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Welcome to PreK. My name is Francine Rizzuto. I will be your child's teacher this year. Ms. Caitlyn is our class assistant.
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Daily January, 2021
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Ms. Caitlyn and I wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year. We would also like to thank you for your generous gifts given to us this holiday season. We are very appreciative. We are most grateful for your children. They are all wonderful and we love being with them.
Unit 5: Transportation
Essential Question: How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Friday, January 22
Good morning and Happy Friday!
Today we are reading our fourth Donald Crews book. It is about a school bus. Who drives the school bus? Where does the school bus take us? Who works in a school? We will discuss the community helper who help us in school today.
Read ALOUD
School Bus by Donald Crews: What is large (or small), bright yellow, and filled with students? A school bus!
Questions to ask
1-What do school buses do?
2-Why are school buses helpful?
3- Why are school buses yellow?
You read this week four books by Donald Crews
Record yourself on Seesaw or email us of you answering the following questions.
- What is similar about all of these books? What is different?
- He wrote other books about transportation, too. Why do you think Donald Crews wrote about transportation?
- If you were going to write a book about transportation, what type of vehicle or travel would you write about? Why?
Take a field trip to a bus depot - Take a Field Trip To a Bus Depot | KidVision Pre-K - YouTube
Activities
1- Play Community Helper memory game. (Click on link)
2- Make a or as many as you like community helpers.
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Nn.The sound is at the beginning of: nest, neck, nose, and navy.
Math
Warm-Up: Count and Move (Forward and Back) Everyone starts in a crouched position, and slowly rises to a standing position while counting aloud to 10. Then, counting backward from 10, slowly sink back down. Next, help children pretend to “climb” ten steps, counting each aloud, and then “climb” down, counting backward from 10.
Feely Box (Name) your child puts his or her hand in the box to feel the shape and tell what it is. Encourage children to share how they figured out the shape, and discuss each shape, emphasizing its particular attributes.
Music and Movement
Learn The Letter N | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
Freeze Dance | Freeze Dance Song | Make Any Shape & Freeze | Jack Hartmann
HooplaKidz | The School Bus | Kids Song
Jobs song, children song My Neighborhood, Learn Occupations | Jobs song for kids | Patty Shukla
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Thursday, January 21Today we are going to discuss people who use vehicles that go on the road. Our read along is about trucks. There are many different types of trucks and people who use them. Can you think of who uses a truck for their job?
Let us warm up.
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
Months of the Year Song for Kids
Weather Song for Kids
Let’s count to 21 using the song counting to 30 by Jack Hartmann
Read Aloud "Trucks", by Donald Crews - YouTube
Truck by Donald Crews: Hop into the driver seat as a big, red truck makes its way from the loading dock through the city to its destination.
Questions to ask
These questions help your child to build background knowledge. This is a pre k standard.
- What was in the back of the truck?
- What was the truck in this book doing? How do you know?
- There are many pictures in this book and only a few words. That means I used the pictures to tell this story and there are many different ways we could tell the story. Let’s take a look at some of the pages and tell a partner what we think could be happening.
Virtual field trip of a firehouse -#FDNYSmart Virtual Firehouse Tour for Kids - YouTube
Virtual field trip of a police station - A Day With a Police Officer | KidVision Pre-K - YouTube
Virtual field trip of a emergency squad - Take a Field Trip to a Children's Hospital | KidVision Pre-K - YouTube
Virtual field trip of a post office - KidVision Pre-K | Post Office | Season 5 | Episode 9 | PBS
Activities
1- Make a construction paper firefighter
2- Make a construction paper police vehicle
3- Make a construction paper ambulance.
4- Make a construction paper mail truck.
Ela
This week our letter is the letter Nn.The sound is at the beginning of: nest, neck, nose, and navy.
Math
Read Building Shapes (Click on title or See link section below.)
Show and read the book’s cover to your child, and ask what they think the book is about. Then read it in its entirety. Discuss the book, reviewing the pages and ask your child to point out all the different shapes they see.
Music and Movement
Firetruck Song for Kids | Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck | The Kiboomers
Police Car Dance
Ambulance Song for Kids
Letter N Song
Dance with Shapes
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Good morning, Today we are going to talk about people who work in the sky? Can you think who these people are?
Let us warm up.
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
Months of the Year Song for Kids
Weather Song for Kids
Count to 19 with Count to 20 and Workout
Read a Loud
Today’s story is Flying by Donald Crews. It is a demonstration of what it is like to fly in a passenger plane.
