Week of January 27th!

REMINDERS!

• Dismissal is at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 31^st.  The After-School Program will end at 6 p.m.
• Parent-Teacher Conferences are on Friday, January 31^st from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

     Unit Topic:

•      Transportation

     Essential Question for the Unit:

•      How does my community use various modes of transportation?

     Focus Questions for this Week:

•      How do we stay safe when using transportation?

     Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

•      Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the listening center. They will play a cd with different transportation sounds.  Each student will be given a board with pictures of various modes of transportation.  Students will be encouraged to match the sound they hear to the correct type of transportation.

  

    Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

•     PK.PDH.1: Uses senses to guide and assist learning.

      Foundational text for the week:

• Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Cherise Mericle Harper

 Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

•        PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

Level 1: Recall

• What was Little Green’s first word?
• What did the trucks do when Little Green said,“Go?” Why did this become a problem?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

• Why was Little Red important? Why was Little Yellow important?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

• Little Green, Red and Yellow made a traffic light. What are some other traffic signals or signs you see outside?
• What do traffic lights do?
• Why is it important to follow traffic lights and signals?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

• Little Green and Little Red were opposites. Name some other things that are opposites
• Little Green, Little Yellow and Little Red had to work together to help the trucks. What are some things you can do with other children to help keep the classroom happy and safe?

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 fire station. Students are invited to create a fire truck 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- Teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads.  Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands.  Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.

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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