Week of February 16 - 19

School CLOSED on Monday, February 15^th for President's Day.

 

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

 

Weekly Activity:

Invite your child to explore water and ice.  Discuss the following questions:  What do you know about water?  What do you know about ice? What do you know about the relationship between water and ice? After discuss the relationship between water and ice.  Provide ice for the children to explore.  Ask your child about melting and what happens when ice melts. Encourage your child to think of ways to melt the ice.

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:

·   Water

 

 

     Essential Question for the Unit:

·        What does water do?

 

 

     Focus Questions for this Week:

·                    What happens to water when it changes temperature?

 

Focused Learning activity for the week:

·               Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will work with students in the Science Center to explore water and ice.  The students will discuss the following questions:  What do they know about water?  What do they know about ice? What do they know about the relationship between water and ice? After discussing the relationship between water and ice, the teacher will provide ice for the children to explore.  The teacher will ask students about melting and what happens when ice melts. The children will be encouraged to think of ways to melt the ice. Their responses will be recorded on paper and with pictures. 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 

·               PK. ELAL.19. Participates in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.

 

·               PK.SCI.1.Asks questions and uses observations to test the claim that different kinds of matter exist as either solid or liquid

 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

·               Rain by Linda Ashman

The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text, Rain by Linda Ashman 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

·               What does the boy wear outside in the rain?

·               What does the boy order at the Rain or Shine Café?

·               What does the man order at the Rain or Shine Café?

·               What does the man forget at the café?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

·               How does the boy feel about the rain? How do you know?

·               How does the man feel about the rain at the beginning of the story? How do you know?

·               How does the man feel about the rain at the end of the story? How do you know?

·               How did the boy help the man change his mind about the rain?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

·               How do you feel about going outside in the rain? Why?

·               At the beginning of the story the man is very upset. What are some things that make you upset?

·               The boy in the story is very happy. What are some things that make you happy?

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

·               If you don’t have a rain coat, hat or umbrella to wear outside in the rain, what can you do if you want to stay dry?

·               The boy made the man feel better. When someone is upset what can you do to make him/her feel better?

 

 

Lessons and activities for the week:

 

Blocks- Pictures of bridges will be added to the center. Students are encouraged to try to build bridges. 

 

Art- Students are invited to draw a picture with crayons. They may choose to draw an underwater or rainy day scene. After their drawings are complete, watercolor paints will be used to lightly paint over their crayon drawings. 

 

Science- Students are invited to sort animals into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land. 

 

Math- Seashells will be added to math center. Students will be able to match the correct number of shells to a number card. 

 

Library- Students are invited to read books about of theme, water.

 

Writing- Students will be asked the question, "Where can we find water?" and be asked to write or draw their answers.

 

Sensory- Sand and water, or 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 can not be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the 

Help Line at 888-227-8175

Zoom Link At - Home Learners 2/16 - 2/19

Hello PreK 5 Families

Please see below the link for week February 2/16 - 2/19. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. 

Thank you!

Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

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11:15 a.m. Meeting

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Week of February 8 - 12

                                Reminders:

• Please continue to complete activities posted every week on Seesaw. 
• School CLOSED on Friday, February 12^th for Professional Development Day.
• School CLOSED on Monday, February 15^th for President's Day.

    *Registration opens for 3 & 4 year olds on February 24, please spread the        word about the OLQM Universal PreK program.

 

Weekly Activity 

Provide your child with white paper and scissors. Model folding the paper and cutting carefully then unfolding to reveal a snowflake. Invite your child to create their own snowflakes. Discuss the relationship between snowflakes and water with your child as they do this activity. 

*Please send any pictures or drawings to Mrsschiller@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (518) 400-0229.

Open-ended questions:

Tell me about your art.
What did you notice about ____?
I notice that you ____. How did you do that?
What will you try next? Why?
How does this picture, painting, drawing, etc. make you feel? Why? 

 

 

Unit Topic:

   Water

 

 

Essential Question for the Unit:

What does water do?

 

 

Focus Questions for this Week:

Where can we find water?

 

 

 Focused Learning activity for the week:

·    Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Molina will work with students in the writing center. They will sing “Willoughby Wallaby Woo”, highlighting the /w/ sound as well as the initial sounds in each child’s name. The children will be invited to choose a letter to see how many words they can generate that start with that letter. The teacher will write down the words and enunciate the initial sound in each word. 

 

 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

 

·    PK.ELL.2 (Reading Standards: Foundational Skills): Demonstrate an emerging understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).

 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

·              Water Dance by Thomas Locker

The link for the read aloud of this week’s foundational text, 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 the rain fall from?

·              What is high above the earth in the blue sky?

·              What is still and deep and overflows?

·              What is a waterfall?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

·              What are all of the things described in this book (rain, stream, waterfall, etc.) made of?

·              This book says that clouds can look like many different shapes in the sky. Are there clouds in the sky today? What shapes do you see in the clouds?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

·              The storm in this book made the sky dark. How do storms and clouds make the sky dark?

·              This book shows many different places in the environment where we can find water. Where are some places in our classroom where we can find water?

 

 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

·              At the beginning of the book it says, “Some people say that I am one thing. Others say that I am many.”How can something be one thing and many things at the same time?

·              Compare the pictures to what we see when we go outside. What is the same? What is different?

·              How do you think water gets to our classroom?

 

 

Lessons and activities for the week:

 

Blocks-Pictures of bridges will be added to the center. Students are encouraged to try to build bridges. 

 

Art- Students are invited to draw a picture with crayons. They may choose to draw an underwater or rainy day scene. After their drawings are complete, watercolor paints will be used to lightly paint over their crayon drawings. 

 

Science- Students are invited to sort animals into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land. 

 

Math- Seashells will be added to math center. Students will be able to match the correct number of shells to a number card. 

 

Library- Students are invited to read books about or theme, water.

 

Writing- Students will be asked the question, "Where can we find water?" and be asked to write or draw their answers.

 

Sensory- Sand and water, or 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

Zoom Link At - Home Learners 2/8 - 2/12

Hello PreK 5 Families

Please see below the link for week February 2/8 - 2/12. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. There will be NO Zoom on Friday, 2/12 due to professional day. 

Thank you!

Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

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Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

11:15 a.m. Meeting

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2:30 p.m. Meeting 

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Week of February 1 - 5

                              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 5^th 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 12^th for Professional Development Day.
• School  CLOSED on Monday, February 15^th 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:

 Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Cherise Mericle Harper

 

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

•  Little Green, Red and Yellow made a traffic light. What are some other traffic signals or signs you see outside?
• 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.

 

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

Zoom Link At - Home Learners 2/3 - 2/5

Hello PreK 5 Families

Please see below the link for week February 2/3 - 2/5. This link was also sent via email for our at home learners. There will be NO 2:30 Zoom on Friday, 2/5 due to the 1/2 day and teacher parent conferences.

Thank you!

Mrs. Schiller & Ms. Molina

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: Click Here

Password: Click Here

Join URL: Click Here

11:15 a.m. Meeting

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2:30 p.m. Meeting 

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