Week of March 28, 2022
WEEKLY REMINDERS
Parent-Teacher Conferences will take on a new dimension this week, to assist parents who returned to their office and parents who work from home. In PERSON Parent-Teacher Conferences 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
parents must have a mask on and will be seated in the school lunchroom 3 feet apart until the teacher is free to see them. All parents must enter through the school lunchroom -- the main school door will not grant access.
· Zoom parent-teacher conferences 3:00pm -5:45Pm
· April 1st - Parent-Teacher Conference Day
· April 1st Early Dismissal 12:00 noon for all students.
· April 1st No After School Program
· April 11th - April 24th Easter Recess 2022
· April 25th School Resumes
· No admittance after 8:15 AM. Health and Safety Protocols of COVID-19.
· No adults are permitted in the building past the table at the main door.
· Dismissal times remain at 3:00 PM for all PreK classes.
· There is no early pickup for appointments etc. -- if there is an appointment the child should remain home for the day.
· All parents etc. coming near the building are required to have a mask on their face for the safety of all students and staff.
· 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:
Water
Essential Question for the Unit:
What does water do?
Focus Question for this Week
How does water help us?
Focused Learning Activity for this Week
Stalks and Water
The teacher will supply students with a container of colored water. The students will be invited to add a leafy celery stalk to the water. The teacher will ask students to predict what will happen if they leave the stalk in the water overnight. The teacher will record students’ predictions and invite them to monitor the stalks periodically. As the colored water becomes visible in the celery stalk or leaves, the teacher will invite students to discuss how the stalk transports the water. The following day, the teacher will refer back to students’ predictions to summarize and draw conclusions.
The teacher will inform students that water helps move nutrients through plants. This helps plants stay alive. Without water, plants will start to wilt and eventually die.
Open-ended questions
What did you observe here/when ____?
What did your sense of ____ tell you about ____?
I wonder what would happen if ____?
How do you know? How could we find out?
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SCI.5 Plans and conducts investigations to determine how familiar plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive in the environment
Foundational Text for the Week:
Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett
Link to the foundational text HERE!
Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:
Level 1: Recall
Why was the raincloud sad at the beginning of the book?
Where did the raincloud look for a friend?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
No one wanted to be friends with the raincloud. Why?
Ivy was grumpy for most of the book. Why was Ivy so grumpy? How did the raincloud help Ivy?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Why can it be nice to have friends?
How did Ivy and the raincloud grow beautiful flowers together?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
At the end of the book, it looks like the raincloud was inside the flower shop with Ivy. What would you think if you went in a store and there was a raincloud there? What would you do?
Rain from the raincloud helped Ivy grow beautiful plants, how does water help you?
Lessons and Activities for the Week:
Blocks- Pictures of bridges will be added to the center. Students are encouraged to try to build bridges.
Pretend Play- Large cardboard boxes will be added to Pretend Play for students to pretend they are in a boat.
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 HelpLine at 888-227-8175
