Week of February 22, 2021

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

 

ZOOM Links for This Week:

 

    Monday 01/22to Friday 01/26

 

      8:30 a.m. Meeting 

      Meeting ID: 824 4622 2633

      Passcode: 123456

         Join URL: Click HERE

 

       2:00 p.m. Meeting

       Meeting ID: 824 4622 2633

       Passcode: 123456

      Join URL: Click HERE 

 

    If your child cannot attend one of these two meetings, please let me know and I can schedule a meeting at a time that is more convenient for you.  

 

The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational

text, Float by Daniel Miyares HERE!

 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

 

Sink vs. Float Experiment

 

Invite your child to consider what the words sink, and float mean. Provide an assortment of objects that sink as well as some that float and invite your child to place the objects in a tub of water and observe what happens. Before testing each object, your child can predict and record whether they think each one will sink or float and then compare the results to their predictions. 

 

Materials suggested:

crayon 

paper 

marker

tin foil 

rubber duck

water bottle cap

Ball  

                               Yasslin 

Sophia 

 

Additional activity

Invite your child to create a paper boat. Children can try floating their boats in the bathtub or sink. 

Click HERE! to learn how to make a paper boat.

 

Open ended questions

What did you observe here/when ____?
What did your sense of ____ tell you about ____? 

What will you try next? 

I wonder what would happen if ____?
How do you know? How could we find out? 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

· PK.AC.3: Demonstrates understanding of what is observed.

· PK.AL.4. Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness to learn new things and have new experiences.

 

There are numerous activities posted every week on our

     classroom SeeSaw Account! 

 

      Please send any pictures or drawings to 

 

       xiomaraserbones@olqmnyc.org or text the picture to

       (203)539-0863.

 

 

Unit Topic:

Water

     Essential Question for the Unit:

What does water do?

   Focus Question for this Week:

    What happens when we put things in water?

Focused Learning Activity for this Week:

     The teachers will work with students in the science area.  Students will be shown an arrangement of objects and asked to predict if the object will sink or float in a bucket of water. Students will then test their predictions and discuss why each item sank or floated. 

         Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:

            PK.AC.3: Demonstrates understanding of what is observed.

 

Foundational text for the week:

Float by Daniel Miyares

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed: 

PK.ELAL.7: Develops and answers questions about characters, major events, and pieces of information in a text. 

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week: 

  

Level 1: Recall

       What did the boy make out of newspaper?
   What did the boy play with outside in the rain?
   How did the boy’s boat get into the river?

 

 Level 2: Skill/Concept

        The boy put his boat in puddles outside. Where did the

       puddles come from?
   Why did the boy have to chase his boat?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

 How did the boy feel when his boat got wrecked in the river? 

 How do you know? How can you find out if something floats in water? What are somethings that float?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Why do you think this book is called Float?
The boy’s boat floated in the puddles but when it went in the river it fell apart. Why? Why do some things float and some things sink?

 

 Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

Blocks- Pictures of bridges will be added to the center. Students encouraged to try to build bridges. 

 

Art- Students are invited to draw a picture with crayons. They may choose to draw an underwater or rainy-day scene. After their drawings are complete, watercolor paints will be used to lightly paint over their crayon drawings. 

 

Science- Students are invited to sort animals into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land. 

 

Math- Seashells will be added to math center. Students will be able to match the correct number of shells to a number card. 

 

Library- Students are invited to read books about or theme, water.

 

Writing-Students will be asked the question, "Where can we find water?" and be asked to write or draw their answers.

 

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