Sunday, December 19, 2021

Week of December 20, 2021

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·      All children are required to have the FLU shot before returning to school on January 3, 2022

 

·      Christmas Recess begins December 21,2021, students 

 

return January 3,2022

 

·      Seesaw accounts have been set up for all students. You can find your child’s access code in the Home-School Connection folder. 

 

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:

Where We live

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do people and animals live around me?

 

Focus Question for this Week

Where do I live? Where do my family members live? 

 

Focused Learning Activity for this Week

 

Animal Habitats

 

   The teacher will have a set of cards with different animals.  She will ask the students where they think each animal lives, modeling how to put the animal card on the correct habitat sheet.  The teacher will observe students in the science center as they match animals to their habitat, asking higher-order thinking questions, such as "Why do you think an animal would need thick fur to live in the arctic?"

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

    PK.SCI.5. Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to survive.

 

Foundational text for the week:

Ruby’s Birds by Mya Thompson the link to the foundational text HERE!!

 

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

    Level 1: Recall

    Where did Eva and Ruby go together?

    What did Eva want show Ruby in the park?

    What did Ruby want to show her family in the park?

 

     Level 2: Skill/Concept

    Do you think Ruby knew that birds lived in Central

    Park before she went there with Eva? Why do you

    think that? What type of home do you think Ruby and Eva live

    in? How do you know?

 

     Level 3: Strategic Thinking

     Eva liked to hear the warbler’s song because it is a

     sound she heard at her home in Costa Rica. What

     are some sounds you like to hear? Why?

     Eva wanted Ruby to be quiet when they were in

     Central Park together. Do you think Ruby likes to be

     quiet? How do you know?

 

     Level 4: Extended Thinking

    Eva taught Ruby how to watch for birds living in

    Central Park. How might we find birds near us?

    In this book, there was a bird living in Ruby’s house

    (her pet, Alex) and birds living in Central Park.

    Where else can birds live? 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks-Pictures of different types of homes and buildings will be posted in the block center and students are invited to build the homes in the pictures or similar homes.

 

Pretend Play- Students will decorate a building facade that will be used in the pretend play area.  

 

Art-The teacher will provide an assortment of construction paper shapes and have children talk about the shapes. The children will then sort them to make purposeful selections and create a home. They might want to create their own home or a home they might like to live in.

 

Science- Multiple pictures of animals and their homes will be provided in the science center for students to match.

 

Math- The teacher will provide an assortment of construction paper shapes. The children will talk about and then sort the shapes to make purposeful selections and create a home. They can create their own home or a home they might like to live in.

 

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

 

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprint with blue paper and chalk.  

 

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 HelpLine at 888-227-8175

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Week of December 13, 2021

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·      All children are required to have the FLU shot before December 1st.

 

·      Ugly Sweater contest on Thursday, December 16

 

·      Christmas Recess begins December 21,2021, students 

 

return January 3,2022

 

·      Seesaw accounts have been set up for all students. You can find your child’s access code in the Home-School Connection folder. 

 

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:

Where We live

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do people and animals live around me?


Focus Question for this Week

Where do I live? Where do my family members live? 

 

Focused Learning Activity for this Week

 

Animal Habitats

 

   The teacher will have a set of cards with different animals.  She will ask the students where they think each animal lives, modeling how to put the animal card on the correct habitat sheet.  The teacher will observe students in the science center as they match animals to their habitat, asking higher-order thinking questions, such as "Why do you think an animal would need thick fur to live in the arctic?"

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

    PK.SCI.5. Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to survive.

 

Foundational text for the week:

     Ruby’s Birds by Mya Thompson the link to the foundational text HERE!!

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

    Level 1: Recall

    Where did Eva and Ruby go together?

    What did Eva want show Ruby in the park?

    What did Ruby want to show her family in the park?

 

     Level 2: Skill/Concept

    Do you think Ruby knew that birds lived in Central

    Park before she went there with Eva? Why do you

    think that? What type of home do you think Ruby and Eva live

    in? How do you know?

 

     Level 3: Strategic Thinking

     Eva liked to hear the warbler’s song because it is a

     sound she heard at her home in Costa Rica. What

     are some sounds you like to hear? Why?

     Eva wanted Ruby to be quiet when they were in

     Central Park together. Do you think Ruby likes to be

     quiet? How do you know?

 

     Level 4: Extended Thinking

    Eva taught Ruby how to watch for birds living in

    Central Park. How might we find birds near us?

    In this book, there was a bird living in Ruby’s house

    (her pet, Alex) and birds living in Central Park.

    Where else can birds live? 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks-Pictures of different types of homes and buildings will be posted in the block center and students are invited to build the homes in the pictures or similar homes.

 

Pretend Play- Students will decorate a building facade that will be used in the pretend play area.  

 

Art-The teacher will provide an assortment of construction paper shapes and have children talk about the shapes. The children will then sort them to make purposeful selections and create a home. They might want to create their own home or a home they might like to live in.

 

Science- Multiple pictures of animals and their homes will be provided in the science center for students to match.

 

Math- The teacher will provide an assortment of construction paper shapes. The children will talk about and then sort the shapes to make purposeful selections and create a home. They can create their own home or a home they might like to live in.

 

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

 

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprint with blue paper and chalk.  

 

 

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 HelpLine at 888-227-8175

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Week of December 6, 2021

 

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·      All children are required to have the FLU shot before December 1st.

 

·      Ugly Sweater contest on Thursday, December 16

 

·      Christmas Recess begins December 21,2021, students 

 

return January 3,2022

 

·      Seesaw accounts have been set up for all students. You can find your child’s access code in the Home-School Connection folder. 

 

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:

Where We live

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do the people and animals around me live?

     

Focus Question for this Week

Where do I live? Where do my family members live? 

 

Focused Learning Activity for this Week


Building Face

 

The teachers will work with students to create a building face in the dramatic play area. Students will be asked which objects should stay outside the building and which objects should stay inside the building. 

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.AL.2: Actively engages in problem-solving

 

Foundational text for the week:

A New Home by Tania Regil the link to the foundational text HERE!

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

Level 1: Recall

Where is the boy moving?

Where is the girl moving?

Both the boy and the girl are nervous they will miss things from their old cities when they move to their new cities. What are some of the things they think they will miss?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Do you think the boy and the girl will still be able to do the things they love in their new cities? Why or why not?

After the boy and the girl move to their new cities and learn about the things, they can do there, how do you think they will feel? Why?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What do you think the boy might tell the girl about New York City? Why?

What do you think the girl might tell the boy about Mexico City? Why?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Have you ever moved to a new place? Maybe a new home? Or to a place that was far away from your old home? How did you feel about moving? Why?

What are some of the things you like about where you live now? What would you miss if you moved?


Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

 


Blocks-Pictures of different types of homes and buildings will be posted in the block center and students are invited to build the homes in the pictures or similar homes.

 

Pretend Play- Students will decorate a building facade that will be used in the pretend play area.  

 

Art-The teacher will provide an assortment of construction paper shapes and have children talk about the shapes. The children will then sort them to make purposeful selections and create a home. They might want to create their own home or a home they might like to live in.

 

Science- Multiple pictures of animals and their homes will be provided in the science center for students to match.

 

Math- The teacher will provide an assortment of construction paper shapes. The children will talk about and then sort the shapes to make purposeful selections and create a home. They can create their own home or a home they might like to live in.

 

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

 

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprint with blue paper and chalk.  

 

 

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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