Reminders / Notices:
- Just a few reminders about our Pre K graduation and moving up ceremony:1. Graduation: Wednesday, June 23 @ 12:00pm OLQM Auditorium and will last approximately 30 minutes2. Children arrive at OLQM to their classroom @ 11:30am and there will be no class following the ceremony3. Please dress in Sunday best or as if attending a special family event4. Each graduate may have 4 guests (this number DOES NOT include the graduate)5. The seats will be grouped into 4 chairs per family6. ALL guests will have their temperature checked and MUST complete a Covid form at the door. MASKS must be worn.7. Please continue to practice the graduation song and pledge at home. These links were sent in a separate email8. There will be NO refreshments served following the graduation ceremony
Please see below the link for this week Monday, June 21 & Tuesday June 22. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. Thank you!
Read Aloud Questions:
The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text, When I Was Little- A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis, HERE!
Level 1: Recall
What are some of the things the girl in the book did when the girl was little, she cried a lot. What does she do now?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What is a memoir?
The girl in this book shares many things about her from when she was little. What are some things you did when you were little?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
The little girl in this book says she is more helpful now than when she was a baby.
Can babies be helpful? Why or why not?
What are some things babies need help with?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
What are some ways you are different now than when you were little?
What are some ways you are the same now as when you were little?
Remote Learning Weekly Activity:
How long is it ?
Invite your child to use unifix cubes to measure different things around the house
( e.g. a marker, paintbrush, book, toys, spoon etc) Discuss how many cubes each item measured. Use the words long and short when discussing the item's length.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK. MATH .10 Identifies measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight, and describes them using appropriate vocabulary.
Unit Topic:
Babies
Essential Question for the Unit:
What are babies?
Focus Question for the Week:
How do babies change?
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
Children will be invited to make a book about the animal babies they are investigating. The children will be provided with blank books from sheets of paper to write and draw about their animal baby.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.ELAL.17. [PKW.6] Develops questions and participates in shared research and exploration to answer questions and to build and share knowledge.
Foundational Text for the Week:
When I Was Little- A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.CKW.4 (Social Studies): Develops an understanding of how people and things change over time and how to relate past events to their present and future activities.
Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:
Level 1: Recall
What are some of the things the girl in the book did when the girl was little, she cried a lot. What does she do now?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What is a memoir?
The girl in this book shares many things about her from when she was little. What are some things you did when you were little?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
The little girl in this book says she is more helpful now than when she was a baby.
Can babies be helpful? Why or why not?
What are some things babies need help with?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
What are some ways you are different now than when you were little?
What are some ways you are the same now as when you were little?
Lessons and Activities for the Week:
Blocks- Students will be invited to consider some of the furniture people can use to care for babies (ex. cradle) and use blocks to build these items.
Art- Students are invited to create their own baby portraits with a variety of art materials.
Science- Students will be able to play a matching game, matching the adult animal to its offspring.
Math- Cutouts of babies of various lengths will be added to the math center. Students will be able to measure each baby and tell which is longest and shortest.
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, babies.
Writing- Cards will be supplied with pictures of animal babies as well as their names. They will be placed in a bin for children to reference as they create their own animal baby book.
Sensory- Students will be able to give babies a bath with their own containers and consider why babies need help to wash or take a bath.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click Here
Please always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information,
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.
