Reminders
- School Closed on Monday 2/ 1 and Tuesday 2/2 due to expected severe weather conditions.
- Dismissal is at 12:00 noon on Friday, February 5th no afternoon 2:30 Zoom. We will continue to have our 8:30 & 11:15 sessions.
- Parent-Teacher conferences will be on Friday, February 5th via Zoom from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. **Last Zoom appointment will be at 5:45 P.M. Please email me at Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.org or text me at (518) 400-0229 in order to schedule a parent teacher conference. Watch for email reminders about the conferences.
- Please continue to complete activities posted on Seesaw.
- School CLOSED on Friday, February 12th for Professional Development Day.
- School CLOSED on Monday, February 15th for President's Day.
There are numerous activities posted every week on our classroom SeeSaw Account! Please sign up and join the fun!
•The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Cherise Mericle Harper HERE!
Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:
**Please send any pictures or drawings to
Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to
(518) 400-0229.
Monday-Use recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite your child to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for your child to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.
Tuesday-Invite your child to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask them what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful. After children have completed their drawings, invite them to use recycled materials to create a 3D version of the vehicle they observed.
Wednesday-Provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite your child to try to fold their own. Encourage them to explore how they might make the airplanes fly. Seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_planefor plane folding directions.
Thursday- Invite your child to use vegetables to make trucks. For example, a celery stalk could be the body of the truck, and cherry tomatoes, or carrot rounds could be wheels.
Friday-Invite your child to use foods to make a traffic light. For example, start with a rectangular cracker, cover with cream cheese and add a strawberry slice, apricot half and kiwi slice to create a traffic light.
Unit Topic:
- Transportation
Essential Question for the Unit:
- How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Focus Questions for this Week:
- How do we stay safe when using transportation?
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
•Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will work with students in the science center. They will provide recycled materials (e.g., boxes, bottle caps, empty and clean food containers and cardboard tubes) as well as tape and/or glue and invite children to build vehicles. The teacher will display pictures of vehicles for the children to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Children will be encouraged to consider what they will make and what materials they will need.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
· PK.SCI.11. Develops a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Foundational text for the week:
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
· PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.
QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:
Level 1: Recall
- What was Little Green’s first word?
- What did the trucks do when Little Green said,“Go?” Why did this become a problem?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
- Why was Little Red important? Why was Little Yellow important?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
- What do traffic lights do?
- Why is it important to follow traffic lights and signals?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
- Little Green and Little Red were opposites. Name some other things that are opposites.
- Little Green, Little Yellow and Little Red had to work together to help the trucks. What are some things you can do with other children to help keep the classroom happy and safe?
Lessons and activities for the week:
Blocks-Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why.
Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center. Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.
Science- Teacher will model how to draw a simple map with roads. Students will be provided with metal cars and magnetic wands. Students will be encouraged to make their car move down the road by using the magnet wands.
Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds.
Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.
Writing- Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".
Sensory- Students will be able to play with their own individual containers of play-doh.
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