Week of November 15th!!

Please read all the reminders and mark your calendars!!

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

·     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. 

 

·      Dismissal is at 12:00 noon on Friday, November 19^th.  We will open doors at 11:45 a.m.

 

 

·      Parent-Teacher Conferences are on Friday, November 19^thfrom 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. via ZOOM. Please check for a time slot. The last appointment is at 5:45 p.m.

 

·      There is NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19^TH!!

 

·     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 feelings do I have and why?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

·      The children will be invited to listen to a variety of musical styles to inspire movement. The teacher will put on different types of music such as classical, contemporary, folk or country. The teacher will inform children that music can be used to express how we feel and music can make us feel different types of emotions. 

 

·      The teacher will say, "Let's see how this music makes us feel” The teacher will encourage children to discuss how the music makes them feel.

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

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

·      PK. ARTS.10.Responds to Music 

·      PK. ARTS.11.Connects to Music 

 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

·     The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar

·     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 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!!

 

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!

·     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!!