Week of November 7th!!

Reminders!

·     All children are required to have the flu shot before December 1^st

 

·     School will be Closed on Thursday, November 11^thfor Veterans Day and Friday, November 12^th. 

 

·     On Thursday, November 18^th 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!!

 

Week of November 1st!!

Reminders!

 

·      Please bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family wall! 

 

·    Please remember to bring sleeping mats to school. 

 

·    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 touch?

 

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Students will be shown a variety of textured items and a “Feely Box”.  Teacher will place an item inside the box and invite children to put their hands in the holes and identify the object using only their sense of touch.  Teacher will ask students to make a prediction about which item they are touching before they take the item out of the box.  The teacher will instruct the child to take the item out of the box and express if their prediction was correct.  Teacher will record student responses on assessment checklist.

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

·               PK. PDH.1. Uses senses to assist and guide learning.  

 

·               Foundational Text for the Week:

Singing in the Rain! Illustrated by Tim

Hopgood 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 are the people in this book doing in the rain?

What are the people in this book wearing while they are out in the rain?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

What sense do you use when you feel water?

What would happen if you stood outside in the rain with no raincoat or umbrella?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

How do the people in this book feel about being out in the rain? How do you know?

How do you feel about going outside in the rain and getting wet? Why?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

How might it feel on your skin if you are outside and it is raining just a little bit- if it is sprinkling?

How might it feel on your skin if you are outside and it is raining very hard- if it is pouring rain?

 

 

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 a farmer's market.     

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Week of October 25th!!

Reminders!

 

·     Please bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family wall! 

 

·   School Picture Envelopes please return to school as soon as possible via your child home-school connection folder.

 

·   Picture Day will be Oct. 28th. If your child's picture envelope is not received before the 28th their picture will not be taken. Students may wear dress up clothes no jeans. 

 

·   Please remember to bring sleeping mats to school. 

 

·   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 taste?

·     How do we use our sense of smell?

 

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

·               Children will be invited to taste different types of apples.  The teacher will encourage children to express and record their preferences about apples. 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

·               PK. ELAL.13Uses 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. 

 

·               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 a farmer's market.     

 

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.