Week of January 9th!!

Reminders / Notices:

 

·      Please remember to send sleeping mats to school. 

·      School/Church doors close at 8:15 AM

         •       No admittance after 8:15 AM 

·      Late drop-offs will no longer be permitted to enter the building.  

 

         •       All students will be temperature tested upon arrival

to school

         •       No adults are permitted in the building past the table at the main door.

         •       Dismissal times remain as 3:00 PM for all PreK classes.

         •       There are no early pickup/appointments etc. -- if there is an appointment the child should remain home.

         •       All parents etc. coming near the building are required to have a mask on their face for the safety of all students and staff.

         •       A reminder that all students in PreK and Kindergarten are required under New York State Law to have the flu vaccine before returning to school.

 

 

Unit Topic:

Transportation

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

 How does my community use various modes of transportation?

 

Focus Questions for this Week:

How are various modes of transportation similar

and different?

 

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

 

The teacher will provide various pictures of vehicles and modes of transportation. A graph will be created with three separate headings, “Air,” “Land,” and “Water” 

The children will be invited to place their transportation pictures in the appropriate category. The children will be encouraged to count the number of pictures, compare quantities using words like least, most, and equal.

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK. MATH.6. [NY-PK.CC.5.] Recognizes whether the number of objects in one group is more than, fewer than, or equal to (the same as) the number of objects in another group (e.g., using matching and counting strategies)

                                                                 

 

Foundational text for the week:

 

I Really Want to See You, Grandma!By TarōGomi 

The link to the foundational text HERE!

 

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

Level 1: Recall

 

Who did Yumi want to see? 

Who did Grandma want to see?

What were some of the vehicles Yumi and Grandma used when they tried to see each other?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

What happened when Yumi and Grandma tried to see each other?

How do you think Yumi felt the first time she got to Grandma’s house but Grandma wasn’t there?

How do you think Yumi felt the second time she got to Grandma’s house but Grandmas wasn’t there?

How do you think Yumi felt when she finally met Grandma under the tree?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

 

Why do you think Grandma and Yumi wanted to see each other?

Who are some of the people you like to see? Why do you like to see them?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

When Yumi got to Grandma’s house, Grandma wasn’t there but someone else was. When Grandma got to Yumi’s, Yumi wasn’t there but someone else was. Who do you think those other people were?

Yumi and Grandma passed each other many times when they were trying to see each other. How could they have prevented this problem in the first place?

 

 

 

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!

 

As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and 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