**Pre-K Parent Survey:**
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The deadline is June 1, 2017 at 5:00 PM
Unit Topic: Babies
Essential Question:
What are babies?
Focus Questions
What can we learn about animal babies?
Student Outcomes
Enduring understandings that the student
should have by the end of the unit:
Human babies need special food and care.
Animal babies need special food and care.
There are similarities and differences in the
ways babies are cared for.
All babies grow.
Learning
Centers and Activities:
Blocks- Students
are invited to use blocks to create a nursery or place to care for a
baby.
Pretend Play-
Pretend Play will be turned into a baby nursery. Students will pretend to
care for babies by feeding, cleaning, and changing the baby dolls provided.
Art- Students will
be invited to create an artwork by mixing baby powder and paint.
Science- Students
will be able to play a matching game, matching the adult animal to its
offspring.
Math-Students
families will be invited to share how long their child was at birth. The
teacher will assist students in cutting out a yellow piece of string to
indicate the length they were at birth. The teacher will use a piece of blue
ribbon to measure the length of the students now. The teacher and students will
compare the two lengths to discuss how much bigger s/he is now than when s/he
was born.
Writing: The
students will be invited to make a book about the animal babies they are
investigating.
Library- Students
are invited to read books about our theme, babies.
Sand/water sensory -Water
and soap will be added to the water table for children to bathe babies. The
sand table will be turn into a changing
table.
Books of the week:
Over
in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
Owl
Babies by Martin Waddell
Home-School
Connection
Monday-School Closed for Memorial Day
Tuesday-
Use a magazine to cut and paste
pictures of babies.(adult supervision required to complete activity)**
Wednesday- Bring baby pictures to class
Thursday-Math News Worksheet
Friday- Unit activity handout
Reminders (MARK YOUR CALENDARS)*
Monday, May 29th - School
Closed for Memorial Day.
Tuesday, June 27th –Prek Moving
Up Ceremony at 10:00A.M in the auditorium.
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
