Hello PreK 5 Families
Please see below the link for week April 26 - April 30. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. Thank you!
Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina
Week of April 24, 2021
WEEKLY REMINDERS:
Registration for PreK Ages 3-4 is now open, please contact Ms. McGarry at OLQM (212) 567 - 3190.
L Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:
Questions for the foundational read aloud:
The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text, An Orange in January by Dianna H Aston Here!
Remote Learners Weekly Activity:
Watch the video The Parts of a plant Here!
Invite your child to draw and label the parts of a plants after watching and discussing this video. Note your child’s observations, understandings and use this information to talk with them about it.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SCI.5 Plans and conducts investigations to determine how familiar plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive in the environment
Open ended questions:
What did you observe here/when ____? What did your sense of ____ tell you about ____? What will you try next? I wonder what would happen if ____?How do you know? How could we find out?
Please send any pictures or drawings to mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or text to (518)400-0229.
Unit Topic:
Plants
Essential Question for the Unit:
How do plants grow and why are they important?
Focus Questions for this Week:
What do plants need and where do we find them?
Focused Learning activity for the week:
The parts of a flower
Teachers will work with students in the writing center. They will discuss each part of a flower and talk about its importance. Students will be encouraged to use flowers, green and brown piper cleaner, and leaves to create and label their own flower.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SCI.5 Plans and conducts 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:
An Orange in January by Dianna H Aston
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.CLL.11 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, make connections between self, text and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).
Lessons and activities for the week:
Blocks- Students will be invited to build a garden using blocks and materials added to the block center.
Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower.
Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they discuss each stage in the life cycle.
Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.
Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper. They can glue seeds onto the letter. Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.
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.
Week of April 19:
Registration for PreK Ages 3-4 is now open, please contact Ms. McGarry at OLQM (212) 567 - 3190.
Remote Learners Weekly Activity:
Watch the video about a plant’s life cycle Here!
Invite your child to draw the life cycle of a plant. A diagram will be provided. Note your child’s observations and understandings, and use this information to talk with them about each stage of the life cycle.
Please email or send picture of work to mrrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or (518) 400-0229.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SCI.6. [P-LS3-1.] Develops a model to describe that some young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents
Open ended questions:
What did you observe here/when ____? What did your sense of ____ tell you about ____? What will you try next?
I wonder what would happen if ____? How do you know? How could we find out?
Unit Topic:
Plants
Essential Question for the Unit:
How do plants grow and why are they important?
Focus Questions for this Week:
What are plants?
Focused Learning activity for the week:
Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will work with students in the science
center. The students will be provided with individual pictures of each part of the plant life cycle. The teacher will invite children to sequence the pictures. A diagram will be provided for students to reference as they play. The teacher will note the students observations and understandings, and use this information to talk with them about each stage of the life cycle.
Students will be provided with individual pictures of each part of a butterfly life cycle. The teacher will encourage children to sequence the pictures. A diagram will be provided .
PK.SCI.6. [P-LS3-1.] Develops a model to describe that some young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents
Foundational Text for the Week:
The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text,
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown Here!
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.CLL.11 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, make connections between self, text and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).
QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:
Level 1: Recall
Where did the garden start growing? Where did the garden spread?
What did Liam do in the winter?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
How does the city look at the beginning of the book? How does the city look at the end of the book? Do you prefer the way it looks at the beginning or the end? Why?
The book says that Liam didn’t feel like a gardener at first but after a while he did. Why do you think that happened?
Other people in the city decided to be gardeners too. Why do you think they wanted to be gardeners?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Do you think the people in the city felt different after there were many gardens and plants growing in the city? Why or why not?
How do plants and gardens make you feel?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Can you be a gardener? Why or why not?
If you were going to grow a garden, what would you need? What would you do?
Lessons and activities for the week:
Blocks- Students will be invited to build a garden using blocks and materials added to the block center.
Pretend Play- The teacher will turn Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers, pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc. Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will be highlighted.
Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then fold the circles up to create a flower.
Science- The teacher will provide individual pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to refer to as they discuss each stage in the life cycle.
Math- The teacher will cut out several paper watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the corresponding number.
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, plants.
Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of construction paper. They can glue seeds onto the letter. Teacher will talk with students about words that start with the letter.
Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click Here
If there are any questions regarding the Pre-K for All program that can not be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the
Help Line at 888-227-8175
Hello PreK 5 Families
Please see below the link for week April 19 - April 23. Please note there will be NO 2:30 session on Friday, 4/23 due to parent teacher conferences. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. Thank you!
Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina
***NEW ZOOM TIMES STARTING 4/ 13*** 8:20am & 2:30pm
Remote Learners Weekly Activity:
Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will invite children to plant seeds. The teacher will place half of the planted seeds in an area that gets sunlight and the other half in an area that is dark. The children will be encouraged to predict which seeds are most likely to grow and why. The planted seeds will be monitored periodically. To conclude the experiment, the teacher will refer back to the children’s predictions. The children will be invited to discuss and graph the results.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SCI.9. [P-PS3-1.] Participates in an investigation to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Open ended questions
What did you observe here/when ____? What did your sense of ____ tell you about ____?
What will you try next?
I wonder what would happen if ____? How do you know? How could we find out?
*Please send pictures or drawings of the weekly activity to Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.com or text the picture
to (518) 400-0229.
Unit Topic:
Light
Essential Question for the Unit:
· How and why do we use different kinds of light?
Focus Questions for this Week:
· How does light help us?
Focused Learning activity for the week:
Invite your child to plant seeds. Place half of the planted seeds in an area that gets sunlight and the other half in an area that is dark. Invite your child to predict which seeds are most likely to grow and why. Monitor the planted seeds periodically. To conclude the experiment, refer back to your child’s predictions; discuss and graph the results or have your child draw the results.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.SCI.9. [P-PS3-1.] Participates in an investigation to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface.
Foundational Text for the Week:
The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text:
Can't You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell HERE!
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK. ELAL.7: Develops and answers questions about characters, major events, and pieces of information in a text.
QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:
Level 1: Recall
Where does Little Bear sleep?
Why couldn’t Little Bear sleep?
What did Big Bear do to help Little Bear sleep?
Level 2: Skill / Concept
What did Big Bear and Little Bear use to light their cave? What do you use to light the place you live?
Why did Big Bear and Little Bear go home when it got dark outside?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Big Bear and Little Bear played outside in the bright sunlight. What do you like to do when it is sunny outside?
Why do you think Big Bear wanted Little Bear to go to sleep?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Why do you think Little Bear does not like the dark?
Big Bear takes Little Bear outside to see the moon and Little Bear falls asleep. What are some other things you could do to help someone who is scared of the dark fall asleep?
Lessons and activities for the week:
Blocks- Students are invited to explore how they might use blocks and a flashlight to create shadow letters.
Pretend Play- Students will be able to use flashlights for shadow play.
Art- Students will be invited to create sun catchers with tissue paper and paint.
Science- Students will be able to use the light table to look at x-rays and an assortment of translucent objects.
Math- Students will be able to match shape manipulatives with their shadow.
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, light.
Writing- Students are invited to use a trace and draw projector.
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
Hello PreK 5 Families
Please see below the link for week April 12 - April 16. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. Thank you!
Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina
