Week of October 5th !!

Zoom Meetings for this Week 

Monday  10/5 to Friday 10/9

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 77729959821

Password: prek3

 
 
2:30 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 78698173568

Password: prek3

 

 

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. is located HERE.

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

 

Monday- Look out of a window with your child and discuss what they see at various times throughout the day. What do they see in the morning? In the evening? Right before bed? What is different each time they look? What is the same? Why?

Tuesday- Take a sensory walk with your child. Have your child attention to what they hear, see, feel and smell. Additionally, encourage them to discuss how they can use their senses to stay safe when walking outside. How do our eyes help keep us safe? For example, looking for cars before crossing the street or identifying unsafe items to touch such as garbage or sharp items. How about our ears? Can our sense of smell help keep us safe? How? 

Wednesday- Collect various leaves from trees in the neighborhood or near your home. Place a piece of paper over a leaf and rub the side of a crayon over the paper. Watch as the leaf appears and ask your children to consider why this happens.

Thursday- Invite children to use mirrors to look at their faces to examine their features and explore the connections between their features and their five senses.

Friday-Engage your child in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is fall; how does the weather change in the fall? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear jackets? Mittens or a hat? Etc.

 

Weekly Activity to be emailed to Mrs. Gonzalez

Have your child listen to the story, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. is located HERE. 

Ask them to draw a picture of their favorite animal from the book. 

Please email the picture (with a description or dictation if possible) to me at MrsGonzalez@olqmnyc.com.

Information for In-Person Learners

Unit Topic:

·               My Five Senses

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

·               How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

 

Focus Question for the Week:

·               How do we use our sense of sight?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Mrs.Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the science center.  Students will be engaged in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is fall; how does the weather change in the fall? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear jackets? Mittens or a hat? Etc.

Students will be asked to draw a picture of things they do or wear in the fall.

 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

·               Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

·               PK.ELAL.6: Retell stories or share information from a text.

 

 

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

 

Level 1: Recall

At the end of the book, what did the teacher see?
What did the children see?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
All of the animals in this book can see each other. Where do you think the animals in this book are?
The teacher is wearing glasses. What do glasses help people do?
What animals have you seen? Where?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
The horse in this book is blue. Are horses ever blue?
If you could change the color of an animal, what animal would you change and what color would you make it? (Pink duck? Green squirrel?)
All of the animals and people in this book notice someone looking at them. How do you know when someone is looking at you?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
In this book we use our eyes to see the animals. If you could not see the animals how could you describe or tell other people about them?
Make a list of children you see. What do you think they can see? Do these children see something different than what you see?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

 

Art- Individual containers of play-doh will be given to each child. Children can discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

 

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

 

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

 

Writing- Scented markers will be provided to each student. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE! 

 

 

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