ZOOM Links for This Week:
Monday 12/14 to Wednesday 12/18
8:30 a.m. Meeting
Meeting ID: 773 7896 3252
Password: prek3
2:00 p.m. Meeting
Meeting ID: 790 4319 0327
Password: prek3
If your child cannot attend one of these two meetings, please let me know and I can schedule a meeting at a time that is more convenient for you.
The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague is located HERE.
Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:
There are numerous activities posted every week on our classroom SeeSaw Account! Please check your email for instructions on how to sign up!
Monday- Invite your child to look at pictures of blueprints and then create their own using blue paper, white chalk, and rulers.
Tuesday- Have your child count the number of squares they can find at home. Repeat with other shapes.
Wednesday- Ask your child to observe the homes around them as you take a walk together outside. Families and children can discuss what types of homes you see. Do you see people homes or animal homes? What do you notice about the homes? Are they apartments? Houses? Do they have many windows? How many floors do you think there are in each building?
Thursday- Observe a construction site (remembering to be careful and stay safe). Ask your child questions such as: What do you notice? How do the people who work here stay safe? What do you think the building will look like when it is done?
Friday-Use shoe boxes or other cardboard boxes to build an apartment building. Show your child pictures of various types of apartment buildings from around New York City as a reference. Facilitate discussions about the important details your child notices before they start creating, and as they work. Children may want to furnish the apartments with small furniture. Any furniture that children would like, but is not available, can be made with recycled materials.
Please send any pictures or drawings to
MrsGonzalez@olqmnyc.com or text the picture
to (862) 248- 284.
Information for In-Person Learners
Focus Question for this Week:
How do people and animals make homes?
Focused Learning Activities for this Week:
Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the art center. Students will be provided with popsicle sticks, glue and paper. They will be invited to make a home by gluing the sticks onto the paper.
Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will observe as students create their home. They will ask students to describe their home and to add details to their artwork by using crayons, colored pencils, and markers.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK. ARTS.16: Creates visual arts.
Foundational Text for the Week:
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
Note: This version of the classic tale, The Three Little Pigs does not glorify violence or show violence in a graphic or frightening way.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK. ELAL.7: Develops and answers questions about characters, major events, and pieces of information in a text.
Questions that will be asked throughout the week:
Level 1: Recall
When the farmer and his wife moved to Florida, what did the pigs want to do with the money the farmer and his wife paid them?
What did the first pig use to build his house? What did the second pig use to build his house?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
How do you think the first and second pigs felt when the wolf blew their houses down?
How do you think the first and second pigs felt whenthey got to the third pig’s house?
How do you think the third pig felt about sharing her house with the other pigs?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Why couldn’t the wolf knock down the brick house?
The wolf was very hungry so at the end of the story the pigs shared their food with him. What else could he have done to get food instead of trying to blowdown the pigs’ houses?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
The pigs used straw, sticks and bricks to build their homes; if you could build your own home what materials would you use? Why?
When all of the pigs lived together in the brick house the third little pig asked all of them to clean their rooms. What are some things you can do at home to be helpful?
Learning Centers Available for the Unit:
Blocks- Pictures of different types of homes and buildings will be posted in block center and students are invited to build the homes in the pictures or similar homes.
Art- Students will be supplied with popsicle sticks in order for them to create a home by gluing sticks onto paper.
Science- Multiple pictures of animals and their homes will be provided in science center for students to match.
Math- Cut-outs of shapes will be added to the math center. Students are encouraged to create their homes out of shapes.
Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.
Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprint with blue paper and chalk.
Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play doh.
For more information about the lesson plan, click HERE!!
As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information, located HERE!
If there are any questions regarding the Pre-K for All program that cannot be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the
Help Line at 888-227-8175
