Week of January 27, 2020
WEEKLY REMINDERS
· Friday, January 31st.Dismissal will be at 12:00 noon. The After-School Program will end at 6 p.m.
· Parent-Teacher Conferences are on Friday, January 31st from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Unit Topic:
Transportation
Essential Question for the Unit:
How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Focus Question for this Week
How do we stay safe when using transportation?
Focused Learning Activity for this Week
Transportation Sorting and Naming
Teacher will work with students in the math center. She will provide students with transportation manipulatives. Students will be encouraged to sort the transportation manipulatives by type and color. Teacher will then ask students, "Who operates this vehicle?" (holding up one of the manipulatives).
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.MATH.11 Sorts objects and shapes into categories; counts the objects in each category
Foundational text for the week:
Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
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
What was Little Green’s first word?
What did the trucks do when Little Green said, “Go?” Why did this become a problem?
What did the trucks do when Little Green said, “Go?” Why did this become a problem?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
Why was Little Red important? Why was Little Yellow important?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Little Green, Red and Yellow made a traffic light. What are some other traffic signals or signs you see outside?
What do traffic lights do?
Why is it important to follow traffic lights and signals?
What do traffic lights do?
Why is it important to follow traffic lights and signals?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Little Green and Little Red were opposites. Name some other things that are opposites
Little Green, Little Yellow and Little Red had to work together to help the trucks. What are some things you can do with other children to help keep the classroom happy and safe?
Little Green, Little Yellow and Little Red had to work together to help the trucks. What are some things you can do with other children to help keep the classroom happy and safe?
Learning Centers Available for the Unit:
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.
Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be transformed into an airport. Students are invited to create things we can find at an airport using large pieces of cardboard.
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- Students are invited to create boats (with teacher support) and then will be asked to predict if their boat will float or sink, why or why not?
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- Sand and water, or play-doh.
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
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