Week of January 25 - 29

***Report Card Review and Parent Conference Zoom Meetings on Friday, February 5 from 1:00pm - 5:30pm. The PreK5 students will have a 1/2 day dismissal at 12:00 noon on 2/5/21. Please watch for a sign up email for conference time slots. Ms Molina will be in attendance at meetings for anyone who needs Spanish translation.

Professional Development on Tuesday, January 26, no 2:30 Zoom session.

There are numerous activities posted every week on our classroom SeeSaw Account! Please log your child onto SeeSaw if you haven't already!

 

 

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Cherise Mericle Harper HERE!

 

 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

 

 The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Cherise Mericle Harper HERE!

Please send any pictures or drawings to 

Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (518) 400-0229.

 

Monday- Use recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite your child to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for your child to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.

Tuesday- Invite your child to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask them what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful. After children have completed their drawings, invite them to use recycled materials to create a 3D version of the vehicle they observed.

Wednesday- Provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite your child to try to fold their own. Encourage them to explore how they might make the airplanes fly. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_plane for plane folding directions.

Thursday- Invite your child to use vegetables to make trucks. For example, a celery stalk could be the body of the truck, and cherry tomatoes, or carrot rounds could be wheels.

Friday-Invite your child to use foods to make a traffic light. For example, start with a rectangular cracker, cover with cream cheese and add a strawberry slice, apricot half and kiwi slice to create a traffic light.

Unit Topic:

     Transportation

 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

>   ·      How does my community use various modes of transportation?

 

     Focus Questions for this Week:

·      How do we stay safe when using transportation?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

·      Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will work with students in the math center. The students will be encouraged to sort vehicles by color (red, green, yellow, blue, purple and orange) The teacher will provide a graphic organizer for students to write the number of vehicles they sorted based on color. 

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

·     PK. MATH.11: Sorts objects and shapes into categories; counts the objects in each category.

 

 

      Foundational text for the week:

·       Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Cherise Mericle Harper

 

 Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

·       PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

 

 

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

 

 

Level 1: Recall

·               What was Little Green’s first word?

·               What did the trucks do when Little Green  said,“Go?” Why did this become a problem?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

·               Why was Little Red important? Why was Little Yellow important?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

·               Little Green, Red and Yellow made a traffic light. What are some other traffic signals or signs you see outside?

·               What do traffic lights do?

·               Why is it important to follow traffic lights and signals?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

·               Little Green and Little Red were opposites. Name some other things that are opposites

·               Little Green, Little Yellow and Little Red had to work together to help the trucks. What are some things you can do with other children to help keep the classroom happy and safe?

 

 

Lessons and activities for the week:

 

Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why. 

 

Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center.  Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.

 

Science- Teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads.  Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands.  Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.

 

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds. 

 

Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.

 

Writing-  Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.

 

 

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click Here

 

Please always make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional 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

Zoom Link At - Home Learners 1/25 - 1/29

Hello PreK 5 Families

Please see below the link for week January 1/25 - 1/29. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. There will be NO 2:30 Zoom on Tuesday, January 26, the PreK teachers have an in-service.

Thank you!

Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

11:15 a.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

2:30 p.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password:   Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

Week of January 19 - 22

Reminders

School is Closed on Monday, January 18^th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

 

There are numerous activities posted every week on our classroom SeeSaw Account! 

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Whose vehicle is this? by Sharon Katz Cooper HERE!

 

Monday- Use recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite your child to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for your child to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.

Tuesday- Invite your child to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask them what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful. After children have completed their drawings, invite them to use recycled materials to create a 3D version of the vehicle they observed.

Wednesday- Provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite your child to try to fold their own. Encourage them to explore how they might make the airplanes fly. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_plane for plane folding directions.

Thursday- Invite your child to use vegetables to make trucks. For example, a celery stalk could be the body of the truck, and cherry tomatoes, or carrot rounds could be wheels.

Friday-Invite your child to use foods to make a traffic light. For example, start with a rectangular cracker, cover with cream cheese and add a strawberry slice, apricot half and kiwi slice to create a traffic light.

Please send any pictures or drawings to 

Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to

(518) 400-0229.

  Unit Topic:

     Transportation

 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

     How does my community use various modes of transportation?

 

     Focus Questions for this Week:

     Who operates the vehicles in my community?     

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

  Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will work with students in the math center. They will assist students in numeral recognition by matching numbered cars to their corresponding "parking lot" space.

