Week of June 5th!

Unit Topic: 

Babies 

Essential Question 

What are babies? 

Focus Questions 

How do babies change?

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 pediatrician’s office.  Students will pretend to be a pediatrician to care for babies by measuring their growth with a measuring tape. Students will be encouraged to use writing utensils for children to take notes about the babies, schedule appointments, etc.

Art- Students will be invited to create an artwork by mixing baby powder and paint. 

Science- Small plastic eggs will be available for students to open and determine if the baby animals inside hatches from an egg or not. 

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.

Weekly Lesson Plan Link

Books of the week:

When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Olds Memoir of her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis 

Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats 

Home-School Connection 

Monday- Parents we encourage you to ask your child about what type  of baby s/he is investigating in the classroom. You can ask them what the baby is called, what it looks like, what it eats, etc. 

Tuesday-Math News Worksheet 

Wednesday- Bring baby pictures to class 

Thursday- Unit activity handout 

Friday- Unit activity handout 

Reminders (MARK YOUR CALENDARS)*

• Thursday, June 8th -School Closed 
• Friday, June 9th- School Closed 
• On Thursday, June 15th, we are celebrating Father's Day! Donuts with Dad will take place in the gym at 8:30 A.M
• Tuesday, June 27^th –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