Week of November 28th!!

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

• Flu Vaccine Required for all students in PreK and Kindergarten

       Under New York State and City Health codes all PreK and Kindergarten students are required to have an annual Flu shot by December 1st.

Students will be required to remain at home until proof is provided that your child has received the Flu vaccine.

• December 14, 2022 - 10:00 AM Class Assemblies Celebrating the Holidays of Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanza Parents Invited!   
• 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 I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

 

                     

             Unit Topic:

            All About Us

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

What feeling do I have and why?

 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text

What makes my class important and unique?

    

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

                 

Job Chart

 

In small groups, children will be introduced to an interactive job chart in the circle time area.  Children will be able to see their weekly classroom job. The teacher will share some of the materials used for classroom jobs and invite children to demonstrate how they do some of these jobs.  Children will be encouraged to reflect on the jobs in the chart and consider if they are the right jobs for the classroom. The chart will become part of the daily routine by consistently going over each student's job during different times of the day. 

 

For children who need additional support: The teacher will create additional opportunities for children to learn about their job, by modeling it for them.

 

For children who are ready for a challenge: The teacher will extend the discussion on jobs to include children’s thoughts on the types of jobs they might like to have when they are older.

 

ELL’s: The teacher will discuss each job in Spanish and show some of the materials/supplies needed for the different jobs.

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SOC.3. Demonstrates an understanding of roles, rights, and responsibilities

 

Foundational Text for the Week

Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer

The link to the foundational text Click Here!!

  

 

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

 

 Level 1: Recall

Why was Stella worried about the Mother’s Day party at her school? Who did Stella bring to school for the Mother’s Day party?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

All the children in Stella’s class brought someone special to school for the party. Who are some of your special people?

What can make someone special to us?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

In this book, Stella was very worried. What can it feel like to be worried? Have you ever been worried? What made you worry?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

What are some of the ways you might be able to get better if you are feeling worried about something?

How do you think Stella felt after the party? Why do you think she felt that way?

 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

 Blocks-The student’s name cards will be available in the block center.  Students are invited to write their names using blocks, discussing the lines in each letter of their name (straight, curved, etc.).

 

Pretend Play- We are going to keep the diner set up from Unit Two, “My Five Senses.” Shift from focusing on what the children like and enjoy eating with family and friends. 

 

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 on 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-the teachers will help children figure out how many hands tall they are. The teachers will cut out several hands (all the same size) and tape them to the wall. She will then have children stand next to the hands and add a post-it to mark each child’s height. children will count how many hands tall they are and write the number on the post-it. 

 

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 able to play with their 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 cannot be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175.

 

Week of November 21st!!

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

• Canned Food Drive - please bring in all can foods before Wednesday.
• Wednesday, November 23, 2022, After School Program closes at 5:00 PM 
• School will be closed on Thursday, November 24th, and November 25th for Thanksgiving

• 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 I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

 

                     

 Unit Topic:

 All About Us

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

What feeling do I have and why?

 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text

What makes me important and unique?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

                  

Exploring Feelings

 

The teacher will introduce an interactive feelings chart. The children will be invited to match how they are feeling from an array of labeled pictures. The chart will become part of the morning routine and will be available for children to access throughout the day as desired. 

 

For children who need additional support: The teacher will create an individual chart.

 

For children who are ready for a challenge: Children will be invited to think of additional feelings to add to the chart. Children will be encouraged to suggest colors that represent the various feelings on the chart. The teacher will ask children how they could help make a friend feel better if a friend is feeling upset, sad, angry, mad, etc. 

 

ELL’s: The teacher is discussing each emotion with the children; she will model making that expression and invite the children to do the same. 

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 PK.SEL.2: Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings, and interests.

 

 

Foundational Text for the Week             

The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelka 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 did Harpreet love?

Why did Harpreet wear different colors?

 

 Level 2: Skill/Concept

How did Harpreet feel when he first started his new school? Why do you think he felt that way?

What made Harpreet start feeling better about his new school?

 

 Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Harpreet loved many different colors and used them for different things. What color(s) do you like? Why? What do you do with the colors you like? 

In this book, Harpreet wears a patka- a turban- on his head. Abby wears a winter hat. Why do people wear different types of head coverings and hats? 

What are some of the other things besides patkas and winter hats that people can wear on their heads?

 

 Level 4: Extended Thinking

Have you ever moved somewhere new or tried something new? How did it feel?

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

 Blocks-The student’s name cards will be available in the block center.  Students are invited to write their names using blocks, discussing the lines in each letter of their name (straight, curved, etc.).

 

Pretend Play- We are going to keep the diner set up from Unit Two, “My Five Senses.” Shift from focusing on what the children like and enjoy eating with family and friends. 

 

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 on 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-the teachers will help children figure out how many hands tall they are. The teachers will cut out several hands (all the same size) and tape them to the wall. She will then have children stand next to the hands and add a post-it to mark each child’s height. children will count how many hands tall they are and write the number on the post-it. 

 

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 able to play with their 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 cannot be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175.

