Reminders
· School is Closed on Monday, January 18th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
ZOOM Links for This Week:
Monday 01/18 to Friday 01/22
8:30 a.m. Meeting
Meeting ID: 785 8644 8099
Password: prek3
2:00 p.m. Meeting
Meeting ID: 723 3369 8747
Password: prek3
If your child cannot attend one of these two meetings, please let me know and I can schedule a meeting at a time that is more convenient for you.
The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Whose vehicle is this? by Sharon Katz Cooper HERE!
Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:
There are numerous activities posted every week on our classroom SeeSaw Account!
Monday- Use recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite your child to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for your child to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.
Tuesday- Invite your child to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask them what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful. After children have completed their drawings, invite them to use recycled materials to create a 3D version of the vehicle they observed.
Wednesday- Provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite your child to try to fold their own. Encourage them to explore how they might make the airplanes fly. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_plane for plane folding directions.
Thursday- Invite your child to use vegetables to make trucks. For example, a celery stalk could be the body of the truck, and cherry tomatoes, or carrot rounds could be wheels.
Friday-Invite your child to use foods to make a traffic light. For example, start with a rectangular cracker, cover with cream cheese and add a strawberry slice, apricot half and kiwi slice to create a traffic light.
Please send any pictures or drawings to
MrsGonzalez@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to
(862) 248-2841.
Unit Topic:
Transportation
Essential Question for the Unit:
How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Focus Questions for this Week:
Who operates the vehicles in my community?
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the math center. they will assist students in numeral recognition by matching numbered cars to their corresponding "parking lot" space.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.MATH.3a: When counting objects, says the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object (1:1 correspondence).
Foundational text for the week:
Whose Vehicle is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.
QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:
Level 1: Recall
What are some of the vehicles you noticed in this book? Who drives these vehicles?
What does a locomotive do?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
Where are some places we see vehicles?
How do vehicles move?
Some people ride bicycles. Where would you like to go on a bicycle?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do people stay safe when driving vehicles?
Why do you think some vehicles have (wings, wheels, lights, etc.)?
Why don’t all vehicles have (wings, wheels, lights ,etc.)?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Firefighters need to reach a fire quickly so no one gets hurt. What other drivers and vehicles need to move quickly?
Fire engines have flashing lights and loud sirens. What are some other vehicles that have flashing lights and loud sirens? Why?
Lessons and activities for the week:
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.
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- Teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads. Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands. Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.
Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds.
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- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!
Please always make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional information, located 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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