Reminders / Notices:
- There will be 12:00 p.m. dismissal this Friday, February 1st.
- Parent Teacher Conferences will be on Friday, February 1st from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Unit Topic:
Transportation
Essential Question for the Unit:
How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Focus Questions for this Week:
What kinds of transportation do I use and why?
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
Ms. McGarry and Mrs. Manan will work with students in the pretend play center, creating materials that firemen use. students will be asked to think of things that firemen use (firetruck, hose, fire hydrant, etc.). Students will then build materials to transform the pretend play center into a fire station.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.PDH.9 Demonstrates awareness and understanding of safety rules.
Foundational text for the week:
The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
PK.CLL.3 (Approaches to Communication): Demonstrates that s/he understands what they observe.
QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:
Level 1: Recall
What question does Tess ask over and over again?
What were some of the vehicles that drove past Tess and Gus before the bus came?
What are the dog and the cat doing while the children wait for the bus?
What were some of the vehicles that drove past Tess and Gus before the bus came?
What are the dog and the cat doing while the children wait for the bus?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
Why do you think Tess asks the same question over and over again?
Why do you think Gus looks sad just before the bus comes?
Gus and Tess take the bus to school. How did you get to pre-K today?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Why do people take the bus?
Tess holds her ears when the fire engine drives past. Why?
Why do you think Tess asks the same question over and over again?
Why do you think Gus looks sad just before the bus comes?
Gus and Tess take the bus to school. How did you get to pre-K today?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Why do people take the bus?
Tess holds her ears when the fire engine drives past. Why?
There is a picture of a skunk on the garbage truck. Why do you think that is there?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Us and Gus are rhyming words. What are some other words that rhyme with us and Gus?
Tess looks a little nervous about getting on the bus. Why do you think she might be nervous? Have you ever been nervous? When?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Us and Gus are rhyming words. What are some other words that rhyme with us and Gus?
Tess looks a little nervous about getting on the bus. Why do you think she might be nervous? Have you ever been nervous? When?
Lessons and activities for the week:
Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why.
Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be transformed into a fire station. Students are invited to create a fire truck using large pieces of cardboard.
Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center. Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.
Science- Students are invited to create boats (with teacher support) and then will be asked to predict if their boat will float or sink, why or why not?
Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to the corresponding amount of people each car holds.
Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.
Writing-
Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!
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