Week of April 19 -23

Week of April 19:

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.

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 . 

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

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

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