Reminders:
· Please make sure your child has two
extra changes of clothes, including underwear, tops bottoms and socks.
· Please always make sure that your
child walks into the school building with a mask
· Drop off in the morning is between
7:45 and 8:00 am. Dismissal is at 2:45
pm.
· Please remember to bring back the
sleeping mats to school.
Exploration
Topic: Our Environment
Essential
Question: What can we discover about community?
Focus Area: Investigating
Weekly
Focus: Look Closely
Focused
Learning Activity for the Week:
Students
will be encouraged to join the teacher in the writing center. The teacher will prompt the students to draw
an answer to the question, "What things or objects (toys)in the classroom
the children feel most interested in? children will have the opportunity to
look closely and notice what color it has? giving details about the object
investigating them. What children notice about the object? What do you like
about it?
Students
that need extra support: Will be given prompting answers and asked children
what things or objects they feel most interested in the classroom? For example,
"The teacher will invite children to sit on the writing center, and she
will ask children what things or toys they feel more interested to play in the
classroom. What they notice about them? What materials is it made it? The
teacher will write whatever they express.
Students that
are ready for a challenge: Will be prompted to use multiple sentences when
responding to the question What things or objects in the classroom you feel
most interested working with?" Why? What do you notice about (it) them?
What do you know about it? Children will
have the opportunity to explain what they know in long sentences; the teacher
will extend the conversation and will write whatever they say. The teacher will
invite children to draw an object about what toys they love the most in the
classroom.
ELL
Students: Will be given the directions / questions in Spanish. Dictation will be written in whichever
language they answer.
Foundational
Text for the Week:
Standard
Addressed: P-LC 2. Child understands increasingly complex communication and language from others.
WEEKLY
FOUNDATIONAL TEXT:
My Little
Cities: New York by Jennifer Adams. This book might give us some good ideas
about how to investigate our classroom. There was a low building. Let's investigate
or look closely in our room for something low. What can you find?
There was a
high building. Let's investigate or look closely in our room for something
high. What can you find?
It also
talked about loud and quiet things in New York City. Let's investigate, or
closely, at our room and look for something quiet. What can you find?
Learning
Centers Available for the Theme:
Blocks-
Children are encouraged to explore the block center. They will be shown a few
unit blocks, shown where they can be found in the classroom, and shown how to
match them to their outline in order to clean up.
Dramatic
Play- Children are invited to explore the dramatic play area and use the props
and clothing provided. Dramatic Play will be set up as a kitchen. Teacher will introduce basic materials, how
to use them, and how to put them away.
Art- Children
are invited to explore the art area. They will be shown a paint container,
brush, and paper. Teacher will model how to dip brush in paint and paint a few
brushstrokes on paper. Students will be shown where materials can be found in
the classroom and what they should do when they finish painting.
Science-
Children will be shown a few items from a collection of natural objects.
Teacher will model how students can begin to explore some of the materials.
They will be shown where these materials can be found in the classroom and how
to put them away when finished.
Math-
Children will be shown a couple of puzzles. Teacher will model how to take
apart and how to put a few pieces together. Students will be shown where
puzzles can be found and how to put them away.
Library-
Students can explore books from the classroom library.
Writing-
Students are invited to explore the materials provided in the writing center.
They are encouraged to explore their name cards.
Sensory-
Students will be shown a small amount of sand and a few toys. They will be
shown where these materials can be found in the classroom. Students will be prompted to wash their hands
before and after using the sand table.
If you have
any questions or concerns, you can email me at 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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