Week of May 27th!!

Reminders / Notices:

• School is Closed on Monday, May 27th, for Memorial Day. 
• School is Closed on Friday, June 14th.  
• School is Closed on Friday, June 21st.
• Our Moving Up Ceremony is on Tuesday, June 25th!   
• Three (3) adults are invited to attend the ceremony per student. 

Unit Topic:

• Babies

Essential Question for the Unit:

• What are babies?

Focus Question for the Week:

• What can we learn about animal babies?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

• Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the writing center.  Students will be provided with labeled pictures of animal babies and their parent.  Students will be encouraged to write an animal book with both baby and adult animals. 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.CLL.6: (Speaking and Listening Standards): Demonstrate an emergent ability to express thoughts, feeling, and ideas.

Foundational Text for the Week:

• Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.CLL.2 (Speaking and Listening Standards): With guidance and support, confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall

• What are some of the animal babies that lived in the meadow?
• What are some of the animal homes, or habitats, in the meadow?
• How many little turtles did the mother turtle have?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

• What is a meadow?
• What do you notice about the numbers in this book?
• If there were another page in this book, how many animal babies would there be on this page? Why?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

• Why did the mother animals tell the little animals what to do?
• There are two kinds of birds in this book: bluebirds and crows. What is the same about them? What is different?
• The bees live in a beehive. Who do you think made the beehive?
• In this book, the mother animals told the little animals what to do. What are some of the things the adults who take care of you tell you to do? Why?
• If you were in the meadow, what would you do? Why?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Students will be invited to consider some of the furniture people can use to care for babies (ex. cradle) and use blocks to build these items.

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 are invited to create their own baby portraits with a variety of art materials.

Science- Students will be able to play a matching game, matching the adult animal to its offspring.

Math- Cutouts of babies of various lengths will be added to the math center.  Students will be able to measure each baby and tell which is longest and shortest.

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

Writing- Cards will be supplied with pictures of animal babies as well as their names. They will be placed in a bin for children to reference as they create their own animal baby book.

Sensory- Sand and water, or 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.