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Important Dates
APRIL 3 - SCHOOL SURVEY DUE (GREEN ENVELOPE) -
SCHOOL SURVEY
Last week, your child received a SCHOOL SURVEY. If you can, please fill it out. It will be greatly appreciated. You can also do the school survey online at WWW.NYCSCHOOLSURVEY.ORG. The survey will give you the opportunity to share your experience having your child in Pre – K. Your feedback is an essential tool in supporting improvement to the program. The GREEN ENVELOPE has the instructions on how to complete the survey. Complete and mail surveys using the postage paid, pre – addressed return envelopes provided with each survey by WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019.
Complete your school survey online by APRIL 3, 2019
Just follow these five easy steps to complete your survey:
Go online to www.nycschoolsurvey.org
Click on ‘Parent / Guardian Survey’
Enter the survey access code in your green envelope
Complete the survey
Click ‘SUBMIT’
NEED AN ACCESS CODE? CALL 1-800-690-8603 -
March 25 to March 29
Unit Topic: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Essential Question: How does trash and garbage affect our community?
During the reduce, reuse, recycle unit the students will be learning about how to dicard and reuse some trash and how trash is made. This week will be discussing, How does trash and garbage affect our community?Books for the Week:
Crafts for the Week:Recycled Bottle Wind Decorations
The Adventures of Gary and Harry - Recycled Turtles
A Pot that Juan Built - Recycled Bowl
Litter Monsters
Recycled Pizza
Questions of the Day :- Monday- Based on what you know about trash how can you explain if it is polite or not to litter and pollute the Earth? Lets justify whether we are helping or hurting the Earth when we litter. Can you explain more in details.
- Tuesday- Lets apply concepts on what you know what might happen if we throw garbage on the ground, or out the window? Can you explain in details the plan you might take to help stop littering.
- Wednesday- Can you predict whether you think monsters or real or pretend? Now lets elaborate and connect monsters to reduce, reuse, and recycle. How do you think monsters are in reduce, reuse, and recycle. Can you elaborate on the reason why you think that? (This will then end up bringing the concept of a litter bug / litter monster?)
- Thursday- Lets create and apply all the concepts we know on what does it mean to reduce, reuse, and recycle? Lets formulate a web chart and synthesize on what are some things that we use everyday that we can reduce, reuse, and recycle.
- Friday- Lets assess the importance on what do you think might happen to the animals on the ground or in the water if we were to litter and pollute the Earth.
What You Can Do at Home: Talk with your child about trash and garbage. Help raise your child’s awareness of the kinds of trash and garbage your family creates each day. If you dispose of your trash at a dump or landfill, take your child along to see where the trash goes. Borrow some library books about trash, garbage, and recycling. If you recycle at home, help your child take responsibility for sorting items into your family’s recycling boxes. When you are outside with your child and you notice a piece of trash on the ground, point it out and talk about it. For example, say, “I wonder why someone dropped that candy wrapper on the ground. Is it supposed to be there? Is there a better place to put it? Why?”Center Activities for the Week:
Arts and Crafts:- The students will use 16.9oz water bottles cut them into a spiral and paint the bottle however they want to make a recycled wind decoration.
- After reading the book The Adventures of Gary and Harry the students will be able to make their own recycled turtle craft to resemble The Adventures of Gary and Harry.
- The students will be able to create their own litter monster using toilet paper or paper towel tubes. The students will be able to use various art materials to create their monster.
- After reading the book, A Pot that Juan Built the students will be able to make their own recycled bowl using a recycled paper bowl, and cut - up newspaper.
- The students will be able to make their own recycled pizza using actual cardboard from the pizza at lunch, red paint, brown paint and newspapers.
Dramatic Play:Blocks:The students will pretend that they work with the NYC Sanitation Department. The students will have copies of the recycling rules and they will sort “trash” they see into the appropriate place.
The students will be able to sort “trash” they will sort them into the appropriate place. We will have a trash box, a green recycling box, and a blue recycling box. The students painted old boxes and transformed them into trash receptacles.Using the homemade blocks, other empty boxes, and the block people the students made the students will create a structure using the recycled material.
