Week of November 2nd!

ZOOM Links for This Week:

Monday 10/26 to Friday 10/30 

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 871 8421 6645

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

2:30 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 815 1643 6161

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Little Elliot, Big City by Mike Curato is located HERE.

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

Monday- Invite your child to observe their faces in a mirror. Provide paper and writing utensils such as pencils, crayons or markers for them to draw what they see. Encourage them to look carefully at their faces and consider how to illustrate the features and details they see.

Tuesday- Share with your child a favorite story from their past. Among other things, this could be a story about the first time your child did something new, a funny story about an experience or a time when they made the family proud.

Wednesday- Cut out various size shapes from construction paper and invite your child to use the shapes to create their own bodies. After gluing the shapes together, or to a piece of paper, children can use writing utensils, or any materials to add additional details (hair, patterns on clothes, etc.).

Thursday- Invite children to use mirrors to look at their faces to examine their features and explore the connections between their features and their five senses.

Friday- Cut paper plates in half, give your child half of a plate and invite them to draw a mouth that is expressing an emotion on it (i.e. a smile for happy, frown for sad). If you like, you can attach a Popsicle stick to the bottom of the plate for your child to hold and invite them to place the emotion mask over their own mouths. Provide a mirror for them to see the expressions and invite them to try to make their eyes match the expressions on the plates as well.

Weekly Activity to be emailed to Ms. McGarry

Invite your child to make collections of objects that represent how old they are (four-year-olds make collections of four items) from found any materials you may have in the house or outside. Encourage your child to write the number of items in their collections.

Send me any pictures or drawings

at MissMcGarry@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (929) 279-1610!

Information for In-Person Learners

 Unit Topic:

• All About Us

Essential Question for the Unit:

• Who am I and who are the people in my life?

Focus Question for the Week:

• What makes me important and unique?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Students will be asked to look at themselves in the mirror.  What do they see? What features do they notice on their own faces? Where are their eyes? Noses? Mouths? Ears? Eyebrows? Etc. What do they notice about their features? What shapes are they?  Students will then be encouraged to draw their own self-portrait.
Students will be asked to dictate their thoughts about their self-portraits with prompts such as, “Tell me about your self-portrait."

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.SEL.2: Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings, and interests.

Foundational Text for the Week:

• Little Elliot, Big City by Mike Curato

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall 

What is different about Elliot?
Elliot is very small; what things are hard for him to
do since he is so small?
What does Elliot like?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
How do Elliot and Mouse help each other?
How do you think Elliot felt about having a new friend?
How do you think Elliot felt when he got his cupcake?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
What are some things that are hard for you?
What are some things that are easy for you?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
What are some reasons you might like to have a friend?
What are some things you like might like to do with a friend?
What are some things you can do to be a good friend?
How do you make a new friend?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks-The student’s name cards will be available in block center.  Students are invited to write their names using blocks, discussing the lines in each letter of their name (straight, curved, etc.).

Art- Various size shapes from construction paper will be cut out and students are invited to use the shapes to create their bodies. After gluing the shapes together, or to a piece of paper, children can use writing utensils to add additional details (hair, patterns on clothes, etc.).

Science- Students are invited to use magnifying glasses to explore fingerprints, skin, hair, etc.

Math- Students will be encouraged to refer to their name cards and count how many letters are in their name, then place the appropriate number card next to the name card. Children can count the letters in their own names as well as their peers’ names.

Library- Students are encouraged to read a book with a friend. One child could read to the other or they could look at a book together.

Writing-  Students will be able to play a matching game where they match pictures of the students in the class with that student's name.

Sensory- Students will be able to play with their individual containers of play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

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

If there are any questions regarding the 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

Week of October 26th!

Reminder

Students are invited to wear their costumes to school and online via Zoom on Friday, October 30th!  If students are in school, they must also wear a face covering throughout the school day.

ZOOM Links for This Week:

Monday 10/26 to Friday 10/30 

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 871 8421 6645

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

2:30 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 815 1643 6161

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Press Here by Herve Tullet is located HERE.

