Week of October 25 - 29, 2021

 Week of October 25, 2021

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

·      Picture Day will be Thursday, Oct. 28th. If your child's picture envelope is not received before the 28th their picture will not be taken. Students may wear dress-up clothes no jeans. If your child is going to take pictures, please bring in the picture money envelope.

-Halloween Party will be this Friday, October 29. The suggested donation of $5 will help with the party cost and can be submitted until Friday. We will be having pizza, juice, water, snacks (healthy and holiday themed) and dessert!

-See Saw account has been set up please see the attached link to activate your child's account. Click Here, for scanning code or please refer to your email for additional directions.

-  All children are required to have the FLU shot before December 31st, 2021.

 

·      Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes. 

·      Bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family tree!

·      Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

 

·      If you have any questions or concerns, you can email mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or call OLQM (212) 567-3190.

 

Unit Topic:

My Five Senses

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text:

How do we use our sense of taste?

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Apple Tasting

 The teachers will invite children to taste different types of apples and discuss how do they taste? how do they smell? and which one is their favorite and why? The teachers will then help them record their favorite apple in a chart.

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 PK. ELAL.13Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, oral expression, and or emergent writing to state an opinion about a familiar topic in child-centered, authentic, play-based learning. 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora the link to the foundational text click Here!

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

 Level 1: Recall 

What did Omu make for dinner? 

Who did Omu share her stew with? 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

How did everyone know Omu was making something delicious?

What part of your body do you use to smell? 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

Why do you think Omu shared her stew with everyone? 

How do you think Omu felt when she was ready to eat dinner and discovered the stew was all gone? 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

Why do you think everyone who had some of Omu’s stew came back to her apartment with food to share with her for dinner? Why did Omu think the dinner she had at the end of the book was the best dinner ever? 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree-shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

 

Pretend Play- The Dramatic Play center will be transformed into an apple orchard. Students will be able to explore apples with their senses.    

 

Art- Play-doh will be added to the art center as children discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

 

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

 

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

 

Writing- Scented markers will be provided in the writing center. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

 

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

  

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click 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 Oct 18 - 22, 2021

 Week of October 18, 2021:

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS

·      If your child is going to take pictures, please bring in the picture money envelope.

 

·      all children are required to have the FLU shot before December 31st.

 

·      Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes. 

·      Bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family tree!

·      Always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

·      If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or text/call (212) 567-3190.

 

Unit Topic:

My Five Senses

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text:

How do we use our sense of hearing?

  

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Matching Sounds

The teachers will provide small, closed containers with various materials inside that make noise when children shake them. The children will be invited to shake the containers and listen to find the matching sounds. 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.PDH.1. Uses senses to assist and guide learning

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis link to the week’s foundational text click HERE!!

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

Level 1: Recall 

What are some of the things in this book that make noise? What are some of the sounds you heard in this book? 

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

We often use our voices for talking. This is one way we can make sound. What are some other ways we can use our bodies to make sound? What part of your body do you use to hear?

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

In this book, there are instruments that make noise, vehicles that make noise, and things at the boy’s home that make noise. What are some things in our classroom that make noise? The boy in this book has an alarm clock. His alarm clock ticks and makes a “tlick-tlock” sound. Do you use know anyone who uses an alarm clock? Who? How can alarm clocks be helpful?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

Sounds can make us feel different ways. Some sounds might make us feel happy. A sound that makes me feel happy is ___________. What are some things that make you feel happy? Sad? Excited? This book is called Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp: A Sonic Adventure. What is an adventure? Why do you think the author of this book called it an “adventure?” 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

 

Pretend Play- The Dramatic Play center will be transformed into an apple orchard. Students will be able to explore apples with their senses.    

 

Art- Play-doh will be added to the art center as children discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

 

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

 

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

 

Writing- Scented markers will be provided in the writing center. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

 

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

  

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click 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 Oct 11 - 15, 2021

 Week of October 12, 2021

 

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

* NOTE * We will start going outside on Wednesday, October 13 for gross motor time so please remember warmer outdoor clothing as the school year 

* Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes. 

* Bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family tree!

* Please make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

* If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or call OLQM at (212) 567-3190.

  

Unit Topic:

My Five Senses

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text:

How do we use our sense of sight?

  

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

 The teachers will work with students to transform the dramatic play center into an apple orchard. Students will be asked to brainstorm and think of what objects should be added to the center to create the orchard. 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.AL.4: Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness to learn new things and have new experiences.

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Windows by Julia Denos link to the week’s foundational text click HERE!!

 

Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

 

Level 1: Recall 

What are some things the book says you might see if you take a neighborhood walk in the almost- night? 

What does the book suggest you do if you see a dark, empty window when you’re out walking? 

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

 What are some things you see when you take a walk near your home/pre-K? 

What sense are you using when you use your eyes to look around for things on a walk? 

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

What might people see in our classroom if they noticed our windows here? If our classroom windows were dark and you couldn’t see inside, what story might you tell about it? 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

How does our sense of sight help us learn about our world? 

The boy in this story learns about his neighborhood by observing the windows in the homes near him. 

What are some other ways he could learn about his neighborhood? 

 

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

 

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

 

Pretend Play- The Dramatic Play center will be transformed into an apple orchard. Students will be able to explore apples with their senses.    

 

Art- Play-doh will be added to the art center as children discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

 

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

 

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

 

Writing- Scented markers will be provided in the writing center. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

 

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

  

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click 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 Sept 27 - Oct 1, 2021

 

Week of September 27th - Oct 1st
WEEKLY REMINDERS:

* Please return all forms completed. 

* Please make sure your child has an extra  change of clothes labeled with name. 

* Bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family tree!

* Please read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located Here!

*If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or text/call school at (212) 567 - 3190.

 

        Unit Topic

Welcome to Pre-K

Essential Question for the Unit:

What is Pre-K?

 

       Focus Question for this Week

Who are the people in my classroom            community?

 

 Focused Learning Activity for Week:

            

Exploring Emotions:

The teacher will provide pictures of people making various expressions. Children will be invited to look in the mirror and copy the expressions. The teacher will take pictures of the children mimicking the emotions. We will discuss emotions and consider when we might experience them and how to recognize them in others.

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SEL.2 Recognizes self as an individual havingunique abilities, characteristics, feelings, and interest.

Foundational text for the week:

Wide Big World by Maxine Beneba Clarke the link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text, Click Here

 

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text: 

 

Level 1: Recall

What does Izzy notice about Belle? What does Belle do? What are other things Belle describes in the story? Where does Belle say we can find differences?

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

 The book discusses differences we can find in nature. When we are outside, what are some things we can see that are from nature? Do the things you mentioned look different from each other? What is different about them? 

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

What emotions is Izzy's face expressing at the beginning and end of the book? Do her feelings seem to change? Izzy learned that differences make us unique. What makes you unique? What are some things that What happened in the story that caused her feelings to change? Make our pre-k classroom unique?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

In the book the teacher, Mr. Jay, says nature is smart. Why would he say nature is smart? In what ways do you think nature is smart? 

Learning Centers Available for the Unit:

 

Blocks - The teachers will invite students to explore the block center.

 

Art - The teachers will invite students to explore the art center.

 

Science -The teachers will invite students to explore the science center.

 

Math -The teachers will invite students to explore the math center.

Library -The teachers will invite students to explore the library center.

 

Writing -The teachers will invite students to explore the writing center.

 

Sensory -The teachers will invite students to explore the sensory center.

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click 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 Oct 4 - 8, 2021

                         Week of Oct 4 - 8, 2021

* Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes. 

* Bring in a picture of your family for us to hang on our family tree!

* Please make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for additional information, located HERE!

* If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or call school at (212) 567-3190. 

  

                                                               Unit Topic:

     Welcome to Pre-K

 

 Essential Question for the Unit:

       What is Pre-K?

 

     Focus Question for this Week:

         Who else is in my Pre-K program?

 

                                 Focused Learning Activity for this Week

 

            Building Tour

 

The teacher will invite students to go on a field trip around the pre-K program. The children will be introduced to program support staff and have them share how they are helpful.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:  

PK.SEL.3 Demonstrates and continues to develop positive relationships with significant adults (primary caregiver, teachers, and other familiar adults)

 

Foundational text for the week:

Night Job by Karen Hesse the link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text HERE!!

 

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text: 

 

Level 1: Recall

When does the dad in this story go to work? 

What is the dad’s job? What does he do? 

 

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

The dad in this story is the school custodian. He keeps the building clean. What are some ways you help keep our classroom and building clean? 

Who are the other people in our building that help keep it clean? 

 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

Why is it important to keep our classroom and our pre-K building clean? 

A custodian keeps a building clean. ____ keeps our building clean. Who are some other people that help make our pre-K a nice place to be? 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking 

How do you think the boy in this story feels about going to work with his dad? Why do you think he feels that way? 

Have you ever gone to work with a grown up? What did you do? What did you think about that? 

 

Learning Centers Available for the Unit:

 

Blocks - The teachers will invite students to explore the block center.

 

Art - The teachers will invite students to explore the art center.

 

Science - The teachers will invite students to explore the science center.

 

Math - The teachers will invite students to explore the math center.

Library - The teachers will invite students to explore the library center.

 

Writing - The teachers will invite students to explore the writing center.

 

Sensory - The teachers will invite students to explore the sensory center.

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, Click 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.