💕Week of February 6, 2023💕 

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 at 10:30AM 

(Parents are Welcome).

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·     Please remember to send sleeping mats to school.

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·     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:

Who operates the vehicles in my community?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

The teacher will read a Donald Crews book based on child’s choice. The teacher will share the title of the book, the author’s name as well as the illustrator. The teacher will ask the children what they think the book is about.  The teacher will pause throughout the book to ask the questions suggested in Section VI: Inquiry and Critical Thinking Questions for Foundational Texts.

Differentiation: Multiple entry points will be considered for all children to be successful.  For example, repeat directions, extend time, adapt materials, preview questions, and provide 1:1 support.

For children who need additional support: The teacher will read a small selection of pages rather than the entire book.

For children who are ready for a challenge: Children will be invited to create their own books in the writing center about vehicles and their drivers.

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. AC.1.Demonstrates motivation to communicate

Foundational texts for the week:

Truck by Donald Crews  link to story

School Bus by Donald Crews link to story

Harbor by Donald Crews link to story

Flying by Donald Crews link to story

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

Truck by Donald Crews

Level 1: Recall

What was in the back of the truck?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

What was the truck in this book doing? How do you know?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

There are many pictures in this book and only a few words. That means I used the pictures to tell this story and there are many different ways we could tell the story. Let’s take a look at some of the pages and tell a partner what we think could be happening

School Bus by Donald Crews

Level 1: Recall

What do school buses do?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Why are school buses helpful?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Why are school buses yellow?

Harbor by Donald Crews 

Level 1: Recall

What were some of the boats that were in the harbor?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Why is the tugboat the busiest boat in the harbor?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Ferryboats do not need to turn around because the back becomes the front. What other vehicles don’t need to turn around? What are some vehicles that do need to turn around?

Flyingby Donald Crews

Level 1: Recall

What were some of the things the plane flew over?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

The airplane in this book flew through the clouds. What do you think it is like to fly through the clouds?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

There are many different types of transportation. When might it be helpful to take an airplane?

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

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