 

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 PK.MATH.3a: When counting objects, says the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object (1:1 correspondence).

 

Foundational text for the week:

Whose Vehicle is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

       PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

 

 

 

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

 

 

Level 1: Recall
What are some of the vehicles you noticed in this book? Who drives these vehicles?
What does a locomotive do?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
Where are some places we see vehicles? 
How do vehicles move?
Some people ride bicycles. Where would you like to go on a bicycle?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do people stay safe when driving vehicles?
Why do you think some vehicles have (wings, wheels, lights, etc.)?
Why don’t all vehicles have (wings, wheels, lights ,etc.)?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
Firefighters need to reach a fire quickly so no one gets hurt. What other drivers and vehicles need to move quickly?
Fire engines have flashing lights and loud sirens. What are some other vehicles that have flashing lights and loud sirens? Why?

 

 

 

Lessons and activities for the week:

 

Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why. 

 

Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center.  Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.

 

Science- Teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads.  Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands.  Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.

 

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds. 

 

Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.

 

Writing-  Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.

 

 

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click Here

 

Please always make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional 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

Zoom Link At - Home Learners 1/19 - 1/22

Hello PreK 5 Families

Please see below the link for week January 1/19 - 1/22. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners.

Thank you!

Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

11:15 a.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

2:30 p.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password:   Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

Zoom Link At - Home Learners 1/11 - 1/15

Hello PreK 5 Families

Please see below the link for week January 1/11 - 1/15. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners.

Thank you!

Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

11:15 a.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

2:30 p.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password:   Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

Week of January 11 - 15

Reminder: National Rubber Ducky Day is Wednesday, January 13. The kids are invited to dress up like ducks!

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

 

There are numerous activities posted every week on our classroom SeeSaw Account! See the email reminder for how to log onto our class SeeSaw.

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, What Do Wheels Do All Day by April Jones Prince is located HERE!

Monday- Use recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite your child to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for your child to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.

Tuesday- Invite your child to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask them what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful. After children have completed their drawings, invite them to use recycled materials to create a 3D version of the vehicle they observed.

Wednesday- Provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite your child to try to fold their own. Encourage them to explore how they might make the airplanes fly. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_plane for plane folding directions.

Thursday- Invite your child to use vegetables to make trucks. For example, a celery stalk could be the body of the truck, and cherry tomatoes, or carrot rounds could be wheels.

Friday-Invite your child to use foods to make a traffic light. For example, start with a rectangular cracker, cover with cream cheese and add a strawberry slice, apricot half and kiwi slice to create a traffic light.

Please send any pictures or drawings to 

Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to

(518) 400-0229.

Information for In-Person Learners:

 

     Unit Topic:

 

     Transportation

 

 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

 

• How does my community use various modes of transportation?

 

 

     Focus Questions for this Week: 

• How are various modes of transportation similar and different ? 

 

     Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

 

• Mrs. Schiller and Ms. Molina will work with students in the blocks area. Teacher will provide long wooden planks and ask students how they think they can create a ramp. Teacher will then ask how we can make the ramp more or less steep.  Students will then be able to predict which ramp will make the car/vehicle go down the fastest and why. 

 

 Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

•  PK.SCI.2: Uses tools and materials to design and build a device that causes an object to move faster with a push or a pull.

 

 Foundational text for the week:

•  What do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince
• Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK. ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

 

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

 

Level 1: Recall

• What are three things wheels do?

• What are some of the things you saw in this book that have wheels?

 Level 2: Skill/Concept

• In this book, there are many vehicles and other things people can use to help them move (e.g., stroller, motorcycle, bus). What do all of them have in common?

• What vehicles and things with wheels do you use?

• The book says that some wheels “spit and sputter. “What does it mean for wheels to spit and sputter?

 Level 3: Strategic Thinking

• This book is all about wheels. Can you think of some vehicles that do not have wheels?

• What are some ways to move without wheels?

• This book says that helicopters and airplanes have wheels. Why do helicopters and airplanes have wheels? What else do helicopters and airplanes use to move?

 Level 4: Extended Thinking

• Why do you think so many vehicles have wheels?

• What would happen if _____ (cars, buses, etc.) did not have wheels?

 

Lessons and activities for the week:

 

Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why. 

 

Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center.  Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.

 

Science- Teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads.  Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands.  Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.

 

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds. 

 

Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.

 

Writing-  Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.

 

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click 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