Sunday, April 11, 2021

Week of April 12 - 16

Registration for PreK Ages 3-4 is now open, please contact Ms. McGarry at OLQM  (212) 567 - 3190.

Registration for OLQM Kindergarten can be found on the school website under the "Admissions" tab.

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

12:00 Noon Dismissal on Friday, April 23 for Teacher - Parent Conferences from 1:00pm - 6:00pm.

***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

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