Library / Writing:
The students will be able to read a variety of reduce reusing recycling books as well as write different reducing reusing recycling words.
The students will be able to write reducing reusing recycling words. The way they will be able to do this is by copying words from a sentence strip to a dry erase board.The students will be able to play the search for the letter game. The students will be able to find the letters of their names using bottle caps. The students will be able to also write their names using the bottle cap letters.
The students will play with the magnetic and rubber stamp letters. They would have to spell out their names and / or the names of their friends / classmates.he students will chart which trash goes where.
Using paper, markers, craft sticks, and glue the students will create signs that say, “Don’t be a Litter Monster.” The students will have to answer the question, how is littering hurting the Earth and the ocean animals? (This will connect with the Art Center)
The students will chart why it is important to recycle.
The students will chart ways we can love the Earth for example like saving water, and not polluting.
Math and Manipulatives:Using the recycling sorting boxes. The students will sort the “trash” into the proper houses in which they belong in.
Sand and Water :
The students would be given the same recycling sorting boxes, but as a copy and they would have to sort the trash into the proper column on the paper.
The students will play with playdough and the number cards. The students will make playdough numbers using the number cards, the numbers would be 1 – 20.
The students will be able to make recycle patterns using a pre – made paper game that is in the center.
Using ten used empty 16oz bottles filled with sand and a ball. The students will bowl with used bottles. Then students will see how many pins (bottles), they can knock down. The students will subtract the standing bottles from the ones they knocked down.
The students will play with playdough and the number cards. The students will make playdough numbers using the number cards, the numbers would be 1 – 20.The students will be able to make snow by using 1lb. of baking soda, and shaving cream. The students will pour in 1lb. of baking soda. Then they will spray shaving cream. The students will “knead the snow.” Also, the students will be able to build buildings and make walls using the snow. The students will be able to look for the letters of their name that are written on bottle caps.
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SOME THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF:
PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILDREN IN WITH COMFORTABLE CLOTHES THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT ON AND OFF THEMSELVES. PLEASE PRACTICE DRESSING, BUTTONING, AND ZIPPERING WITH YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME, AS WE ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENCE IN DRESSING.
SHEETS AND BLANKETS WILL BE SENT HOME AT THE END OF THE WEEK. PLEASE BE SURE TO WASH THEM AND RETURN THEM ON MONDAY.
CHECK YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL BAG DAILY FOR ANY NOTES.
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY PLEASE SEND A COMPLETE CHANGE OF CLOTHING IN A ZIPLOCK BAG OR PLASTIC SHOEBOX FOR YOUR CHILD.
IF YOUR CHILD HAS AN ACCIDENT IN SCHOOL, PLEASE SEND IN REPLACEMENT CLOTHING.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO LABEL ALL OF YOUR CHILD'S BELONGINGS WITH THEIR NAME AND PRE - K 3
MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS ARE SENT HOME MONTHLY
WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS ARE SENT HOME WEEKLY
During inclement weather PreK will be dismissed in the auditorium.
WE WILL CONTINUE PRACTICING FIRE DRILLS. WE ASK THAT YOU DISCUSS WITH
YOUR CHILD THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE DRILLS AND BEING PREPARED FOR SCHOOL
EMERGENCIES.
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Miss SaglimbeniMain Office : 718-882-2203
Email : nsaglimbeni@stlucys.org
Blog : https://www.stlucys.org/upk-3
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7:45-8:15 Arrival /Breakfast/Table Toys
8:15-8:30 Morning Meeting
8:30-10:30 Center Time
10:30-11:00 Hand Washing /Lunch
11:00-12:00 Gross Motor
12:00-1:00 Hand Washing/Setting up for Rest/Rest
1:00-1:15 Snack
1:15-1:45 Center Time
1:45-2:05 Afternoon Meeting/Music & Movement
2:05 Dismissal -
March Birthdays:
Sean Alicka - March 7
Bradyn Cox - March 29
Charles Sitler - April 6
Mrs. Elezi - April 7
Yuleisi Mendoza - Naula - April 9
Zariah Edwards - April 23 -
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