Pre-K 4    Week of March 28, 2022

Please Read All The Reminders

Monday, 3/28

 •Please remember to send sleeping mats to school!!!

Friday, 4/1

 •Early Dismissal 12PM (No afterschool)

Parent Teacher Conferences will also take on a 

new dimension this week.

To assist parents who returned to their office 

and parents who work from home.

IN PERSON Parent Teacher Conferences 

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM -- 

you must register on the teacher's blog.

Register here (IN PERSON ONLY)

In person - parents must have a mask on and will be seated in the school lunchroom 3 feet apart until the teacher is free to see them.

All parents must enter through the school lunchroom -- the main school door will not grant access. No one will be permitted after 3PM.

ZOOM parent teacher conferences 

3:00 PM - 5:45 PM 

Register here (ZOOM ONLY)

If you or your child is experiencing fever, fatigue, congestion, headache, vomiting, or any other covid-like symptoms the night before school, please remain home and obtain a negative result before coming to the school building. If you or your child tests positive and were present any day of the school week, please notify the teacher. Remote work is always available for students at any time.

As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information located HERE!

Contact info:

MrTaraza@olqmnyc.org (I usually try to reply within the same day).

 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

Unit Topic:

Water

Essential Question:

What does water do?

Focus Question for The Week:

How does water help us?

 

Foundational Text for The Week:

Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett

Focused Learning Activity for The Week

Waterfalls

Place pictures of waterfalls near the easel. Cover the easel with a large sheet of paper. Provide shades of blue, grey, and white paint as well as pipettes and basters. Invite children to hold a pipette full of paint at the top of the easel, point it down and gently squeeze to release the paint onto the paper. The paint will slowly flow down the paper and create a waterfall effect. Children can also explore color mixing as the paint mixes on the easel.

Opportunity for assessment: What details does the child notice in the waterfall pictures and include in their own work?

 

Materials:

Pipettes

Paper

Water

Paint

Easel

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard(s) Addressed

 

PK.SOC.5

Demonstrates knowledge of the relationship between people, places, and regions.

Drops on a Penny

Provide a penny, a pipette, and a container of water. Invite children to see how many drops of water they can fit on the penny. Encourage children to count each drop of water as it drops onto the penny and occasionally note how many drops there altogether.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard(s) Addressed

PK.MATH.3A

When counting objects, says the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object. (1:1 correspondence)

Lessons and Activities for the Month

Blocks

Add pictures of ice castles to the Blocks/Construction Center. Invite children to refer to these pictures and build their own ice castles. Consider covering the blocks with white paper and adding clear plastic cups for children to use in their structures.

Dramatic Play

Laundromat: Use cardboard boxes to create washers and dryers; add clothing, empty bottles of detergent and pretend money for children to use at the laundromat. Invite them to do the laundry and talk about the role water plays in cleaning clothes. If desired, children can design and set up the laundromat scene. 

Art

Add spray bottle to the art area and introduce what happens to the paint when weIntroduce watercolor paint and brushes into the art area. Provide cups of water and paper for children to explore water colors and color mixing techniques.

Science

Land or Water: Provide an assortment of small animal and sea creature toys (e.g., dog, cow, fish, shark, etc.). Invite children to sort the toys into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land. Use a blue piece of paper as a base for the water animals and green for land.

Math

Fish for a Number: Provide a pretend fishing pole with a magnetic end, and a set of dot cards. Invite children to draw a card from the set of cards, determine the number of dots on the card and then fish for the number.

Library

Students are invited to read books about our theme, Water.

Writing

Students will be asked the question "What happens when we put things in water?" and be asked to write or draw a picture of their answers.

Sensory

The children are invited to explore alphabet and numbers in the water.

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