Week of January 8th !

Theme for the month: Transportation

Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:

• I use transportation to get to pre-K and other places.
• We use different types of transportation for different reasons.
• Vehicles move in different ways. 
• Some vehicles are operated by community helpers such as bus drivers,    conductors, firefighters, police officers, and mail carriers.
• There are many ways to stay safe when using transportation.

Learning Activities and Centers:

Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why. 

Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be transformed into a subway station. Students are invited to create a train using large pieces of cardboard.  

Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center.  Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.

Science- Students are invited to create airplanes (with teacher support) and then will be asked to predict if their plane will fly, why or why not?

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.

Writing-  Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

Some of the books we will read this week are:

The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom

The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

Weekly Lesson Plan Link

Reminders / Notices:

• School will be CLOSED on Monday January 15^th for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday.
• A parent workshop, "Who's the Boss?", will be held on Wednesday, January 17th, at 8:30 in the library.  

Dear parents, 

If you have any questions about the UPK for All program that I, Mrs. Gonzalez or Mr. Woods are unable to answer please feel free to contact: The Archdioceses Help Line at 888-227-8175 from 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. or by Email at catholicschool.upk.arch.ny.org