Week of April 4, 2022

 

 

 WEEKLY REMINDERS

  

In-person tours have resumed at OLQM.

Parents must have a mask on when entering the building.

The tour will run approximately from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM so as to not interfere with snack/lunch/nap periods. 

 

                          Tours this week:

                  Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Parents of students in Mrs. Gonzalez's Class

Parents of students in Mrs. Serbones' Class

Parents of Students in Ms. Ocasio's class.

Mr. Woods and Mrs. Zogda will be available after the tour for any questions.

·      Friday, April 8th We are having our Spring Pizza Party.

·      April 11th - April 24th Easter Recess 2022   

·      April 25th School Resumes 

· 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

    

             Carnation and Water

 

The teacher will supply students with a container of colored water. The students will be invited to add a carnation flower in the water. The teacher will ask students to predict what will happen if they leave the flower in the water overnight. The teacher will record students' predictions and invite them to monitor the flower periodically. As the colored water becomes visible in the carnation flower, the teacher will invite students to discuss how the flower 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