Questions to ask that will show the children are building background knowledge PK. AC.2 standard
- What were some of the things the plane flew over?
- The airplane in this book flew through the clouds.
- What do you think it is like to fly through the clouds?
- There are many different types of transportation. When might it be helpful to take an airplane?
Activities
1- Take a trip to the airport Airport Field Trip
2- another trip United – A Virtual Field Trip with Captain Brian Jackson
3- Today would be a great day to take out any airport or airplane toys, Have your child model and tell you using the toys what they learned from the field trip.
4- RHYME – Helicopter; Sign Language Rhyme
Sign “Helicopter” as you say this rhyme: Right thumb in palm of Left hand. Left hand fingers spread and shake. Watch a video clip of the sign here.
Helicopter goes up
Helicopter goes down
Helicopter turns, turns all around
Helicopter goes left
Helicopter goes right
Helicopter goes up, up, and out of sight (hands behind back)
5- Can you name all the people who fly in the sky for their jobs?
6- Make a Simple Airplane … a cute and simple craft from Parents.com. My kids LOVED these. They played with them all morning. And with the hot glue, they were almost indestructible!
- For each airplane, paint one clothespin, 2 popsicle sticks and 1 mini popsicle stick.
- Let dry. (We just colored the pieces with crayons so we didn’t have to wait for them to dry!)
- Glue one wing to the top and one to the bottom of the clothespin.
- NOTE: I like to use hot glue because it dries quickly and is strong. If you want the kids to use regular glue, it may have to dry overnight.
- Glue the mini craft stick to the back of the clothespin.
- Cut a small tail wing from foam craft paper and glue on.
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Nn.The sound is at the beginning of: nest, neck, nose, and navy.
Math -
Feely Box (Match)
Secretly hide a trapezoid from a Shape Set in the Feely Box (a decorated box with a hole large enough to fit a child’s hand but not so large that you can see into the box).
Display five shapes from another Shape Set, including the one that exactly matches the one you hid.
Have a child put his or her hand in the box to feel the shape; that child should then point to the matching shape on display.
Encourage the child to name the shape and explain how he or she figured it out. Discuss the shape, emphasizing straightness of the sides and the number of sides and angles.
Note -- these shapes can be cut out of paper or cardboard or any other stiff material you have on hand.
Music and Movement
I'm a Little Airplane Song for Kids
Best Kids Songs - "The Airplane Song" by Laurie Berkner
Mike and Muttnik on The Moon | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
The Letter N Song - Learn the Alphabet
Shape Song
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Today we begin week three in our unit of Transportation.This week we will be looking at the question Who operates the vehicles in my community?
We will be examining vehicles belonging to the various community workers in our neighborhood.
The following is a list of vocabulary words we will be using - airplane, airport, ambulance, barge, cement mixer, conductor, crossing guard, driver, EMT, engineer, fire engine, firefighter, harbor, helicopter, locomotive, mail carrier, mail truck, operator, pilot, police car, police officer, school bus, tanker, tugboat, train tracks
Our read a longs this week will all be by the same author Donald Crews.As a class we will discuss the following questions - What is similar? What is different? Which book do they like best? Why?
Let us warm up.
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
Months of the Year Song for Kids
Weather Song for Kids
Count to 19 with Learn 19Harbor by Donald Crews - This book explores the color and action of liners, tankers, tugs, barges, ferry boats, and fire boats in the harbor. This is especially important to us because we have the New York harbor so close to us.
Questions to ask your child
- These questions will help your child demonstrate they are building background knowledge - PK.AC.2 Standard
- What were some of the boats that were in the harbor?
- What is the person who is in charge of the Ferry Boat called?
- Why is the tugboat the busiest boat in the harbor?
- Ferry Boats do not need to turn around because the back becomes the front. What other vehicles don’t need to turn around? What are some vehicles that do need to turn around?
Activities
1- Virtual field trip of SI Ferry - Bonus Episode: Take A Virtual Ride On The Staten Island Ferry - YouTube
Another video - A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry - YouTube
2- Talk about the importance of tugboats and how they push and pull bigger boats in and out of the harbor. Provide some cardboard boxes and fill them up with books, blocks or other heavy items. Have children experiment with pushing and pulling heavy things. Is it easier to push them or to pull them? Tell us all about it on Seesaw or email it to us.
