Pre-K 4 Week of January 17, 2022
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Contact info:
MrTaraza@olqmnyc.org (I usually try to reply within the same day).
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Unit Topic:
Transportation
Essential Question:
How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Focus Question for The Week:
Who operates vehicles in my community?
Foundational Text for The Week:
Whose Truck by Toni Buzzeo & Jim Datz
Focused Learning Activity for The Week
Observe, Draw, & Build.
Invite children to observe various vehicles outside and then draw what they see. Ask children what they notice about the vehicles as well as why the different parts of the vehicles are important and helpful. After children have completed their drawings, invite them to use art materials to create a 3D version of the vehicle they observed.
Big Questions
Why did you choose this?
What does it do?
Who drives this?
Cardboard Tube Space Shuttles
Provide recycled materials (e.g., cardboard tubes, buttons, tops, etc.) as well as tape and/or glue and invite children to build Spacecrafts. Provide pictures of vehicles for the children to reference and encourage them to develop a plan for building before they begin. Have them consider what they will make and what materials they will need.
Materials
Cardboard tube
White paint
Paintbrush
Scissors
Hot glue/gun
Markers, stickers, or pain
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard(s) Addressed
PK.PDH.5. Demonstrates eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills
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.
Lessons and Activities for The Week
Blocks
Add hard hats for children to wear when they are building and invite them to pretend they are working on a construction site, doing roadwork, or repairing train tracks. Remind them that hard hats help keep people safe.
Art
Provide children with recycled materials to craft various modes of transportation.
Science
Draw roads or a simple map on a paper plate. Supply a magnetic wand and a small car that has some metal pieces. Invite children to explore how to place the wand under the paper plate and use it to move the car around the roads. Discuss why the car moves.
Math
Provide strings or cubes as well as an assortment of vehicles and invite children to measure vehicles. Invite children to compare the sizes of the vehicles: Which is biggest? Smallest? Heaviest? Lightest?
Library
Select a few of the books the class currently enjoys and create a graph for children to share which book they like best. Encourage children to share what they like about their favorite book.
Writing
Share with children the purpose of a license plate and use the term license plate frequently as you play with the children. Show the children a sample license plate (or a picture) and provide paper and materials for them to create their own. Children can write letters and numbers on their license plates or use letter and/or number stamps or stickers.
Sensory
Students will be able to play with their individual containers of play-doh and make transportation related vehicles using playdough mats.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!
To view this weeks' foundational text, please click HERE! and HERE!
If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at MrTaraza@olqmnyc.org or email Mrs. Zogka at MrsZogka@olqmnyc.org.
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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