Reminders!
· All children are required to have the flu shot before December 1st
· School will be Closed on Thursday, November 11thfor Veterans Day and Friday, November 12th.
· On Thursday, November 18th we will be celebrating Mickey Mouse's Birthday. The children are allowed to wear a Mickey or Minnie costume to school.
· Please bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family wall!
· Please remember to send sleeping mats to school.
· Seesaw accounts have been set up for all students. You can find your child’s access code on an index card located in the Home-School Connection folder.
· November is Canned Food Drive Month to assist the food pantry of Notre Dame Church. Your donations are greatly appreciated.
· Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!
· If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mrsgonzalez@olqmnyc.org or text/call (862) 248-2941
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 me important and unique?
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
· Students will be asked to look at themselves in the mirror. What do they see? What features do they notice on their own faces? Where are their eyes? Noses? Mouths? Ears? Eyebrows? Etc. What do they notice about their features? What shapes are they? Students will then be encouraged to draw their own self-portrait.
· Students will be asked to dictate their thoughts about their self-portraits with prompts such as, “Tell me about your self-portrait."
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
· PK.SEL.2: Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings, and interests.
· PK.SCI.5. [P-LS1-2.] Participates in investigations to determine how familiar plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive in the environment
Foundational Text for the Week:
· This Is It byDaria Peoples-Riley for the link to the foundational text click HERE!!
Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:
Level 1: Recall
What does the girl in this book like to do?
What are some of the dance moves the girl in this book
shows us? Try them, if you would like!
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What is the little girl in this book getting ready for? What do you think a dance audition is?
How do you think the girl in this book might be feeling about her dance audition?
Level 3: Skill/Strategic Thinking
You said the little girl in this book might be feeling ______ about her dance audition. Why do you think she might be feeling that way?
Where do you think the girl in this book is dancing? Why do you think she is dancing there?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
The book says that melodies sing from the girl’s elbows to her knees. What does it mean to have melodies sing from your elbows to your knees?
The book says that rhythms beat all the way down the girl’s spine. What does it mean to have rhythms beat down your spine?
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.).
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- Students will be encouraged to use play-doh to create themselves. (students are provided individual containers of play-doh)
For more information on the Lesson Plan, HERE!!
As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information located, HERE!!
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