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.
- Wednesday, May 11, PreK for All closed. Professional Development in the building.
- Happy Mother's Day!
Exploration Topic: Our Impact
Essential Question: How do my actions impact growth and change?
Month Two: Grow
Weekly Focus: How Things Grow
Focused Learning Activity for the week:
GOAL: P-SCI 4 Child asks a question, gathers information, and makes predictions.
Weekly Foundational Text: Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root: Almost anywhere can be turned into a home for green, growing things.
Weekly Teacher Reflections:
-There is a lot of information in this book about what a plant needs in order to grow. What are some of these things?
-Plants grow from seeds. What do you know about seeds?
-I am curious about the plants you see on your way to 3-K. Tell me about the trees you see near 3-K or where you live.
Learning Centers Available for the Themes:
BLOCKS: Children are invited to explored the block area. Children will be motivated to explore unit blocks, and the teacher will invite children to build towers and will ask "How we can make tower to grow?
DRAMATIC PLAY: Children are invited to go and explore the dramatic play center, and they are encouraged to use the props provided. The teacher will model how to take care of the baby dolls and other materials in this area. The teacher will show children the pediatric area and how to use the materials.
ART: Children are invited to explore and use the art area. They will be encouraged to use the props and manipulate them. Children will be motivated to to use craft materials and use their imagination to create new things.
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. This week children will be planting seeds and they will be introduce in the plants life cycle.
MATH: Children are invited to use the materials in this area. The teacher will introduce to children some objects that can help us 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 encourage to explore and manipulate magnetic trace letters and take care of them. 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 vehicles and small toys in the sand. 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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