Week of November 7, 2022 🍁

REMINDERS

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

Dismissal is at 2:45 pm

~ Please remember to bring back sleeping mats to school.

~ Tuesday, November 8^th PREK FOR ALL CLOSED for professional development.

~ Thursday, November 10^th- NO EARLY DROP OFF AND NO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM .

~ Friday, November 11^{th -}SCHOOL CLOSED for Veteran’s Day

Kindly always make sure to read the OLQM School Blog for any additional information, located HERE

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at MrsHernandez@olqmnyc.org.

I will do my best to answer at the end of the day.

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 smell? 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week: 

What's that smell?

Children will be invited to the science center to explore different types of smells.  Children will be encouraged to share what type of smells they like or dislike.  The teacher will provide jars with various content for children to explore. The teacher will number the containers and label the bottom with what’s inside the container. 

**Content in the jars for children to smell (onions, perfume, coffee beans, chocolate and lemon) 

Children will be asked to close their eyes, smell the content and describe how it smells.  Children will be encouraged to discuss if they like or dislike the smell.   

For children who need additional support: 

Children who may be uncomfortable smelling the content will be paired with someone who is comfortable.  The other child smells the jar and explains how it smells.   Or   Children will be able to look at the bottom of the jar and decide if they would like to smell the content. 

For children who are ready for a challenge: 

Children who need a challenge will be encouraged to draw a picture of what they think they are smelling. Children will see if their drawing predictions were right by looking at the bottom of the jar.  

English Language Learners (ELL’s) 

The teacher will scaffold language by introducing the word “smell”, in children’s home language. The teacher will model smelling the content in the jars and making facial gestures to indicate if she likes the smell or not.  

PK. ELAL.13.Uses 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.  

PK.PDI.1.Uses senses to assist and guide 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.     

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 for children to use their sense of sight and investigate various material such as 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, 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.