3- Do bubble painting to create an ocean. Fill two paper cups half full of water. Add a tablespoon of dish detergent and a tablespoon of food coloring to each cup. Provide a straw for each child. Cut a v shaped notch about an inch from the top of each straw. This prevents children from sucking the detergent mixture into their mouth. Place a large sheet of manila paper under the cups of detergent mixture and have children blow bubbles until they overflow and spill on to the paper, leaving bubble prints. Once the paper is covered with bubble prints, have children paint pictures of boats in the ocean. Show us your artwork on Seesaw or email it to us.
4-Discuss the meaning of the words wharf, dock, pier and warehouse.
• A wharf is a platform built along the shore where boats can pull up beside and unload their cargo
• A pier is a platform that juts out into the water that allows people to get on and off a boat or ship. Sometimes piers are places for entertainment.
• A dock is similar to a wharf. It is a place for ships to unload its cargo.
• A warehouse is a building that is used to store cargo from a ship.
Give your child boats and fabric when playing with blocks to build piers, wharfs and docks. Place pictures of boats and ships in the center to inspire building.
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Nn.The sound is at the beginning of: nest, neck, nose, and navy.
Math
This week we will extend our knowledge of shapes. We will specifically focus on the shapes of trapezoid and rhombus. Both trapezoids and rhombuses are polygons, closed shapes made only of straight line segments. A trapezoid has one pair of parallel sides; a rhombus has two pairs of parallel sides all the same length.
Show a picture of a rhombus; write and say its name (have children say it too). Ask children what details they notice. Encourage them to compare the rhombus to other objects in the classroom, as well as objects from where they live and places they go. Repeat the same “show and tell” for the trapezoid.
Music and Movement
The Blippi Boat Song
Captain of the Boat," The Boat Song by StoryBots
Alphabet Songs - The Letter N
Trapezoid Song
Rhombus Song
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Monday, January 18Monday, January 18
Martin Luther King Day
No School
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Friday, January 15Good morning. Today is Friday, January 15. This week we have been learning about different types of transportation and how they are alike and different, from the way they look to the ways they move. What would be your favorite way to move from place to place if you could choose any form of transportation. I think that I would like a jet pack! On Monday, school is closed so that we can observe Martin Luther King Day. Today we will learn about his life and his dream.
Let’s start the day with some movement.
Click on the links below:
Sunny Side Up Days of the Week
Months of the Year-Dream English
What's the Weather? Kiboomers
Can you count to 15? Click the link below.
Read Aloud:
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo
Social Studies:
Martin Luther King Jr’s Granddaughter Speaks Out
Watch: The Story of Martin Luther King Jr-Kid President
What could you do to make the world a better place? Draw a picture and post it on Seesaw. Use the microphone tool to tell us about it.
Activities:
- Keep working on your museum exhibit.
- Look back over the week. Catch up on some things that you did not get to do. Try one of the science experiments or create another art project.
ELA (Click on links below)
Math:
Practice playing hidden counters and build a staircase game.
Play: What comes next and what number comes before. Give your child a number from 1-10. Ask your child which number comes before or which number comes after. When they show mastery, repeat the game with numbers 10-20
Music and Movement:
Rise Up-Martin Luther King Song
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Thursday, January 14thGood morning. Today is Thursday, January 14th. Yesterday we learned about boats and the different ways that they get their power to move. Today we are researching vehicles that fly. They also move in different ways.
Let’s start the day with some movement.
Click on the links below:
Months of the Year-Dream English
What's the Weather? Kiboomers
Can you count to 14? Click the link below.
Keep working on your museum Exhibit!
Read Aloud:
The Hot Air Balloon Race by Rachel Bach
A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a hot-air balloon rally.
Art: Make a hot air balloon
Science:
Experiment Make a balloon rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMX7zgaLC0w
Watch this video to see the parts of a plane and how it flies: How do Airplanes Work?
Watch this video to see how helicopters work: Blippi: Helicopters for Children
ELA (Click on links below)
Math:
- Warm up-Count and move (Forward and back) Start in a crouched position and slowly rise to a standing position while counting aloud to 10. Then, while counting backward from 10, slowly sink back down. Repeat a couple of times.
- How Many Now? Numeral cards, counters and a small cloth. (If your child was proficient last time. Try going up and down by two or use larger numbers)
Give your child a set of numeral cards from their remote learning bag. Ask them to put them in number order. (Limit the number if your child is not ready to go up to 10).
*Set out 2 counters. *Ask your child to point to the card that shows that many. *Cover the counters with a cloth, show your child a counter and add it under the cloth. *Have your child show you the card that says how many counters are hidden now. *Lift the cloth to check the answer.* Replace the cloth and add or subtract a counter. *Ask your child to point to the card that shows how many. Repeat a few more times going up or down by one counter.