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

Monday- Invite your child to stomp on as many leaves as possible. Ask what they hear as they stomp. Do the leaves crunch and crackle? Why or why not?

Tuesday- Play different kinds of music and encourage your child to dance freely or copy movements. Pause the music at various points and encourage students to “FREEZE!” when they hear the music stop.

Wednesday- Invite your child to make a rainstorm with bodies. For example, they might rub their hands together, tap their fingers, stomp their feet, clap loudly, etc. to represent the sounds heard in a rainstorm.

Thursday- Invite children to use mirrors to look at their faces to examine their features and explore the connections between their features and their five senses.

Friday- Invite your child to play Simon Says. Give directions for touching their noses, ears, mouth and eyes, but only if “Simon” says!

Weekly Activity to be emailed to Ms. McGarry

Invite your child to smell or taste a new food or something they would not usually eat. Provide prompts to encourage discussion, how does it look? What do you see? How does the food feel before you try it? How does it feel in your mouth? How does it taste? How does it smell? Would you try it again? Why or why not?

Ask your child to draw a picture of the food that they tasted!

Please email the picture (with a description or dictation if possible) to me at MissMcGarry@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (929) 279-1610.

Information for In-Person Learners

Unit Topic:

• My Five Senses

Essential Question for the Unit:

• How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

Focus Question for the Week:

• How do we use our sense of taste?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

A "Feely-Box" will be added to the science center.  Students will be asked to reach their hand into the box, describe what they feel, and guess what is inside the box using only their sense of touch.


Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:
• PK.AC.5: Demonstrates a growing expressive vocabulary.

• Foundational Text for the Week:

  • Press Here by Herve Tullet

  
  

  Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

  • PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.
  
  

  
  

  
  

  Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

  
  

  Level 1: Recall 

  What are you supposed to press in this book?

  What happens when you press the dots in this book?

  What happens when you tilt and shake the book?

  
  

  Level 2: Skill/Concept

  Sometimes the book says to press gently on the dots. Press gently on your arm. How does that feel?

  Sometimes the book says to press hard on the dots. Press hard on your arm. How does that feel?

  The book says to blow gently on the dots. Blow gently on your arm. How does that feel?

  
  

  Level 3: Strategic Thinking

  What happens when you blow on something?

  What happens if you blow on something really hard?

  What happened to the dots when we blew really hard?

  
  

  Level 4: Extended Thinking

  When the book told us to clap more and more and more we clapped louder and louder and louder. Why?

  Were the dots really moving in this book? How do you know?

  
  

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

Art- Individual containers of play-doh will be given to each child. Children can discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

Writing- Scented markers will be provided to each student. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

If there are any questions regarding the 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

Week of October 19th!

 Reminder:

There will be NO Zoom on Monday, October 19th. 

ZOOM Links for This Week:

Tuesday 10/20 to Friday 10/23 

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 871 8421 6645

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

2:30 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 815 1643 6161

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, My Five Senses by Aliki is located HERE.

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

Monday- Invite your child to stomp on as many leaves as possible. Ask what they hear as they stomp. Do the leaves crunch and crackle? Why or why not?

Tuesday- Play different kinds of music and encourage your child to dance freely or copy movements. Pause the music at various points and encourage students to “FREEZE!” when they hear the music stop.

Wednesday- Invite your child to make a rainstorm with bodies. For example, they might rub their hands together, tap their fingers, stomp their feet, clap loudly, etc. to represent the sounds heard in a rainstorm.

Thursday- Invite children to use mirrors to look at their faces to examine their features and explore the connections between their features and their five senses.

Friday- Invite your child to play Simon Says. Give directions for touching their noses, ears, mouth and eyes, but only if “Simon” says!

Weekly Activity to be emailed to Ms. McGarry

Invite your child to smell or taste a new food or something they would not usually eat. Provide prompts to encourage discussion, how does it look? What do you see? How does the food feel before you try it? How does it feel in your mouth? How does it taste? How does it smell? Would you try it again? Why or why not?

