Week of April 26th!!

Reminders / Notices

There are numerous activities posted every week on 

our classroom SeeSaw Account! 

 

ZOOM Links for This Week:

Monday 04/26 to Friday 04/30

 

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 354 597 9563 

Password: love

2:00 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 788 4577 9415 

Password: love

 

 

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, 

Orange in January by Dianna H Aston Here!

Read-Aloud Questions:

Level 1: Recall 

Where was the orange at the beginning of the book? Where was the orange at the end of the book? 

How did the orange get from the tree to the grocery store? 

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

The book says, “The petals fell away, and the orange began to grow into what it was meant to be.” What was the orange meant to be? How did the boy get the orange? 

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

The boy shared the orange. Why do you think he did that? 

How do you think the other children felt when he shared the orange with them? 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

If you were going to grow a kindness garden, what would you need? What would you do? 

Remote Learners Weekly Activity:

Watch the video The Parts of a Plant HERE!

Invite your child to draw and label the parts of a plant after watching and discussing this video. Note your child’s observations, understandings and use this information to talk with them about it.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SCI.6. [P-LS3-1.] Develops a model to describe that some young plants  and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents

Open ended questions:

I notice that you ____.

That reminds me of ____. What if you try ____?

How could we find out _____?

Unit Topic:

Plants 

Essential Question for the Unit:

How do plants grow and why are they important?         

Focus Questions for this Week:

What do plants need and where do we find them?

Focused Learning activity for the week:

Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the

Writing center.  The teacher will invite children to explore and discuss plant parts ( stem, petals, roots, leaves,seeds etc.)  

Children will be supplied with pipe cleaners as well as paper circles to create and label their flower. 

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:

An Orange in January by Dianna H Aston

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.CLL.11 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, make connections between self, text and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

Level 1: Recall 

Where was the orange at the beginning of the book? Where was the orange at the end of the book? 

How did the orange get from the tree to the grocery store? 

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

The book says, “The petals fell away, and the orange began to grow into what it was meant to be.” What was the orange meant to be? How did the boy get the orange? 

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

The boy shared the orange. Why do you think he did that? 

How do you think the other children felt when he shared the orange with them? 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

If you were going to grow a kindness garden, what would you need? What would you do? 

Lessons and activities for the week:

Blocks- Students will be invited to build a garden using blocks and materials added to the block center.

Pretend Play- The teacher will turn Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers, pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc. Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will be highlighted.

Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower. 

Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they discuss each stage in the life cycle. 

Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number.

Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.

Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper.  They can glue seeds onto the letter.  Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

If there are any questions regarding the Pre-K for All program that can not be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175