Week of June 21, 2022
WEEKLY REMINDERS
· There is No Afterschool Program every Friday in June. Please pick your child up between 2:45 and 3:00.
· June 23rd is the last full day of classes.
· Dismissal on June 24th is at 12:00 pm. There is no afterschool program on that day. The 8th grade will be graduating and if your child attends, they will go down to the church to watch the 8th-grade graduation.
Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!
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Unit Topic:
Babies
Essential Question for the Unit:
What are babies?
Focus Question for this Week
How do babies change?
Focused Learning Activity for this Week
How tall is the baby?
The teacher will work with students in the math center to measure cutout babies of various lengths. Students will be encouraged to use unifix cubes to measure each baby. Students will discuss how many cubes each baby measured, and which was the longest and shortest.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.MATH.10 Identifies measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight, and describes them using appropriate vocabulary
Foundational Text for the Week:
The Little Red Stroller by Joshua Furst
Link to the foundational text HERE!
Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:
Level 1: Recall
Where did some of the families take the little red stroller?
What did the children do with the stroller when they were too big for it?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
Why do people use strollers for babies?
When the children were too big for the stroller, they shared it with someone who was younger. How does it feel when someone shares with you?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do you think the children knew when they were too big for the stroller? How do you know when you are too big for something?
Why did all the families in this book wish they had a stroller? How do you think they felt when they got the little red stroller?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
The little red stroller traveled so many places with so many children that it became very tattered and tired and it could not go on any further. What do you think happened to it when everyone was done with it? Why?
Lessons and Activities for the Week:
Blocks-Students will be invited to use blocks to create a nursery.
Dramatic Play - The teacher will invite children to turn the Dramatic Play area into a pediatrician’s office.
Art-Students are invited to create their own baby portraits with a variety of art materials.
Science-Students will be able to play a matching game, matching the adult animal to its offspring.
Math- Cutouts of babies of various lengths will be added to the math center. Students will be able to measure each baby and tell which is the longest and shortest.
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, babies.
Writing-Cards will be supplied with pictures of animal babies as well as their names. They will be placed in a bin for children to reference as they create their own animal baby book.
Sensory-Students will be able to give babies a bath with their own containers and consider why babies need help to wash or take a bath.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!
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