Reminders / Notices:
- School is Closed on Monday, May 31st for Memorial Day.
- Our Moving Up Ceremony is on Thursday, June 24 at 1PM.
- Only 2 guests are permitted. They must wear a mask and have their temperature taken. A Health and Safety Checklist will be required before entering the auditorium.
ZOOM Information for This Week:
Tuesday 06/01 to Friday 06/04
8:30 a.m. Meeting
Meeting ID: 788 4577 9415
Password: love
2:00 p.m. Meeting
Meeting ID: 354 597 9563
Password: prek3
If your child cannot attend one of the zoom 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, Lizard From the Park by Mark Pett, HERE!
Read aloud Questions
Level 1: Recall
What did Leonard find in the park? Where was Buster’s family?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What kind of animal is Buster? How do you know?
How did Leonard feel about Buster? How do you know?
As Buster got bigger and bigger, he seemed to enjoy himself less and less. Why do you think that happened?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do you think Leonard felt when he found the egg? Tell me more about that.
How do you think Leonard felt when Buster hatched from the egg? Tell me more about that.
How do you think Leonard felt when Buster was too big to live with him anymore? Tell me more about that.
Level 4: Extended Thinking
What were some of the ways Leonard took care of Buster? How would you take care of a dinosaur if you found a dinosaur egg in the park?
Leonard took Buster everywhere with him. Where would you take him, if he lived with you? Why?
Leonard had to say goodbye to Buster. Have you ever had to say goodbye to someone you cared about? How did you feel?
Remote Learning weekly Activity
Animal Baby Book
Ask your child to pick their favorite animal baby. You can help your child create an animal book. Together as a family, you can do online research or read books or magazines about the animal together at home. Families and children can write or draw pictures about the information they gather together. Children can write/draw what the baby animal is called, what it looks like, what it eats, where it lives, etc. If ready, children can label their work. For example, if a child is writing about bears, you can ask them what sound they hear at the beginning of the word, make connections to the written letter B, and encourage your child to write the letter.
PK.ELAL.17. [PKW.6] Develops questions and participates in shared research and exploration to answer questions and to build and share knowledge.
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:
Children will be invited to make a book about the animal babies they are investigating. The children will be provided with blank books from sheets of paper to write and draw about their animal baby.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.ELAL.14. [PKW.2] Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, oral expression, and/or emergent writing to name a familiar topic and supply information in child- centered, authentic, play-based learning
Foundational Text for the Week:
Lizard From the Park by Mark Pett
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.ELAL.5. [PKR.1.] Participates in discussions about a text (e.g., during whole or small group interactive read-aloud discussions, during peer sharing, within play scenarios)
Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:
Level 1: Recall
What did Leonard find in the park? Where was Buster’s family?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What kind of animal is Buster? How do you know?
How did Leonard feel about Buster? How do you know?
As Buster got bigger and bigger, he seemed to enjoy himself less and less. Why do you think that happened?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do you think Leonard felt when he found the egg? Tell me more about that.
How do you think Leonard felt when Buster hatched from the egg? Tell me more about that.
How do you think Leonard felt when Buster was too big to live with him anymore? Tell me more about that.
Level 4: Extended Thinking
What were some of the ways Leonard took care of Buster? How would you take care of a dinosaur if you found a dinosaur egg in the park?
Leonard took Buster everywhere with him. Where would you take him, if he lived with you? Why?
Leonard had to say goodbye to Buster. Have you ever had to say goodbye to someone you cared about? How did you feel?
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.
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-Students will be able to give babies a bath with their own containers and consider why babies need help to wash or take a bath.
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.
