Week of November 25th!!

• OLQM is having our annual canned food drive.  All food will be delivered to St. Patrick’s Home Outreach Program. Please consider donating canned foods for our food drive.

• Our Thanksgiving Performance is on Tuesday, November 26^that 9:30 a.m. Parents are invited. 

• School is CLOSED on Thursday, November 28^th and Friday, November 29^th, for Thanksgiving.

Unit Topic:

• All About Us

Essential Question for the Unit:

• Who am I and who are the people in my life?

 Focus Question for the Week

• What makes my class important and unique?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

• In small groups, children will be introduced to an interactive feelings chart.  Students will be able to match how they are feeling to an array of labeled pictures.  The chart will become part of the morning routine but will also be available for children to access throughout the day as desired.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.SEL.1. Regulates responses to needs, feelings and events     

Foundational Text for the Week:

• Friendshape by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.CLL.11 (Reading Standards for Literature):With prompting and support, make connections between self, text and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall 

• Who are the friends in this story?
• What are some of the things the friends in this book do together?
• What were the friends in this story all thinking about at the same time?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

• What is so great about having friends?
• How do the friends in this story have fun together?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

• Who are some of your friends?
• What do you like to do with your friends?
• How can friends help each other?   

Level 4: Extended Thinking

• What could you do when you and a friend quarrel or get upset with each other?
• What could you do if another child asks to play with you and a friend?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks-The student’s name cards will be available in block center.  Students are invited to write their names using blocks, discussing the lines in each letter of their name (straight, curved, etc.).

Pretend Play- Pretend play will be transformed into "circle time".  Students can take turns being the teacher and leading their friends in circle time activities.

Art- Various size shapes from construction paper will be cut out and students are invited to use the shapes to create their bodies. After gluing the shapes together, or to a piece of paper, children can use writing utensils to add additional details (hair, patterns on clothes, etc.).

Science- Students are invited to use magnifying glasses to explore fingerprints, skin, hair, etc.

Math- Students will be encouraged to refer to their name cards and count how many letters are in their name, then place the appropriate number card next to the name card. Children can count the letters in their own names as well as their peers’ names.

Library- Students are encouraged to read a book with a friend. One child could read to the other or they could look at a book together.

Writing-  Students will be able to play a matching game where they match pictures of the students in the class with that student's name.

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