Week of January 30, 2023 🚚🚁

 

 WEEKLY REMINDERS

*Mark your calendars*

·     Dismissal will be at 12:00 noon on Friday, February 10th. 

·     The doors will open at 11:45am 

·     There is no after-school program on Friday, February 10th 

·     Parent-teacher conferences will be on Friday, February 10th from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  

·     In -person meetings 1pm-3pm.  Virtual meetings 3pm-6pm

·     Valentine's 💗Day Show-   Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 10:30 (Parents are invited).

·     For all students entering Kindergarten scholarships are available for Kindergarten Apply Now www.ApplyCatholicSchoolsNY.org for more information please see Alba in the school office. 

·     Please remember to send sleeping mats to school. 

·     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 MrsHernandez@olqmnyc.org 

Unit Topic:

Transportation

Essential Question for the Unit: 

How does my community use various modes of transportation? 

Focus Questions for this Week: 

How are various modes of transportation similar and different? 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Modes of Transportation

The teacher will provide various pictures of vehicles and modes of transportation. A graph will be created with three separate headings, “Air,” “Land,” and “Water”

The children will be invited to place their transportation pictures in the appropriate category. The children will be encouraged to count the number of pictures, compare quantities using words like least, most, and equal. 

Differentiation:  Multiple entry points will be considered for all children to be successful. How do I/we plan to meet individual student needs? For example, repeat directions, extend time, adapt materials, preview questions, and provide 1:1 support.

For children who need additional support:  The teacher will show children the chart beforehand and model placing a few pictures on the chart. They will practice and get a familiar card for the whole group activity.

For children who are ready for a challenge:  Children will be challenged to think of a mode of transportation that is not provided.

Children whose home language is a language other than English:  The teacher will provide the activity in the child’s native language. 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: 

PK. MATH.6. [NY-PK.CC.5.] Recognizes whether the number of objects in one group is more than, fewer than, or equal to (the same as) the number of objects in another group (e.g., using matching and counting strategies)                                                                  

Foundational text for the week:

I Really Want to See You, Grandma! By TarōGomi

The link to the foundational text HERE

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

Level 1: Recall 

Who did Yumi want to see? 

Who did Grandma want to see? 

What were some of the vehicles Yumi and Grandma used when they tried to see each other?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

What happened when Yumi and Grandma tried to see each other?

How do you think Yumi felt the first time she got to Grandma’s house but Grandma wasn’t there? 

How do you think Yumi felt the second time she got to Grandma’s house but Grandmas wasn’t there?

How do you think Yumi felt when she finally met Grandma under the tree?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Why do you think Grandma and Yumi wanted to see each other?

Who are some of the people you like to see? Why do you like to see them? 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

When Yumi got to Grandma’s house, Grandma wasn’t there but someone else was. When Grandma got to Yumi’s, Yumi wasn’t there but someone else was. Who do you think those other people were?

Yumi and Grandma passed each other many times when they were trying to see each other. How could they have prevented this problem in the first place?

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- The teacher will provide recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite children to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for the children to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for the building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.

Science- The teacher will provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite children to try to fold their own. Encourage children to explore how they might make the airplanes fly. 

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

As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and 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

 

🚌 Week of January 23, 2023 🚁

 WEEKLY REMINDERS 

·      Valentine's Day 💟Assemblies Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 10:30 (Parents are invited).

·      For all students entering Kindergarten. Scholarships are available for Kindergarten Apply Now www.ApplyCatholicSchoolsNY.org for more information please see Alba in the school office. 

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 MrsHernandez@olqmnyc.org or I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

 Unit Topic

 Transportation  

  Essential Question for the Unit:

How does my community use various modes of transportation? 

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text

What kinds of transportation do I use and why?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Transportation Museum

The teacher will work with students in the pretend play area, creating materials that we can find at a transportation museum.  The teacher will ask students to think of things they can find at an airport after showing children pictures.  The teacher will then ask students how they think we can build these materials for our pretend play area.  Students will paint and build materials to transform pretend play into a transportation museum.

Differentiation: For all children to be successful multiple entry points will be taken into consideration to meet individual students’ needs.  For example, repeat directions, extend time, adapt materials, preview questions, and provide 1:1 support.

For children who need additional support: The teacher will work 1:1 with these children or in a smaller group. 

For children who are ready for a challenge: Children will be provided with more material, pictures and ideas. 

Children whose home language is a language other than English:

The teacher will provide the activity in the child’s native language.                

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: 

PK.AL.3 Approaches tasks and problems with creativity, imagination, and/or willingness to try new experiences.

Foundational Text for the Week

The Lost Property Office by Emily Rand the link to the foundational text HERE!!

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

 Level 1: Recall

 What does the girl leave on the train?