Music and Movement:
Cosmic kids-Hot Air Balloonin’
The Airplane Song-Laurie Berkner
_______________________________________________________________________________Wednesday, January 13.
Good morning. Today is Wednesday, January 13. We have been researching how wheels help things move and how a simple machine like a ramp can help vehicles with wheels go up and down to different levels. Today we are looking at some vehicles without wheels. There are many different kinds of boats and they move in different ways. Watch the videos to find out about them and try to make your own boat that will float.
Let’s start the day with some movement.
Click on the links below:
Months of the Year-Dream English
What's the Weather? Kiboomers
Can you count to 13? Click the link below.
Read aloud:
The powerful little tugboat can do big jobs—such as pulling an ocean liner, a cargo ship, barges, even a bridge! It maneuvers the tall ships and tugs the fireworks barge.
Activity:
Draw your favorite boat and post a picture on Seesaw;
ELA (Click on links below)
Science:
Watch this video to learn about how boats move: Mighty Machines: Go Boats Go
Try one of these experiments:
- A paddle steamer has a waterwheel to make it move. Try and make one using plastic cups and plates Click on the link to see the instructions. Experiment: Make a waterwheel
- A sailboat has sails to catch wind to move it along. Click the link to see the instructions: Experiment: Make a sailboat
- Experiment: Make a Lego Boat
Math:
- Warm Up: Read Victor Diego's Little Red wagon to your child. Click on the link for the PDF book. Focus on the plus one pattern. Point to the 1 and ask “What is the next numeral?” Continue to 10. Ask your child to explain the plus 1 pattern: https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/17503/documents/2021/1/Book-Victor%20Diego%20Seahawks%20Big%20Red%20Wagon.pdf
- Place dot cards from your remote learning bag in numerical order. Count them aloud as they are placed down. Look for the plus 1 pattern of dots. Parents: Ask your child “How do you know what comes next?”
Music and Movement:
Boats-Yoga poses
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Good morning. Today we are experimenting with ramps and friction. How do things move up and down hills? Experiment with different materials and vehicles. What makes the vehicles move the same or differently?
Let’s start the day with some movement.
Click on the links below:
Months of the Year-Dream English
What's the Weather? Kiboomers
Can you count to 12? Click the link below.
Read Aloud:
"Roll, Slope and Slide: A Book About Ramps (Amazing Science)" by Michael Dahl:
Explore the different kinds, uses, and benefits of inclined planes and ramps
Science : Exploring Ramps, Angles, and Friction
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3COvm0TtxWg
Experiment:
Supplies Needed
- Materials to make ramps; you can use cardboard or wood planks!
- Variety of toy cars
- Variety of textured materials to create friction – There are so many ideas! We used a hand towel, sandpaper, and rubber grippy mats. You could also use foil or parchment paper, a piece of rug, or even dirt.
- Tape to secure materials if necessary so they do not slip off the ramps
- Stopwatch and measuring tape. These are optional but a fun way to extend the activity and encourage making predictions.
Ramps and Friction Activity Set Up
Determine how many materials you want to test and how many ramps you want to have available. This is fun inside or outside! Leave one ramp free of materials as a test ramp. Secure your materials to the other ramps as needed. Determine how you will set up the ramps. We used stairs, but you can also stack books. Gather your cars and kids! - Which ramp angles are faster or slower?
- Which cars move faster? Heavier, lighter, longer, or shorter cars move at different speeds. This is a great way to think about the way things move!
What is Friction?
Young kids learn by exploring, observing, and figuring out the way things work by experimenting. Exploring ramps and friction encourages all of the above. Kids will learn that friction can be two surfaces rubbing against one another. We experience this when we rub our hands together when they are cold. Friction is also the resistance an object meets when moving over another surface. The materials you attached to the ramps changed the surface of the ramp. The different cars will experience different amounts of friction when going down these ramps causing the cars to speed up or slow down some.
Art: Design a Rollercoaster ride.
Roller Coasters are fun. They have lots of curves that go up and down. See the Slinky Dog ride at Disney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuAwB1RBcIs
Draw your own rollercoaster. What would the track look like? What kind of car would go on it? Take a picture and post it on Seesaw.Museum Activity
Keep working on planning and creating your museum vehicle. See yesterday’s post or Seesaw for directions.ELA (Click on links below)
Math:
How Many Now? Numeral cards, counters and a small cloth.
