Week of May 31st!!

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

·     Please remember to bring sleeping mats back to school. 

 

·  There is No After school Program every Friday in June.  Please pick your child up between 2:45 and 3:00pm.

• Due to the uptick in Covid cases, there are a few changes that were made in regards to the in-person celebrations.

• Wednesday, June 8th - The Moving up Ceremony will be at 10:00 am. Please note that only two (2) adults are permitted to attend per child. Students are to arrive at the school at 9:15am and they go home to celebrate with their families after the performance.  

• The Father's Day performance will now be held via Zoom for ALL Classes on Friday, June 17th.    

• School is closed on Monday, June 20th in observance of Juneteenth.

 

**Please keep in mind that these celebrations may have to be canceled if the COVID numbers increase and guidelines change back. 

 

·     Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

 

 

 

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 this Week

              

Match the Baby to its Parent

 

·     The teacher will work with students in the science center. She will help students match cards with animal babies to the adult. Children who are ready will be encouraged to attempt to write or copy the names of the animals they find.

 

·     Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: PK.SCI.6 Develops a model to describe that some young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents. 

 

                   

 

·     Foundational Text for the Week:

·     Animal Parents and Babies by Shira Evans

·     Link to the foundational text HERE! 

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

 Level 1: Recall 

What are some of the animals in this book? 

What are some of the things the animal parents in this book teach their babies?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Animal babies learn from their parents. Who do you learn from? What are some of the ways the animal parents in this book carry their babies? Why do animal babies need to be carried?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What are some of the ways the animal parents in this book keep them safe? What are some ways grown-ups keep you safe? What are some of the ways the animals in this book change as they grow up? What are some of the ways you are changing? 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

How do people learn about animals? 

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 use blocks to create a nursery.

 

Dramatic Play - The teacher will invite children to turn Dramatic Play area into a pediatrician’s office.

 

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

 

Week of May 23rd!

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

Thursday, May 26^th–No after school program 

 

Friday, May 27^th-School Closed  

 

Monday, May 30^th- School Closed for Memorial Day

 

Please remember to bring sleeping mats back to school. 

 

Wednesday, June 8th, 9:00am-End of Year "Moving Up Ceremony" in the gymnasium. (Four (4) Adults Permitted per Child)

 

Tuesday, June 14th, 9:00am-Father's Day "Donuts with Dad" Celebration in the gymnasium. (One (1) Adult Permitted per Child)

 

**Please keep in mind that these celebrations may have to be canceled if the COVID numbers increase and guidelines change back. 

 

Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

 

 

 

Unit Topic:

 • Babies

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

 • What are babies?

 

Focus Question for the Week:

 • What do human babies need?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

 

Pediatrician’s Office 

 

The teacher will invite children to turn the Dramatic Play area into a pediatrician’s office.   The teacher will supply baby dolls and instruments for the children to use to take care of babies such as scales and measuring tapes, as well as writing utensils for children to take notes about the babies, schedule appointments, etc. The teacher will use the term pediatrician and other related words such as appointment, infant, height, and weight throughout the experience to help children learn these vocabulary words.

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK. ARTS.13. [TH: Pr4-6.PK] Performs Theatrical Arts

 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Babies Don’t Walk, They Ride! by Kathy Henderson

 

Link to foundational HERE!!

  

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout the Week Related to the Foundational Text:

 

Level 1: Recall 

What are some of the ways babies ride? 

Where did the babies in this book go?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

 

What does glide mean?

How can babies glide?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

 

Why don’t babies walk or run?

How do buggies, strollers, backpacks, slings, car seats, help grown-ups care for babies?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

The book says that sometimes babies smile. What might make babies smile? What makes you smile?

 

The book says that sometimes babies scowl and howl. What do scowls and howls look like? What do they sound like? What are some things that make you scowl and howl?

 

When you feel like scowling and howling, what are some things you can do to help you feel better?

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks-Students will be invited to use blocks to create a nursery.

 

Dramatic Play - The teacher will invite children to turn Dramatic Play area into a pediatrician’s office.

 

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

 

 

Week of May 16th !!

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

Thursday, May 26^th– No after school program 

 

Friday, May 27^th- School Closed  

 

Monday, May 30^th- School Closed for Memorial Day

 

Please remember to bring sleeping mats back to school. 

 

Wednesday, June 8th, 9:00am-End of Year "Moving Up Ceremony" in the gymnasium. (Four (4) Adults Permitted per Child)

 

Tuesday, June 14th, 9:00am-Father's Day "Donuts with Dad" Celebration in the gymnasium. (One (1) Adult Permitted per Child)

 

**Please keep in mind that these celebrations may have to be canceled if the COVID numbers increase and guidelines change back. 

 

Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

 

Unit Topic:

Plants 

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

How do plants grow and why are they important?   

 

Focus Questions for this Week:

Why are plants important?

 

Focused Learning activity for the week:

Plant Taste Test 

The teachers will talk with the children about where food comes from and why it is important for their bodies. Highlight plant-based foods and parts of plants that people commonly eat. The teachers will then supply a variety of plants for children to sample and talk about their favorite and their least favorite.

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SCI.4. [P-LS1-1.]

Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to survive

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre 

Link to the foundational HERE!

 

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK RELATED TO THE FOUNDATIONAL TEXT:

 

Level 1: Recall

What are some of the vegetables in this book?

Who gets a “thank you” in this book?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

There is a page in this book about sweet corn. It says to “shuck an ear.” What does it mean to “shuck an ear” when you are talking about sweet corn?

This book suggests many different things we could do while we read. Let’s look and see if we can find and try some. 

Examples include:

Carrots are calling, take a bite! Broccoli, cauliflower, shout it out! Pile up peppers

Celebrate celery, give a cheer! Root for rutabagas.

Bounce for beets!

Potatoes. Tomatoes. Yum a yam! Slice ‘em. Mash ‘em. Wham! Wham! Wham!

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Have you ever had any of the vegetables in this book? What did you think? If you haven’t had any of these vegetables, which ones do you think you might want to try? Why?

What do you notice about the vegetables in this book? Why is it important to observe, or look carefully at something?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

This book is all about vegetables. Why do you think the author, April Pulley Sayre, might have wanted to write a book about vegetables?

Vegetables can be different colors. We saw many of them in this book. Why do you think vegetables are different colors?

 

Lessons and activities for the week:

 

Blocks- Students will be invited to build a garden using blocks and materials added to the block center.

 

Pretend Play- The teacher will turn Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers, pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc. Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will be highlighted.

 

Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower. 

 

Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they discuss each stage in the life cycle. 

 

Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number.

 

Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.

 

Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper.  They can glue seeds onto the letter.  Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.

 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.

 

 

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