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Welcome to PKFA-1
PKFA -1
Makes The Future So Bright
Welcome to PreK. My name is Francine Rizzuto. I will be your child's teacher this year. Ms. Kim is our class assistant.
We are excited to be part of your child's learning experience.
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January, 2023
Happy New Year! Welcome 2023
Welcome to Unit 5: Transportation
Pre-K for All’s fifth Interdisciplinary Unit of Study. In this unit, children move from inquiring and thinking critically about the places where animals and people live to exploring how people move from place to place using vehicles and other methods of transportation. This unit, like all Pre-K for All units, provides opportunities for children to observe objects and phenomena in their environment with increasing complexity through hands-on activities in the classroom and in the community. In this unit, children have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of a major part of New York City life across all five boroughs. The full diversity of our city is reflected in this unit through the examination of trains, boats, cars, airplanes, buses, specialty vehicles and more! There are opportunities throughout the unit for you to tailor discussions and activities to reflect the children and communities you serve
Essential Question How does my community use various modes of transportation?
Weekly Focus Questions
What kinds of transportation do I use and why?
How are various modes of transportation similar and different?
Who operates the vehicles in my community?
How do we stay safe when using transportation?
Student Outcomes
These are the enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:
I use transportation to get to pre-K and other places.
We use different types of transportation for different reasons.
Vehicles move in different ways. Some vehicles are operated by community helpers such as bus drivers, conductors, firefighters, police officers and mail carriers.
There are many ways to stay safe when using transportation.
Vocabulary
accident airplane airport ambulance axle barge bicycle bridge bus car cargo cement mixer conductor crossing guard crutches drive driver emergency EMT engine engineer express fare feet ferry fire engine firefighter fly harbor helicopter helmet keys license plate local locomotive mail carrier mail truck mechanic MetroCard Motor office operator parachute pilot police car police officer property propeller ramp roll run safety scooter school bus seatbelt skateboard speed speed limit stop stroller subway tanker taxi traffic traffic jam traffic light traffic signs train train tracks transport transportation truck tugboat tunnel van vehicle wagon walk walker wheelchair yield
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Dates to KnowJanuary 3 Return to School
January 16- Martin Luther King Day
January 27 - Pre k - Build It Family Engagement -
January Family Engagement
Let's Build it - Click on the title to see the flier.
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RemindersPlease clean out your child's folder daily.
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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 [email protected] 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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Documents
- Ideas for the Summer
- Summer packet
- animal matching
- week 24
- body template
- plant scavenger hunt
- family assessment unit 19 bb
- pattern tags
- pattern worksheet
- pattern strips
- 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
- 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
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Links
- Pete the Cat
- matching baby animals to mama
- week 27 math worksheet
- week 24
- Building Shapes
- community helper memory game
- plant scavenger hunt
- Emotions Puppets and Cards
- 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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Birthday Celebrations!
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.
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