Give your child a set of numeral cards from their remote learning bag. Ask them to put them in number order. (Limit the number if your child is not ready to go up to 10).
*Set out 2 counters. *Ask your child to point to the card that shows that many. *Cover the counters with a cloth, show your child a counter and add it under the cloth. *Have your child show you the card that says how many counters are hidden now. *Lift the cloth to check the answer.* Replace the cloth and add or subtract a counter. *Ask your child to point to the card that shows how many. Repeat a few more times going up or down by one counter.Music and Movement:
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Good Morning. Welcome to week 2 of our transportation unit. This week we will be comparing and contrasting vehicles to see how they are alike and different.
Transportation is a way to get from place to place. Some ways are faster than others. You pick your type of transportation for many different reasons. Could you drive a car across water? Could you take a train if there are no tracks there? Could you sail a boat across land?
Focus Question: How are various modes of transportation similar and different?
Week 2 Vocabulary:
axle, cargo, crutches, drive, engine, ferry, fly, mechanic, motor, propeller, ramp, roll, run, transport, tunnel, walk, walker, wheelchair
Let’s start the day with some movement.
Click on the links below:
Months of the Year-Dream English
What's the Weather? Kiboomers
Today is the 11th day of January,
Foundational Text:
"What Do Wheels Do All Day?" by April Jones Prince
PK.CLL.2 (Approaches to Communication): Demonstrates s/he is building background knowledge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Sxd9XMZxg
Questions:
- What are three things wheels do?
- What are some of the things you saw in this book that have wheels?
- What vehicles and things with wheels do you use?
- This book is all about wheels. Can you think of some vehicles that do not have wheels?
- What are some ways to move without wheels?
- What do helicopters and airplanes use to move?
- Why do you think so many vehicles have wheels?
- What would happen if _____ (cars, buses, etc.) did not have wheels?
ELA (Click on links below)
Activities:
- Invite your child to pretend to be different types of vehicles or vehicle parts and move accordingly (e.g., fly like an airplane, roll like a wheel, balance on a skateboard).
PK.Standard CKW.3 (Technology): Expresses an understanding of how technology affects them in daily life, and how it can be used to solve problems.
- Paint with car wheels. Pour some paint into a tray. Use toy cars or other small objects with wheels such as a pizza cutter. Run the wheels through the paint and then across a piece of paper. Try vehicles with different kinds of wheels to paint with. Discuss how the prints are different or the same. (Wide, narrow, thin, briad, wavy, straight etc.)
- We are creating a museum of real and imaginary vehicles. Your job is to make an exhibit for the museum using objects that you recycle from your house such as boxes, paper, lids, etc. Start working on it today. Plan out your vehicle first: Will it travel by air, sea or land; What would it need to move: wings, a propellor, an engine, wheels?; What shape should it be? Take your time to create and plan it. You will present your vehicle by using the video tool on Seesaw by January 25th. Send us a photo too so that we can add it to the classroom museum.
Science Experiment: Do Wheels make work easier?
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIV9IUHqW3AExperiment:
Materials
3 straws
book
Directions
- Put a book on a desk or table.
- Push the book.
- Place the straws on the table and place the book on top of the straws.
- Predict if the book will be easier or harder to push.
- Push the book. (The book should move easier.)
- Answer the question, "Do wheels make work easier?"
- Explanation
- Rolling the book causes less friction than sliding the book. The less friction the easier it is to move something.
Math:
Building Blocks Week 13: How is counting linked to pattern?
Warm Up: Count and Move. Walk up stairs with your child. Talk about how the stairs go up one step at a time and count them as you go.
March in a circle or outdoors or march in place. Pretend to climb stairs. Count up to 10.
Build a Staircase.
Link connecting cubes such as unifix, Lego or Duplo. Show your child how to make the first and second step using one cube for the first and two cubes for the second. Ask your child how many cubes will make the next step. Walk your fingers up the step saying 1,2,3. Have your child build a staircase up to ten cubes high. Help and reinforce if needed by recounting each level and asking What should come next? Ask what pattern they notice. (+1)
Music and Movement: (Click on links below)
Transportation Yoga with Ms. Jordan
Week 1:What kinds of transportation do I use and why?
