🌞Week of March 13,
2023 🌞
Reminders
Mark your
calendars 📅
- School Dismissal for all students in all grades will
be at 2:45 PM
- Friday, March 17, 2023, St. Patrick's Day School is
Closed All Grades All Classes.
- No Summer Programs will be offered this summer.
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:
Light 💡
Essential Question
for the Unit:
How and why do we use
different kinds of light?
Focus Questions
for this Week:
How does light help
us?
Focused Learning Activity for this Week
Seeds Experiment
The teacher will invite the children to plant seeds. The
teacher will place half of the planted seeds in an area that gets sunlight and
the other half in an area that is dark. The children will be encouraged to
predict which seeds are most likely to grow and why. The planted seeds will be
monitored periodically. The teacher will refer to the children’s predictions to
conclude the experiment. The children will be invited to discuss and graph the
results.
Critical thinking
questions/statements:
What do you think plants need to grow?
I wonder what would happen if plants do not get sunlight/to
get sunlight ____? How do you know?
Which seeds are most likely to grow and why?
DIFFERENTIATED
INSTRUCTION
For all children to
be successful, multiple entry points will be considered. The teacher will
tailor instruction to the needs of each individual student.
For example,
• Repeat directions
• Extend time
• Preview questions
(if applicable)
• Provide 1:1
support
• Adapt materials
Foundational text for the week: 🕮
Kitten and the
Night Watchman by John Sullivan
The link to the foundational texts HERE!!
Questions that
will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:
Level 1: Recall
What are some of the
things the night watchman does at work? What does the night watchman find at
work?
What does the night
watchman do with the kitten he finds at work?
Level 2:
Skill/Concept
When does the night
watchman do his job?
When the night
watchman starts working, it is sunny. What happens to the sun while the
watchman is working?
Level 3: Strategic
Thinking
The night watchman
works at night. When do you think he sleeps? What would you think about working
at night and sleeping during the day?
Level 4: Extended
Thinking
What types of light
help the night watchman do his job?
What types of light
help you? What do they help you do?
Lesson and activities for the week:
Blocks- Students are invited to explore how they might use blocks and a flashlight to create shadow letters.
Pretend Play- Students will be able to use flashlights for shadow play inside a tent.
Art- The teacher will read the book Round Trip by Ann Jonas. After reading the book, children will be provided with black and white paper to create a picture. Children will be encouraged to cut or rip the paper and use glue to assemble the art. The teacher will use vocabulary words such as straight and wavy to describe the lines that they make.
Science- Students will be able to use the light table to look at x-rays and an assortment of translucent objects.
Math- The teacher will supply translucent plastic drinking cups in a variety of colors. Children will be invited to create patterns with the cups.
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, light.
Writing- The children will be invited to use a hole puncher to create letters on pieces of paper. The teacher will allow children to place the papers over the light table to explore the letters and light.
Sensory- The
teacher will line the bottom of the sensory table with tin foil and add water
as well as glass beads, containers, scoops, etc. The teacher will invite
children to explore, sort, and enjoy.
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
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