Week of February 10th!

Reminders:

• Our Valentine's Day Show is on Tuesday, February 11th at 9:00 a.m. in the gym.  Students may dress in Valentine's Day colors (red, pink, and/or white). 
• There is NO AFTER-SCHOOL on Thursday, February 13th.  
• School is CLOSED on Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th!

• School is CLOSED on Thursday, February 27th for a teacher conference.

    Unit Topic:

     Water

     Essential Question for the Unit:

          What does water do?

     Focus Questions for this Week:

     What happens to water when it changes temperature?

     Focused Learning activity for the week:

      Ms. McGarry and Mrs. Madera will work with students in the Art Center.  Students will be invited to use markers to create a picture.  After the students have finished their picture, they will be provided with spray bottles filled with water. Students will be able to lightly spray their papers. They will then be encouraged to watch what happens to their paper and discuss how the water has changed their work.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.AC.6: Demonstrates their ability to represent ideas using a variety of methods.

Foundational Text for the Week:

Rain by Linda Ashman

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.ELAL.7: Develops and answers questions about characters, major events, and pieces of information in a text. 


QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

Level 1: Recall

What does the boy wear outside in the rain?
What does the boy order at the Rain or Shine Café?
What does the man order at the Rain or Shine Café?
What does the man forget at the café?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
How does the boy feel about the rain? How do you know?
How does the man feel about the rain at the beginning of the story? How do you know?
How does the man feel about the rain at the end of the story? How do you know?
How did the boy help the man change his mind about the rain?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do you feel about going outside in the rain? Why?
At the beginning of the story the man is very upset. What are some things that make you upset?
The boy in the story is very happy. What are some things that make you happy?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

If you don’t have a rain coat, hat or umbrella to wearoutside in the rain, what can you do if you want to stay dry?
The boy made the man feel better. When someone is upset what can you do to make him/her feel better?

Lessons and activities for the week:

Blocks- Pictures of bridges will be added to the center. Students are encouraged to try to build bridges. 

Pretend Play- Large cardboard boxes will be added to Pretend Play for students to pretend they are in a boat. 

Art- Students are invited to draw a picture with crayons. They may choose to draw an underwater or rainy day scene. After their drawings are complete, watercolor paints will be used to lightly paint over their crayon drawings. 

Science- Students are invited to sort animals into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land. 

Math- Seashells will be added to math center. Students will be able to match the correct number of shells to a number card. 

Library- Students are invited to read books about or theme, water.

Writing- Students will be asked the question, "Where can we find water?" and be asked to write or draw their answers.

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

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