Pre-K 4    Week of January 24, 2022

 Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.

- Rita Pierson

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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:

How do we stay safe when using transportation?

Foundational Text for The Week:

Go! Go! Go! Stop!

Focused Learning Activity for The Week

Traffic Lights

Invite children to the art area to make traffic lights.

 

Questions:

 

- What do you know about a traffic light? What are the 3 colors of a traffic light? What does each light tell us?

 

- Why do we need traffic lights?

 

Materials:

 

Scissors

Crayons

Glue

Popsicle Stick

Cardboard Car

Invite children to paint a large box to transform into a vehicle for pretend play. Children may add decorations of their choice from the art area to customize the vehicle any way they would like. 

Materials:

Paint

Paint Brush

Box

Scissors

Glue

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard(s) Addressed

PK.AC.2 Demonstrates that they are building background knowledge

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!

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