Week of October 10, 2022 🍎

REMINDERS

PreK For All Classes 8:00 am- 2:45 pm

Dismissal is at 2:45 pm

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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:

Apple Orchard Sorting

The teacher will invite students to turn the dramatic play area into an apple orchard. During the dramatic play apple orchard set up, the students will be encouraged to sort the apples based on color. The teacher will provide cut-out apples of different colors and three baskets. The teacher will ask students, How can we sort the apples by color?

For students who need additional support:
The teacher will place an apple inside the basket and ask students to match it.  The teacher will point to each apple placed inside the basket and ask students if they can find more (yellow, red or green) apples and put it inside the basket.

For students who are ready for a challenge:
The teacher will encourage students to think how else they can sort the apples. The children will be provided with different size apples to sort in baskets.

ELL’s:
The teacher will translate the activity to the student’s native language.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: 

PK.MATH.11: Sort objects and shapes into categories; counts the objects in each category.

Foundational Text for the Week:

Windows by Julia Denos 

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.     

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

Science-Magnifying Glasses will be added to the science area. Children will be invited to use their sense of sight and investigate various materials (e.g., found materials from like outside leaves, pinecones, acorns etc.)

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