                There are many different types of plants. 
·                Plants are important for many reasons. 

Lessons and activities for each center

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.


Some of the books we will read this week are: 

·                 The Curious Garden by Peter Brown 
·                Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by
      Kate Messner 


                  Reminders

 Friday April 27th will be Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Friday April 27th   dismissal is at 12:00 noon



If you have any questions Mr. Woods or I cannot answer feel free to contact the Archdiocese at (888) 227-8175 from 9:00 am to 5:00pm
or Email At Cathlicschools.upk@archny.org 


Thank you






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