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Important Dates
JANUARY 21 - NO SCHOOL
JANUARY 28 - BOOKWORM DAY
JANUARY 29 - SUPERHERO DAY
JANUARY 30 - CULTURE DAY
JANUARY 31 - CRAZY HAT DAY
FEBRUARY 1 - DISNEY DAY
FEBRUARY 8 - NATURE DAY PARENTS ARE INVITED TO COME AT 9:25A.M.
FEBRUARY 15 - VALENTINES DAY AND 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL CELEBRATION PARENTS ARE INVITED TO COME AT 11:00
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January 21 to January 25
Unit Topic: Buildings
Essential Question: What do we know about buildings? What do we want to find out?
During the buildings unit the students will be learning about different buildings and how they are made. This week will be discussing, what do we know about buildings? What do we want to find out?Books for the Week:
Crafts for the Week:Craft Stick House
The Three Little Pigs House
Who Lives in your House?Questions of the Day :- Monday-
- Tuesday- Lets analyze each of the different materials and the three little pigs used to build their house, which would you use to build your house with straw, sticks, or bricks? Why would you use that material to build your house?
- Wednesday- Let critique our classroom and apply concepts we have on our prior knowledge about buildings how many doors are in our classroom? Why do you think our classroom needs so many doors?
- Thursday- Let critique our classroom and apply concepts we have on our prior knowledge about buildings how many windows are in our classroom? Why do you think our classroom needs so many windows?
- Friday- What do you want to know about buildings? Why do you want to learn about buildings?
What You Can Do at Home: Study your house or apartment building with your child. What materials were used to build it? How many floors or stories does it have? How many rooms, windows, and doors does it have? Don't forget the basement if you have one! What are its dimensions? Why do we need doors and windows? Talk to your child about other buildings that you see together?
Center Activities for the Week:
Arts and Crafts:- The students will make house out of craft sticks and draw a picture of their family inside the house.
- The students will create their own houses of the three little pigs: a house made of straw (hay), a house made of sticks (toothpicks), a house made of bricks (cut red construction paper).
- The students will be able to trace a triangle for the roof and square for the house and they would be able to use pre - cut colored squares. The students would then have to make the key (legend) to match the color with the word. Mom - yellow, dad - red, brother - green, sister - blue, grandparent - pink, pet - orange, and me - white. They would as many of the squares to the name in their house. For example, if they have 2 pets they will put 2 orange squares.
Dramatic Play:The students will be able to transform the dramatic play center into The Home Depot.
Using blank laminated Home Depot receipt, dry erase markers, the students will pretend that they are shopping at Home Depot to buy the tools that they need to build a house or fix a room.
Blocks:Using the wood blocks, the Lincoln Logs, and the mega blocks, the students will create their own buildings. The students would be asked to compare their structures to the ones in the pictures that are in the classroom. The students will describe their structures with words such as: tall, short, small, wide, etc. The student’s structures will be photographed and added to the Pre – K 3’s Block Book.
Library / Writing:
The students will be able to read a variety of clothes books as well as write different buildings words such as building names.
The students will be able to write building words. The way they will be able to do this is by copying words from a sentence strip to a dry erase board.
Place alphabet cards on the floor. Address one child at a time and ask them to find the letter that makes the /l/ sound. Then ask another child to give a word that begins with that same letter.
The students will be able to make a chart titled, “Which building do you like best and why?” There would be a picture of the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, White House, Guggenheim Museum, and Leaning Tower of Pisa. The students would be able to write their name on a sentence strip and then teacher or teacher assistant would write the reason why they like the building they chose.
The students would be able to make a chart titled, “which would you use to build your house with straw, sticks, or bricks?” The students would be able to write their name on a sentence strip and then teacher or teacher assistant would write the reason why they would want to build their house with the material they chose.
The students would be able to make a chart titled after the book, “Changes Changes.” Instead of the teacher or teacher assistant reading the book the students would be able to each take a turn in explaining what is happening in the book.
The students would be able to make a chart titled, “Who Lives in my House?” The students would be able to list all the people that live in their house.
The students would be able to make a chart titled, “Where do our community helpers work and why?”
Math and Manipulatives:
Using the interlocking cubes, the students will create a structure by adding blocks. 2 blocks and 2 blocks make 4 blocks.The students would be able to sort houses. They would be able to count how many stories each of the houses have (pictures) and sort them by counting them in order from 1 story to 5 stories.
Sand and Water :Using playdough and craft sticks the students will create houses and buildings.
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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 Saglimbeni Main Office : 718-882-2203 Email : nsaglimbeni@stlucys.org Blog : https://www.stlucys.org/upk-3 Instagram : saglimbeniprek3 -
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 -
January Birthdays:
Tashi Phuntsok - January 9
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