Sunday, February 20, 2022

Week of February 20, 2022

 

REMINDERS!

 
  • Please make sure that your child walks into the school building with a mask at all time.
  • Please make sure your child has two extra change of clothes, including underwear, tops bottoms and socks.
  • Please remember to bring sleeping mats to school.
  • President's Day- School Closed Monday.

Exploration Topic: Our Environment

 

Essential Question: What can we discover about community? 

 

Month Three: Building 

 

Weekly Focus: Building


Focused Learning Activity for the week: 


GOAL: P-ATL13 Child uses imagination in play and interactions with others.


Weekly Foundational Text: Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy Hale. A collection of concrete poetry, illustrations and photographs that shows how young children's constructions are reflected in notable works of architecture.



Weekly Teacher Reflections:


How am I learning about the children's ideas for building? How can I explore these ideas with them?


What materials am I providing for the children that support their curiosity about building?


What opportunities am I giving for the children to build?



Learning Centers Available for the Themes:


BLOCKS: Children are invited to explored  the block area. Children will be motivated to build in this area. The teacher will bring the book Dreaming Up by Christy Hale to show children construction they can make while playing in the area. The teacher will be shown a few unit blocks and where they can be found in the classroom. 

 

DRAMATIC PLAY: Children are invited to go and explore the dramatic play center,  and they are encouraged to use the props provided.  

 

ART: Children are invited to explore and use the art area. They will be encouraged to use the props and manipulate them. They will shown a bush, container, paint and paper.

 

SCIENCE: Children will be encouraged to participate in the science area. Children can find a variety of natural objects, and they will be shown a few items from a natural objects collection. 

 

MATH: Children are invited to use the materials in this area. The teacher will introduce some objects to children to count and match them with its correspondents. Children are encourage to use the props provided.

 

LIBRARY: Student are able to explore books from the classroom library.

 

WRITING: Student are encouraged to explore the materials in the writing center. Children are invited and encouraged to explore their name cards and the ABCs letters. 

 

SENSORY: Student will be shown a small amount of sand as well as a few toys. The materials will be shown to then where they can be found and how to put them away.






To view the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at Mrs. marthacolon@olqmnyc.org or email Mrs. Zogka at MrsZogka@olqmnyc.org.

 

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



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