Week of January 28th!

Reminders / Notices:

• There will be 12:00 p.m. dismissal this Friday, February 1st. 
• Parent Teacher Conferences will be on Friday, February 1st from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

    

Unit Topic:

Transportation

Essential Question for the Unit: 

How does my community use various modes of transportation?      

Focus Questions for this Week:

What kinds of transportation do I use and why?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Ms. Gonzalez  and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the pretend play center to create materials for a subway station.  Students will be asked to think of things they see and use in a subway station (train, metro card , subway station booths, etc.).  Students will then build materials 

to transform the pretend play center into a subway station.  

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.PDH.9 Demonstrates awareness and understanding of safety rules.

Foundational text for the week:

The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.CLL.3 (Approaches to Communication): Demonstrates that s/he understands what they observe.

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

Level 1: Recall

• What question does Tess ask over and over again?
• What were some of the vehicles that drove past Tess and Gus before the bus came?
• What are the dog and the cat doing while the children wait for the bus?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

• Why do you think Tess asks the same question over and over again?
• Why do you think Gus looks sad just before the bus comes?
• Gus and Tess take the bus to school. How did you get to pre-K today?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

• Why do people take the bus?
• Tess holds her ears when the fire engine drives past. Why?
• There is a picture of a skunk on the garbage truck. Why do you think that is there?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

• Us and Gus are rhyming words. What are some other words that rhyme with us and Gus?
• Tess looks a little nervous about getting on the bus. Why do you think she might be nervous? Have you ever been nervous? When?

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. 

Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be transformed into a subway station. Students are invited to create a train using large pieces of cardboard.  

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- Students are invited to create boats (with teacher support) and then will be asked to predict if their boat will float or sink, why or why not?

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- Sand and water, or play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

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