Week of November 8, 2021
WEEKLY REMINDERS
· November is Canned Food Drive Month to assist the food pantry of Notre Dame Church. Your donations are greatly appreciated.
· School will be Closed on Thursday, November 11thfor Veterans Day, and Friday, November 12th.
· On Thursday, November 18th we will be celebrating Mickey Mouse's Birthday. The children are allowed to wear a Mickey or Minnie costume to school.
· All children are required to have the FLU shot before December 31st.
· 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:
All About Us
Essential Question for the Unit:
Who am I and who are the people in my life?
Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text
What makes me important and unique?
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
Self Portrait
The teacher will show students drawings of children’s faces. She will tell them that the children drew these self-portraits with pencils. Students will be asked to look carefully at the pictures of the faces. What features do they notice in all the children? Do they see eyes? Noses? Mouths? Ears? Eyebrows? Students will be asked to look at themselves in the mirror. What do they see? What features do they notice on their own faces? Where are their eyes? Noses? Mouths? Ears? Eyebrows? Etc. What do they notice about their features? What shapes are they?
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SEL.2: Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings, and interests.
Foundational Text for the Week
This Is It by Daria Peoples-Riley for the link to the foundational text click HERE!!
Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:
Level 1: Recall
What does the girl in this book like to do?
What are some of the dance moves the girl in this book
shows us? Try them if you would like!
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What is the little girl in this book getting ready for? What do you think a dance audition is?
How do you think the girl in this book might be feeling about her dance audition?
Level 3: Skill/Strategic Thinking
You said the little girl in this book might be feeling ______ about her dance audition. Why do you think she might be feeling that way?
Where do you think the girl in this book is dancing? Why do you think she is dancing there?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
The book says that melodies sing from the girl’s elbows to her knees. What does it mean to have melodies sing from your elbows to your knees? The book says that rhythms beat all the way down the girl’s spine. What does it mean to have rhythms beat down your spine?
Lessons and Activities for the Week:
Blocks-The student’s name cards will be available in the block center. Students are invited to write their names using blocks, discussing the lines in each letter of their name (straight, curved, etc.).
Pretend Play- We are going to keep the diner set up from Unit Two, “My Five Senses.” Shift from focusing on what the children like and enjoy eating with family and friends.
Art- Various size shapes from construction paper will be cut out and students are invited to use the shapes to create their bodies. After gluing the shapes together, or to a piece of paper, children can use writing utensils to add additional details (hair, patterns on clothes, etc.).
Science- Students are invited to use magnifying glasses to explore fingerprints, skin, hair, etc.
Math-the teachers will help children figure out how many hands tall they are. The teachers will cut out several hands (all the same size) and tape them to the wall. She will then have children stand next to the hands and add a post-it to mark each child’s height. children will count how many hands tall they are and write the number on the post-it.
Library- Students are encouraged to read a book with a friend. One child could read to the other or they could look at a book together.
Writing- Students will be able to play a matching game where they match pictures of the students in the class with that student's name.
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.
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