Ask your child to draw a picture of the food that they tasted!

Please email the picture (with a description or dictation if possible) to me at MissMcGarry@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (929) 279-1610.

Information for In-Person Learners

Unit Topic:

• My Five Senses

Essential Question for the Unit:

• How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

Focus Question for the Week:

• How do we use our sense of taste?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Ms. McGarry and Mrs. Madera will tell students that they will have the chance to smell and taste a few different types of apples.  The varieties of apples will be shown and named.  Students will be asked to describe how they look. They will smell and taste each kind of apple and reflect on which apple they thought smelled best and which one tasted best.

Students will record their answer by placing their picture on a chart in the appropriate column.

Foundational Text for the Week:

• My Five Senses by Aliki

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.ELAL.6: Retell stories or share information from a text.

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall

What are the five senses?
What do you use to see? Hear? Smell? Taste? Touch or feel? (In the initial read, focus on all senses. For later reads during the week that focuses on touch, highlight the sense of touch)

Level 2: Skill/Concept
What are some things you can see? Hear? Smell? Taste? Touch or feel?
How many senses do you use when you listen to a teacher read you a story? What are they?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Would you rather touch something that is hard or soft? Why? Smooth or bumpy? Why? Wet or dry? Why?
It could be dangerous to touch some things. What are some things that could be dangerous to touch?
What should you do if you see something that looks like it might be dangerous to touch?
How do our senses and body parts help us learn about our world?
How can our senses keep us safe?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
How can people communicate if they can’t hear or see?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

Art- Individual containers of play-doh will be given to each child. Children can discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

Writing- Scented markers will be provided to each student. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

If there are any questions regarding the 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

Week of October 12th!

Reminder:

School is closed on Monday, October 12th in observance of Columbus Day  

ZOOM Links for This Week:

Tuesday 10/13 to Friday 10/16 

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 871 8421 6645

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

2:30 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 815 1643 6161

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Tap, Tap, Boom, Boom! by Elizabeth Bluemle is located HERE.

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

Monday- Look out of a window with your child and discuss what they see at various times throughout the day. What do they see in the morning? In the evening? Right before bed? What is different each time they look? What is the same? Why?

Tuesday- Take a sensory walk with your child. Have your child attention to what they hear, see, feel and smell. Additionally, encourage them to discuss how they can use their senses to stay safe when walking outside. How do our eyes help keep us safe? For example, looking for cars before crossing the street or identifying unsafe items to touch such as garbage or sharp items. How about our ears? Can our sense of smell help keep us safe? How?

Wednesday- Collect various leaves from trees in the neighborhood or near your home. Place a piece of paper over a leaf and rub the side of a crayon over the paper. Watch as the leaf appears and ask your children to consider why this happens.

Thursday- Invite children to use mirrors to look at their faces to examine their features and explore the connections between their features and their five senses.

Friday- Engage your child in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is fall; how does the weather change in the fall? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear jackets? Mittens or a hat? Etc.

Weekly Activity to be emailed to Ms. McGarry

Invite your child to smell or taste a new food or something they would not usually eat. Provide prompts to encourage discussion, how does it look? What do you see? How does the food feel before you try it? How does it feel in your mouth? How does it taste? How does it smell? Would you try it again? Why or why not?

Ask your child to draw a picture of the food that they tasted!

Please email the picture (with a description or dictation if possible) to me at MissMcGarry@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (929) 279-1610.

Information for In-Person Learners

Unit Topic:

• My Five Senses

Essential Question for the Unit:

• How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

Focus Question for the Week:

• How do we use our sense of hearing?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Ms. McGarry and Mrs. Madera will work with students in the science center.  Students will be engaged in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is fall; how does the weather change in the fall? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear jackets? Mittens or a hat? Etc.

Students will be asked to draw a picture of things they do or wear in the fall.

