Ms. Waseem's blog

 Week of December 13th, 2021

                                                  Reminders

• Holiday party donations due before Friday
• Children may wear an ugly sweater on Thusday December 16th
• Children may dress up for the holiday party on Friday, Dec 17th

• Under New York State and City Health codes all Pre-kand Kindergarten students are required to have an annual Flu shot by the end of the week. Students will be required to remainat home until proof is provided that your child has received the Flu vaccine.

Exploration:

Our Environment

 

Essential Question:

What can we discover about our community?

 

Focus Area:

Seeing

 

Weekly Focus:

Our Physical Characteristics

 

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Teacher will be working with the children using magnifying glasses to discover different objects

around them. Then Children will be asked to draw an item they discovered. 

 

Standard Addressed:

P-ATL3: Child appropriately handles and takes care of classroom materials. 

 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Different? Same by Heather Tekavec

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:

•  What are some things that make you the same as your friends in 3-K? What makes you different?
• What makes the tiger and the dog similar?
• There are a lot of animals in this book such as birds, insects, fish and reptiles. Animals can all look very different and have some things that are similar, or even the same. Let's look at the first page. What makes the tiger and the zebra similar? 

 

Learning Centers Available for the Theme:

Blocks- Children are encouraged to explore the block center. They will be shown a few unit blocks,

shown where they can

be found in the classroom, and shown how to match them to their outline in order to clean up.

 

Dramatic Play- Children are invited to explore the dramatic play area and use the props provided.

Dramatic Play will be set as a kitchen.  Teacher will introduce basic materials, how to use them,

and how to put them away.

 

Art- Children are invited to explore the art area. They will be shown a paint container, brush

and paper. Teacher will model how to dip brush in paint and paint a few brushstrokes on paper.

Students will be shown where material can be found in the classroom and what they should do when they

finish painting.

 

Science- Children will be shown a few items from a collection of natural objects. Teacher will

model how students can begin to explore some of the materials. They will be shown where

these materials can be found in the classroom and how to put them away when finished.

 

Math- Children will be shown a couple of puzzles. Teacher will model how to take apart and how

to put a few pieces together. Students will be shown where puzzles can be found and

how to put them away.

 

Library- Students are able to explore books from the classroom library.

 

Writing- Students are invited to explore the materials provided in the writing center. They are encouraged to

explore their name cards.  

 

Sensory- Students will be shown a small amount of sand and a few toys. They will be shown where these

materials can be found in the classroom.

 

 

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

 

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mswaseem@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