Vocabulary: bicycle, bus, car, express, fare, feet, helmet, keys, license plate, local, MetroCard, office, parachute, property, scooter, skateboard, stroller, subway, swim, taxi, train, transportation, truck, van, vehicle, wagon
Good Morning Pre-K! Welcome back! I hope you had a great Christmas break! This week, like always will be an action packed and exciting week in class. This week we will begin a brand new unit, Transportation. This week we will be exploring the question “What kinds of transportation do I use and why?” We will also be learning a new letter this week, the letter Ll. It’s also a brand new year!!!! 2021!
January 8, 2021
Today is Friday, January 8 2021.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEw
Months of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Jack Hartmann: January
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAcfsgv-fECan you count to the number 8? Use the link below to help you.
Sesame STreet Number 8 Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDc7Y3qWkdg
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom
It’s the first day of school for Tess, and it’s also her very first ride on a school bus. Waiting at the bus stop with her older friend Gus, Tess eagerly asks, “Is this the bus for us, Gus?” as each vehicle passes by. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELeUPohwEdw
Activities
First cut your paper plate in half. Straight up the center. This will give you TWO school buses.
* Go ahead and cut a small triangle/slot out of one side {see my example} to give the school bus its long, iconic front.
* Now take your tissue paper and cut it into small squares {let the kids practice their cutting skills}
* Take your paper plate halves and put a good amount of glue all over them.
* Have children place the tissue/construction paper on top of the glue, until they are completely covered.
* When they are done with that, set aside to let them dry completely while you trim out the other bus features from black paper {think tires, windows, etc}
* To finish off the Paper Plate School Bus kid craft – simply staple/glue the cardstock pieces in their designated spots.
* Then have children spell out “School Bus” with stickers and add other embellishments to really make it their own!
* Now display proudly for all to see!
ELA
Letter Ll song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXMoeYe47c
My Ll Book Read Aloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erbwngofl3Q
Writing the Letter Llhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hErE1OZ5w
Math:
Review all activities from this week
Music and Movement
Riding in My Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrZWu2dZ4c
Cosmic Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrZWu2dZ4c
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January 7, 2021Today is Thursday January 7, 2020.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEw
Months of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Jack Hartmann: January
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAcfsgv-fE
Can you count to the number 7?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame STreet Number 7 Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91MkQeIx8sE
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Saturday by Oge Mora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iURjU8JJ1ek
In this heartfelt and universal story, a mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong–ruining storytime, salon time, picnic time, and the puppet show they’d been looking forward to going to all week. Mom is nearing a meltdown…until her loving daughter reminds her that being together is the most important thing of all
Activities
Invite your child to pretend to be different types of transportation. Make sure every child has enough space to do the exercises. Ride a bike: lay on your back and pretend to pedal. Row a boat: sit, legs in a V, pretend to row. Run: run in place. Fly a helicopter: circle arm round and round above head like a propeller. Rocket ship: countdown and blast off. Add other types of transportation as desired. Ask your child when would they use these different types of transportation and why each type might be useful.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Ll. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Maze: Use tape to create a maze on a table top. Add a few letters that are common in your child’s name. Invite your child to drive a vehicle through the maze and search for the letters in their names.
Letter Ll song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXMoeYe47c
My Ll Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erbwngofl3Q
Writing the Letter Ll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hErE1OZ5w
Math:
How many is this?
Place three transportation manipulatives or small vehicles on a piece of paper on the floor where your child can see. Ask your child how many vehicles they see. After establishing that there are three vehicles, add another and ask your child how many vehicles there are now. Clear the paper and repeat with other amounts based on your child’s ability. (Play several times until your child understands that adding "one" means the next counting number without having to recount the objects).
Science
Lego Boats: Supply Legos, Duplos, or other small connectors, and invite your child to create boats with them. Encourage your child to think carefully about how they can make a boat that floats. After building, invite your child to try their boats. Do the boats float? Ask your child why or why not. If the boats do not float, your child may want to make modifications to their boats and test them again.
Music and Movement
Riding in My Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrZWu2dZ4c
Cosmic Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrZWu2dZ4c
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January 6, 2021Today is Wednesday, January 6, 2020.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEw
Months of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Jack Heartman: January
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAcfsgv-fE
Can you count to the number 6?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street counts to 6 podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMi8ucQjapk
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Mama Zooms by Jane Cowen-Fletche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0pTX87DZEo
A small boy, with the aid of his energetic mother, her wheelchair "zooming machine," and a bit of imagination, pretends that he is on a train, a spaceship, and more.
Activities
As You Read/Listen to the story
- Ask your child to describe who they think the boy is pretending to be in different illustrations (jockey, ship captain, race-car driver, etc.).