Foundational Text for the Week:

• Tap, Tap, Boom, Boom! by Elizabeth Bluemle

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.ELAL.6: Retell stories or share information from a text.

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall

What makes the “Tap, tap, boom, boom” sound in this story?

What do the people in the story do to stay dry?

What was the surprise in the sky at the end of the book? What did people see?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

How does it feel when rain falls on you?

What do you do when you are outside and it is raining?

What would happen if you stood outside in the rain with no raincoat or umbrella?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Some of the people in this book shared their umbrellas. How do you feel when someone shares with you?

How do you feel when you share with someone else?

What are some things the people in the story probably heard when they went down into the subway tunnel?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

How might a little bit of rain sound?

How might a lot of rain sound?

In this book, they used words to sound like rain (i.e. tap, tap); what are some other things we could use to make the sound of rain?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

Art- Individual containers of play-doh will be given to each child. Children can discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

Writing- Scented markers will be provided to each student. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

If there are any questions regarding the 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

Week of October 5th!

 ZOOM Links for This Week:

Monday 10/05 to Friday 10/09 

8:30 a.m. Meeting 

Meeting ID: 837 1505 0192

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

2:30 p.m. Meeting

Meeting ID: 883 2090 2507

Password: prek4

Join URL:  Click HERE

The link for the read aloud of this week's foundational text, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. is located HERE.

Lessons and Activities for the Week for At Home Learners:

Monday- Look out of a window with your child and discuss what they see at various times throughout the day. What do they see in the morning? In the evening? Right before bed? What is different each time they look? What is the same? Why?

Tuesday- Take a sensory walk with your child. Have your child attention to what they hear, see, feel and smell. Additionally, encourage them to discuss how they can use their senses to stay safe when walking outside. How do our eyes help keep us safe? For example, looking for cars before crossing the street or identifying unsafe items to touch such as garbage or sharp items. How about our ears? Can our sense of smell help keep us safe? How?

Wednesday- Collect various leaves from trees in the neighborhood or near your home. Place a piece of paper over a leaf and rub the side of a crayon over the paper. Watch as the leaf appears and ask your children to consider why this happens.

Thursday- Invite children to use mirrors to look at their faces to examine their features and explore the connections between their features and their five senses.

Friday- Engage your child in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is fall; how does the weather change in the fall? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear jackets? Mittens or a hat? Etc.

Weekly Activity to be emailed to Ms. McGarry

Have your child listen to the story, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. is located HERE.

Ask them to draw a picture of their favorite animal from the book.

Please email the picture (with a description or dictation if possible) to me at MissMcGarry@olqmnyc.com or text the picture to (929) 279-1610.

Information for In-Person Learners

Unit Topic:

• My Five Senses

Essential Question for the Unit:

• How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

Focus Question for the Week:

• How do we use our sense of sight?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Ms. McGarry and Mrs. Madera will work with students in the science center.  Students will be engaged in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is fall; how does the weather change in the fall? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear jackets? Mittens or a hat? Etc.

Students will be asked to draw a picture of things they do or wear in the fall.

Foundational Text for the Week:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.ELAL.6: Retell stories or share information from a text.

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall

At the end of the book, what did the teacher see?
What did the children see?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
All of the animals in this book can see each other. Where do you think the animals in this book are?
The teacher is wearing glasses. What do glasses help people do?
What animals have you seen? Where?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
The horse in this book is blue. Are horses ever blue?
If you could change the color of an animal, what animal would you change and what color would you make it? (Pink duck? Green squirrel?)
All of the animals and people in this book notice someone looking at them. How do you know when someone is looking at you?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
In this book we use our eyes to see the animals. If you could not see the animals how could you describe or tell other people about them?
Make a list of children you see. What do you think they can see? Do these children see something different than what you see?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

Art- Individual containers of play-doh will be given to each child. Children can discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

Writing- Scented markers will be provided to each student. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

If there are any questions regarding the 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