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Important Dates
NOVEMBER 12 - NO SCHOOL (VETERANS DAY)
NOVEMBER 21 - NO AFTERSCHOOL
NOVEMBER 21 - THANKSGIVING FEAST IN CLASSROOM
NOVEMBER 22 - NO SCHOOL (THANKSGIVING)
NOVEMBER 23 - NO SCHOOL
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It is mandated by the New York City Department of Education that Pre – K For All students are required to receive the influenza vaccine. The DOE mandates that all students must be vaccinated by December 31, 2018. In order for your child to return to school after Christmas Break (Wednesday, January 2, 2019), please submit documentation stating that your child has received the vaccine prior to that date.
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November 12 to November 16
Unit Topic: Balls
Essential Question: What makes balls move?
During the balls unit the students will be learning about different balls and their functions. This week will be discussing, what do we know about balls? What do we want to find out?
Vocabulary Words for the Week:
energy / energÍa
force / fuerza
circumference / circunferencia
height / altura
tip / punta
Books for the Week:
Crafts for the Week:
Sorting Balls: Small, Medium, Large
Pom Pom Ball Man
Baseball Bat and Baseball - Pete the Cat
Mini Football Goal
Ball Men
Questions of the Day :- Monday- NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY
- Tuesday- Let's analyze each of the different ball games. Which is your favorite ball game and why?
- Wednesday- How would you critique a ball if it were floating in water?
- Thursday- Let's analyza the different types of balls? By drawing conclusions may you please tell me your favorite ball?
- Friday- By applying all the concepts we know about balls. May you formulate where we can buy balls?
What You Can Do at Home: Spend time with your child, playing with balls of all shapes, types, and sizes, such as playground balls, tennis balls, ping – pong balls, Koosh balls, volleyballs, baseballs, footballs, marbles. Talk about what the balls are made of, whether they are heavy or light, and whether they are big or little.
Wonder aloud with your child to encourage his or her thinking about balls. For example, you might ask, “I wonder what’s inside a tennis ball. I wonder how far you can throw a foil ball, a beach ball, or a tennis ball. How can we find out?”
Help your child use all of his or her senses when playing with balls. You might ask, “What does it look like? Feel like? Sound like? Smell like?”
See how many types of balls you can find around the house and in your neighborhood.
Play a game while walking, riding in the car, bus, or train. Think of all the words that contain the word ball in them. Look for examples of balls around you.
Spend time with your child, exploring balls, and asking your child questions to boost his or her thinking about balls. For example, you might ask, “I wonder what’s inside a tennis ball? ” or “what does this ball look like?” see how many types of balls you can find around the house. Explore the outdoors and ask your child if we see anything that is shaped like a ball in the world around us. These are just a few ways for you to promote your child’s learning outside the classroom!
Center Activities for the Week:
Arts and Crafts:- The students would make ball man using pom poms, paper plate.
- After reading the book, Pete the Cat: Play Ball! The students will be able to make their own baseball bat and baseball. The students will be able to trace a baseball bat and make a baseball using a paper plate and red paint.
- After reading the book, The Football Book. The students will be able to make a mini football goal using craft sticks and construction paper.
- The students will be able to make their own ball men using construction paper, and paint. The students will be able to make either soccer ball man, baseball man, or basektball man.
Dramatic Play:The students will be able to make a sports ball store . The students will be provided with different balls for them to sell in their store.Science:Provide some slightly deflated balls and bike pumps. Work the children to inflate and deflate balls. Provide paper bags and other bags to try to add air to experiment with air.Blocks:
Provide scales to weigh balls. Use balance scales and actual scales.
The students would be given a ping ping ball and a pom pom ball and they woild have to blow the balls on the floor with a straw to see which ball goes faster?Students will use blocks to create ramps to make a ball roll down them. The students will use blocks to create circles. They would be asked if they can make a circle using the blocks.
Library / Writing: The students will be able to read a variety of ball books as well as write different ball words such as ball names.
Math and Manipulatives: The students will play a mini basketball number game. The teacher will use a empty and clean Tide Pods orange container that now looks like a basketball. The students will be able to roll a dice and then throw that many pom poms into the container. -
SOME THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF:
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.
DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER PRE - K WILL DISMISS IN THE AUDITORIUM.
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
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
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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
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November Birthdays:
Eden Geraj - November 4 -
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