After You Read/Listen
Have your child make connections to the story by asking them to describe scenarios such as,
- Share a time they zoomed around
- Share a time they rode on a bicycle with a family member down or up a hill
- Share a time they went zooming down a snow hill
Have your child draw a picture of themselves doing one of the actions they describe. Post their picture to Seesaw.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Ll. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
License Plates:
Share with your child the purpose of a license plate and use the term license plate frequently as you play with the children. Show your child a sample license plate (or a picture) and provide paper and materials for them to create their own. Children can write letters and numbers on their license plates or use letter and/or number stamps or stickers.
Letter Ll song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXMoeYe47c
My Ll Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erbwngofl3Q
Writing the Letter Ll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hErE1OZ5w
Math:
Parking Lot: Use a piece of cardboard to create a parking lot for vehicles. Number the parking spots as well as an assortment of small vehicles, and invite children to park the vehicles in the correct parking space.
Social Studies
Last month we learned about different holidays that are celebrated during the month of December. We learned that some families celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Advent and Christmas. My family also celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany. Today is the Feast of the Epiphany. In my family Befana the Christmas witch. LaBefana is the Italian story of the Witch who visits children on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany, the 6th of January. It's said that she's searching for the child Jesus. When visiting, she leaves a gift of a toy or candy for the good children, and a lump of coal, a stick, or a piece of dark candy for the ones not so good.
Here is the story portrayed at the Italy pavilion at Epcot, Walt Disney World.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdYuSuXW9s
Music and Movement
Airplane Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVpmWeOs_Ps
Alphabet Transport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWss7p8DjVU
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January 5, 2021Today is Tuesday, January 5, 2020.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEw
Months of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Jack Heartman: January
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAcfsgv-fE
Can you count to the number 5?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street counts to 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b-v-wMR69k
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Subway by Christoph Niemann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMrko5e9Ll8
This book shows a tale of a dad and his two sons, who decide to go on a subway. The three of them travel from place to place, going on various subways, while seeing many different things on the way.
Activities
Share the following rhymes with your child, pausing for your child to generate the word in parentheses. You may also have pictures or models of the objects in front of you as a visual.
- I’m thinking of something that has two wheels. It rhymes with hike. It is a (bike). I’m thinking of a vehicle that can carry lots of people. It rhymes with fuss. It is a (bus).
- I’m thinking of a vehicle that drives on the street. It rhymes with far. It is a (car)
- I’m thinking of something that carries babies. If rhymes with polar. It is a (stroller).
Encourage your child to come up with another word that rhymes with the transportation word.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Ll. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Car Writing
Car Writing: Take the tops off markers and tape the markers, tip down, to the back of small vehicles. Invite your child to drive the vehicles on paper and see what happens. After your child explores the marks they can make, invite them to try to write and draw with the cars
Letter Ll song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXMoeYe47c
My Ll Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erbwngofl3Q
Writing the Letter Ll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hErE1OZ5w
Math:
How many is this?
Place three transportation manipulatives or small vehicles on a piece of paper on the floor where your child can see. Ask your child how many vehicles they see. After establishing that there are three vehicles, add another and ask your child how many vehicles there are now. Clear the paper and repeat with other amounts based on your child’s ability.
Science:
Paper Airplanes: Encourage your child to explore how paper planes might fly.
Use the link below for directions on how to make a paper airplane.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_plane for plane folding directions.
Music and Movement
Movement Game
Ask your child what a green light means and what a red light means. Invite them to practice following traffic lights. Model first, then let your child take turns being a traffic light. Have your child make a sign with “GO” in green on one side and “STOP” in red on the other. They can dance or move when the light is “green” and should stop on “red.”
Red Light, Green Light Freeze Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhqh4cqSzVI
Red LIght, Green Light Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoyEDrMDirA
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Today is Monday, January 4, 2021.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEwMonths of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GAJack Heartman: January
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlAcfsgv-fECan you count to the number 4? Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street counts to 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15ygOur foundational text
The Lost Property Office by Emily Rand
A little girl and her mother are on the train, going to visit Grandpa. It's very busy--hold on tight! But when they arrive at their destination and get off the train they realize something is wrong: the little girl's beloved teddy bear has gone missing! Just when it looks like she'll never see Teddy again, Grandpa has an idea! And suddenly the little girl is off on a magical journey to rescue her favorite stuffed friend. Have you ever wondered where your lost objects go? With charming and stylish illustrations, this book is perfect for curious minds.