 

November 16th !!

 

Parent -Teacher Conference Zoom Meeting Information 

Virtual Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 660 570 6522

Password: prek2

Week of November 13th !!

WEEKLY REMINDERS

 

 

• Dismissal will be at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 16th. The doors will open at 11:45am
• There is no after-school program on Wednesday, November 16^th
• Parent-teacher conferences will be on Wednesday, November 16th from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm Please sign up. 
• On Friday, November 18th we will be celebrating Mickey Mouse's Birthday.  The children are allowed to wear a Mickey or Minnie costume to school.
• School will be closed on Thursday, November 24th, and November 25th for Thanksgiving.  
• 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
•  I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

  

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 Related to the Text

What makes me important and unique?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

                  

                 Self-Portraits

 

The teacher will show students drawings of children’s faces. She will tell them that children drew these self-portraits with pencils.  Students will be asked to look carefully at the pictures of the faces. What features do they notice in all of the children? Do they see eyes? Noses? Mouths? Ears? Eyebrows? 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 asked to draw their own self-portraits.

 

For children who need additional support: 

The teacher will help children focus on one or two facial features and ask questions about these features.

 

For children who are ready for a challenge: 

The teacher will invite children to explore different expressions. Suggest an emotion and have children use their faces to express the emotion. What do they notice about their mouths, eyes, eyebrows, etc.? Can they draw their faces making these expressions? When might they experience these emotions?

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SOC.1 Develops a basic awareness of self as an individual, self within the context of a group, and self within the context of community

 

Foundational Text for the Week

This Is It by Daria 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 the block center.  Students are invited to write their names using blocks, discussing the lines in each letter of their name (straight, curved, etc.).

 

Pretend Play- We are going to keep the diner set up from Unit Two, “My Five Senses.” Shift from focusing on what the children like and enjoy eating with family and friends. 

 

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 on 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- The teachers will help children figure out how many hands tall they are. The teachers will cut out several hands (all the same size) and tape them to the wall. She will then have children stand next to the hands and add a post-it to mark each child’s height. children will count how many hands tall they are and write the number on the post-it. 

 

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 able to play with their individual containers of play-doh.

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, clickHERE!!

 

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.

 

Week of November 7th!!

Reminders!

Please read carefully!!

 

• Please remember to bring sleeping mats to school.
• PreK For All Classes 8:00 AM - 2:45 PM 
• Dismissal is at 2:45 PM
• Tuesday, November 8^th PREK FOR ALL CLOSED for professional development.
• Thursday, November 10^th- NO EARLY DROP OFF AND NO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM .
• Friday, November 11^{th -}SCHOOL CLOSED for Veteran’s Day
• Please bring in a picture of your family and a baby picture of your child for us to hang on our family tree! 
• 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
• I will do my best to answer at the end of the day.

 

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 Related to the Text:

How do we use our sense of smell?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

What's that smell?

 

Children will be invited to the science center to explore different types of smells.  Children will be encouraged to share what type of smells they like or dislike.  The teacher will provide jars with various content for children to explore. The teacher will number the containers and label the bottom with what’s inside the container. 

**Content in the jars for children to smell (onions, perfume, coffee beans, chocolate and lemon) 

Children will be asked to close their eyes, smell the content and describe how it smells.  Children will be encouraged to discuss if they like or dislike the smell.  

 

For children who need additional support: 

Children who may be uncomfortable smelling the content will be paired with someone who is comfortable.  The other child smells the jar and explains how it smells. 

Or 

Children will be able to look at the bottom of the jar and decide if they would like to smell the content. 

 

For children who are ready for a challenge: 

Children who need a challenge will be encouraged to draw a picture of what they think they are smelling. Children will see if their drawing predictions were right by looking at the bottom of the jar. 

 

 

English Language Learners (ELL’s) 

The teacher will scaffold language by introducing the word “smell”, in children’s home language. The teacher will model smelling the content in the jars and making facial gestures to indicate if she likes the smell or not. 

 

 

PK. ELAL.13.Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, oral expression, and or emergent writing to state an opinion about a familiar topic in child- centered, authentic, play -based learning. 

 

PK.PDI.1.Uses senses to assist and guide learning.

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora 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 did Omu make for dinner? 

Who did Omu share her stew with?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

How did everyone know Omu was making something delicious?

What part of your body do you use to smell? 

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

Why do you think Omu shared her stew with everyone? 

How do you think Omu felt when she was ready to eat dinner and discovered the stew was all gone? 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

Why do you think everyone who had some of Omu’s stew came back to her apartment with food to share with her for dinner? 

Why did Omu think the dinner she had at the end of the book was the best dinner ever? 

 

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.

 

Pretend Play- The Dramatic Play center will be transformed into an apple orchard.     

 

Art- Play-doh will be added to the art center as children discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells. 

 

Science- Magnifying glasses will be added to the science area for children to use their sense of sight and investigate various material such as leaves, pinecones, acorns etc. 

 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and/or 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 in the writing center.  Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

 

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

 

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click 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.