 Where is the little girl going when she leaves Teddy on the train? Who takes the girl to find Teddy?

 Level 2: Skill/Concept

 Why do you think the girl was so sad about losing Teddy?

 Have you ever lost anything special? How did that feel?

 Did you ever lose something special and then get it back later? How did that feel? 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

There were many, many things at the lost property office. Why do you think there were so many things there? How do the things people leave on the train get to the lost property office? 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

There were lots of glasses, umbrellas, hats, and teddy bears at the lost property office. Why do you think were so many of these items there? What types of things might be easy to leave on the train? What types of things might be harder to leave on the train? Why? 

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. 

Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be transformed into a transportation museum. Students are invited to create a plane using large pieces of cardboard.  

Art-Make a Vehicle:

The teacher will provide recycled materials (e.g., boxes, empty and clean food containers) as well as tape and/or glue and invite children to build vehicles. Provide pictures of vehicles for the children to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for the building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need. 

Science-Paper Airplanes:

The teacher will provide simple directions for folding a paper airplane and invite children to try to fold their own. Encourage the children to explore how they might make the airplanes fly

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds. 

Library- Students have been 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 and sand.

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 January 16, 2023 🏠

WEEKLY REMINDERS

·      Friday, January 20, 2023 Vision and Hearing Testing - NYC Department of Health for all 4-year-olds.

·      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 MrsHernandez@olqmnyc.org I will do my best to answer at the end of the day. 

Unit Topic

Where we live? 

Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do people and animals live around me?

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text

How do people and animals make homes?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Blueprints

The teacher will show the children a couple of blueprints and ask them what they think they are. The teacher will share that blueprints are used in construction. They are the plans for a building that help construction workers know what to do as they build. Students will be invited to investigate the blueprints. What do they notice? Do they see windows and doors? A roof? Etc. Children will be encouraged to make their own blueprints. The teacher will ask the children to think about a building they would like to create. Children will be provided with dry-erase markers, a blueprint or chalk, blue paper, and a ruler to choose how to create their building.

Differentiation: For all children to be successful multiple entry points will be taken into consideration to meet individual students’ needs.  For example, repeat directions, extend time, adapt materials, preview questions, and provide 1:1 support. 

For children who need additional support: The teacher will work 1:1 with these children or in a smaller group. The teacher will pick 1-3 aspects of a blueprint to focus on. 

For children who are ready for a challenge: Children will be provided with building materials (small blocks, Lincoln Logs, etc.) to build the buildings they designed.

Children whose home language is a language other than English:

The teacher will provide the activity in the child’s native language.

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

It's Moving Day by Pamela Hickman the link to the foundational text HERE

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

Level 1: Recall 

Where is the burrow?

What are some of the animals who lived in the burrow? 

What happens on Moving Day? 

 Level 2: Skill/Concept

The first woodchuck that moved out of the burrow left so he could move to a farmer’s field where there was more food for him to eat. How do you think the farmer would feel about that? Why?

How do you think the animals knew when the burrow was empty, and they could move in?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

After the first snake moved into the burrow, other snakes came to join it. Why do you think the snakes wanted to live together in the burrow?

All of the snakes left the burrow at the same time. How do you think you might feel if you were by the burrow and saw all the snakes leaving together? Why?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Why did the animals like living in the burrow?

Some of the animals lived in the burrow alone. Some of the animals lived in the burrow with other animals. Would you like to live in the burrow with any of the animals? Why or why not? The burrow is beneath the big tree. How do you think the burrow got there?

Lessons and Activities for the Week: 

Blocks- Children will be provided with pictures of different types of homes and buildings in the block center. Children will be encouraged to discuss what shapes they can use to recreate the structures.

Dramatic Play- Children will be invited to create the façade of a home using a very large piece of flat cardboard.

Art- Children will be supplied with popsicle sticks in order for them to create a home by gluing sticks onto paper.

Science- Children will be able to identify the different habitats that animals live in. Children will be encouraged to use pictures to match the animals to their habitats.

Math- Children will be provided with people figures, number cards, and pictures of homes which will be placed in the math center.  Students will be encouraged to pick a number card and place the corresponding number of people into a car.

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprints with write-and-wipe blueprint mats. 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their individual containers of 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 January 9, 2023❄ 

WEEKLY REMINDERS 

·      Under New York State and City Health codes all Pre-K and Kindergarten students are required to have an annual Flu shot.

·      Documentation must be presented to the school office before the child enters school for the day.

·      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 MrsHernandez@olqmnyc.org.  I will do my best to answer at the end of the day.

Unit Topic

Where we live? 

Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do people and animals live around me?

Focus Question for the Week Related to the Text

What types of homes do the people in my city (NYC) live in?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week 

How Many People Live Here? 