The attached link is a read aloud for the above title that will be used in class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYansr-ZVQQ&t=35s
While listening to the story think about some of these questions?
Can you answer some? Record yourself answering a few of these questions and post it to your Seesaw account.
- Level 1:What does the girl leave on the train? Where is the little girl going when she leaves Teddy on the train? Who takes the girl to find Teddy?
- Level 2: Skill/Concept:Why do you think the girl was so sad about losing Teddy? Have you ever lost anything special? How did that feel? Did you ever lose something special and then get it back later? How did that feel?
- Level 3:Strategic Thinking: There were many, many things at the lost property office. Why do you think there were so many things there? How do the things people leave on the train get to the lost property office?
- Level 4: Extended Thinking: There were lots of glasses, umbrellas, hats, and teddy bears at the lost property office. Why do you think were so many of these items there? What types of things might be easy to leave on the train? What types of things might be harder to leave on the train? Why?
Activities:
- Cut pictures of an assortment of vehicles in half. Give each child one half. Invite children to find the other half and discuss: What is this? Do you ever use this type of transportation? Why or why not? Why might other people use this type of transportation?
- Invite children to share how they get places. Ask them to draw a picture to illustrate and add their own text or dictate text to a teacher/parent.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Ll. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Ll song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXMoeYe47cMy Ll Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erbwngofl3QWriting the Letter Ll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hErE1OZ5w
Math:
Print the sheet below and use the die in your “At Home Learning Kit” to help you color your New Year’s Party hat. When you are done watch the link below from the Madison Children’s Museum to countdown to 2021 with a pumpkin splat.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekrdg4VlusI&feature=emb_logo
Social Studies:
Learn what a resolution is for the New Year and then share on Seesaw what your resolution is.
Activity is also available on Seesaw
Listen to the Read Aloud
Squirrel's New Year’s Resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPRZZFWO5W4
Music and Movement
Transportation Movement Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gNDa5HUn40
Transportation Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DeiXPJ3H8
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RemindersPlease clean out your child's folder daily.
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Documents
- Place Scenes Nature
- Nov. 3 ballot and graph
- voter registration card
- I like myself poem
- pumpkin life cycle
- Aa finger tracing
- Goldfish vs fish
- Handwriting Glore
- Preschool board
- Ssummer packet
- kitchen scrap garden
- Make a Frog
- In The Tall Tall Grass Game
- Babies Unit
- Oviparous sort
- transformation emergency unit
- math shapes worksheet
- Dissecting a Daffodil
- leaf pattern
- Water Unit work
- DOE Homework
- Building Blocks Interactive
- Remind instructions
- covid story book
- building resilience
- parent resource march 25, 2020
- Plant Unit
- parts of a plant worksheet
- handwriting pages
- Welcome Letter
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Links
- Building Shapes
- community helper memory game
- Emotions Puppets and Cards
- Pete the Cat
- Scholastic Watch and Learn
- Science Show Kids
- Khan Academy Kids
- PBS kids
- Fluency and Fitness
- Audible Books
- NYPL sings
- deciduous trees
- nypl resourses
- Tres Leches Cake
- Cinco de Mayo recipes
- open ended questions
- bronx zoo babies
- west brighton libraru
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Family Information
Our day will be filled with much exploration and opportunities to learn. Your child will grow this year in many ways. We are here to help your child succeed in the following areas, Language and Literacy, Social-Emotional Development, Physical Development, Math, Science, Social Studies, and the Arts. We believe that children learn best when they are engaged in hands-on experiences.
Please send in the following items for your child:
- A backpack large enough to hold all your child's belongings.
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Two complete extra sets of clothes, in case of toileting accidents. Be sure to write your child’s name on the bag and label each article of clothing.
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We want to get to know each other’s families. A family photo can make your child feel comfortable in the room. We will make a special space for them to hang on display! You can email your picture to frizzuto@sacredheartschoolsi.org or bring on the first day of school.
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We ask that each child brings in one crib size set (fitted crib sheet and a thin top sheet or blanket) for nap time. Our storage is very limited. They will be sent home each Friday so they can be washed over the weekend.
Sacred Heart School Folders will be used throughout the year for notes and announcements. Please bring them back and forth every day.
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Birthday Celebrations!
You are welcome to send in cupcakes for your child's birthday; they may be store-bought. We ask, however, that you please make certain your treats are peanut/nut free, as we have some children in the classrooom with allergies. If you would like to send in cupcakes for your child's birthday, please just let me know a day or two in advance. No candles, please.
