Week of February 1, 2021

Announcements

No School / Remote Teaching Monday/Tuesday, February 1st & 2nd (Snow Storm).

We will return to school (in person) on Wednesday February 3rd.

Friday February 5th Dismissal for ALL is at 12:00PM Noon.

Sign Up for Parent Teacher Conferences Friday February 5th. To sign up please click here

Upload evidence of student work onto Seesaw as frequently as possible.

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 3-K/Pre-K for all program that can not be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the

Help Line at 888-227-8175

Zoom Link

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 251 984 7674

Passcode: school

You are encouraged to join both AM and PM sessions.

*The same link will be used to meet daily until further notice*

Zoom Link (AM 8:30-8:45)

Zoom Link (PM 2:30-2:45)

This weeks focus is "Make and Share Conclusions"

To view the full lesson plan and daily activities for this week, please click here.

To view this weeks foundational text, please click here, here, and here.

Activities for virtual students at home

Parents must submit photo evidence of all completed activities on Seesaw or to my email: MrTaraza@olqmnyc.org

Making Bubbles (Monday & Tuesday)

Homemade Bubble Recipe For Bubble Experiment

After the discussion and story about bubbles. We willfollow a homemade bubble recipe to try!

 

Ingredients

• 6 cups room temperature water
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup (Karo is a popular brand here in the US)
• 1 cup dish soap (the blue Dawn brand dish soap has always worked well for me)

Homemade Bubble Wands

If you happen to have bubble wands from store-bought bubbles lying around the house, you can use those. But experimenting with different household items can also be a lot of fun.

You can find things that you are either getting rid of or serve a different purpose but are a good fit for making bubbles. This sometimes requires thinking outside the box.

Involve your kids in looking for items that have holes that could serve as bubble wands. You'll be exercising their creativity. Here are 10 ideas to get you started:

• A ball with holes in it like a Wiffle ball
• Colanders (for this one, you need a big bowl to dip into the bubble solution, and instead of blowing the bubbles, move your arms back and forth so the force of the wind does the work for you)
• Cookie cutters
• Fly or bug swatters
• Make your own using pipe cleaners
• Plastic baskets that hold berries (again, you can try blowing, but moving your arms might be less tiring and leave you less winded)
• Plastic slotted spoons
• Straws
• The top end of a salt shaker or spice container
• The top end of a plastic bottle (like a water bottle)

 

This bubble recipe makes enough bubble solution for a class of 16 or more children. You can adjust the measurements up or down to best suit your needs.

 

Invite children to small groups to help make bubbles together.

Next, add the corn syrup to the room temperature water in a large bowl or container and invite the kids to stir gently until it is thoroughly mixed.

Then, add the dish soap and have kids stir gently again without making suds.

You will get the best results if you let your homemade bubble solution sit uncovered overnight before using.

After you make the bubble solution with the children, encourage a discussion about the process and ask for their predictions about what will happen next.

 

● Goal P-ATL 8. Child holds information in mind and manipulates it to perform tasks.

 

● Goal P-SCI 1. Child observes and describes observable phenomena (objects, materials, organisms, and events).

Bubble Painting (Wednesday & Thursday)

Watch this video

Invite children to investigate mixing colors and painting using bubbles!

 

Materials Needed:

 

Water

Dishwashing Liquid

Water Color Paint

Sugar

Paper Cups

Plastic Straw

 

● Goal P-ATL 8. Child holds information in mind and manipulates it to perform tasks.

 

● Goal P-SCI 1. Child observes and describes observable phenomena (objects, materials, organisms, and events).

Bubble Dance Party (Friday)

Bubble Dance Party

 

Invite children to investigate, catch, pop, and play with bubbles at our bubble dance party!

 

-Bubble Machine

-Bubbles/Wand

-Bubble Gun

-Music

 

● Goal P-SE 4. Child engages in cooperative play with other children.

 

● Goal P-PMP 1. Child demonstrates control, strength, and coordination of large muscles.