The teacher will draw an outline of homes on pieces of paper and supply small people figurines and number cards. Children will pick a card, read the number, and put that many people in the home 

For children who need additional support:

The teacher will provide number cards 1-5. 

For children who are ready for a challenge:

The teacher will provide number cards 1-15

Children whose home language is a language other than English:

The teacher will provide the activity in the child’s native language. 

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: 

PK.MATH.3a When counting objects, says the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object. (1:1 correspondence) 

Foundational Text for the Week

Going Up! by Sherry J. Lee the link to the foundational text HERE

Questions that will be asked throughout the week

related to the foundational text:

Level 1: Recall

Where were Sophie and her dad going? Where was Olive’s birthday party? Why was everyone riding the elevator? 

Level 2: Skill/Concept

How did everyone fit in the same elevator?

What type of home do you think Sophie and her dad live in? How do you know? 

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

All of the people who got on the elevator were Sophie’s neighbors. Neighbors are people who live near each other. Who are your neighbors?

Sophie and her neighbors were going to a party together for another neighbor. What are some things you do with your neighbors? 

Level 4: Extended Thinking

The party is a birthday party for Sophie who is a dog. What types of things you do you think dogs might like to do at a party? Why?

Sophie brought her favorite cookies to the party, Vicky, Babs and their dog, Norman brought a balloon, the Flores family brought shoes for dancing, Grace and Arnie brought instruments to make music. What would you bring with you if you were going to Olive’s party? Why? 

Lessons and Activities for the Week: 

Blocks- Children will be provided with pictures of different types of homes and buildings in the block center. Children will be encouraged to discuss what shapes they can use to recreate the structures.

Dramatic Play- Children will be invited to create the façade of a home using a very large piece of flat cardboard.

Art- Children will be supplied with popsicle sticks in order for them to create a home by gluing sticks onto paper.

Science- Children will be able to identify the different habitats that animals live in. Children will be encouraged to use pictures to match the animals to their habitats. 

Math- Children will be provided with people figures, number cards, and pictures of homes which will be placed in the math center.  Students will be encouraged to pick a number card and place the corresponding number of people into a car. 

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprints with write-and-wipe blueprint mats.

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their individual containers of 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 January 2, 2023 💥

Please Read all the Reminders

Under New York State and City Health codes all Pre-K and Kindergarten students are required to have an annual Flu shot . Students will be required to remain at home until proof is provided that your child has received the Flu vaccine.

Please remember to send sleeping mats to school.

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 MrsHernandez@olqmnyc.org

Unit Topic:

Where we live?

Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do people and animals live around me?

Focus Question for the Week:

Where do animals live?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week

The teacher will have a set of cards with different animals.  She will ask the students where they think each animal lives, modeling how to put the animal card on the correct habitat sheet.The teacher will observe students in the science center as they match animals to their habitats.

For children who need additional support:

The teacher will provide fewer sets of cards to match.  

For children who are ready for a challenge:

The teacher will provide more sets of cards to match and ask higher-order thinking questions, such as "Why do you think an animal would need thick fur to live in the arctic?"

Children whose home language is a language other than English:

The teacher will provide the activity in the child’s native language.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK. SCI.4.  Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to survive

Foundational Text for the Week:

Ruby’s Birds by MyaThompson

The link to the foundational text HERE

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

Level 1: Recall

Where did Eva and Ruby go together?

What did Eva want show Ruby in the park?

What did Ruby want to show her family in the park?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Do you think Ruby knew that birds lived in Central Park before she went there with Eva? Why do you think that?

What type of home do you think Ruby and Eva live in? How do you know?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Eva liked to hear the warbler’s song because it is a sound she heard at her home in Costa Rica. What are some sounds you like to hear? Why?

Eva wanted Ruby to be quiet when they were in Central Park together. Do you think Ruby likes to be quiet? How do you know?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Eva taught Ruby how to watch for birds living in Central Park. How might we find birds near us?

In this book, there was a bird living in Ruby’s house (her pet, Alex) and birds living in Central Park. Where else can birds live?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Children will be provided with pictures of different types of homes and buildings in block center. Children will be encouraged to discuss what shapes they can use to recreate the structures.

Dramatic Play- Children will be invited to create the façade of a home using a very large piece of flat cardboard.

Art- Children will be supplied with popsicle sticks in order for them to create a home by gluing sticks onto paper.

Science- Children will be able to identify the different habitats that animals live in. Children will be encouraged to use pictures to match the animals to the habitats.

Math- Children will be provided with people figures, number cards, and pictures of homes which will be placed in the math center.  Students will be encouraged to pick a number card, and place the corresponding number of people into a car.

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

Writing- Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprint with write and wipe blueprint mats. 

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their individual containers of play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, HERE