Pre K 3 Family Engagement Week 6 - April 27, 2020

This week, Pre K 3 students will be focusing on the letter V

and will be beginning a new and exciting unit - Insects!Below are suggested activities that students may engage in at home.

Questions of the Week (to ask children) What words start with the letter V? What is an insect? What is an arachnid? Where do ants live? Where do spiders live?

Literacy The children can trace the uppercase letter V (using thick pencils), in their

black notebooks. The children can paste pictures of objects that begin with the letter V onto

letter V pages in their black notebooks. The children can cut and paste the letter V found in magazines and

newspapers, or printed on a computer. The children can paste the letter V onto letter V pages in their black notebooks.

The children can form the letter V by painting or coloring a large cardstock letter V violet and adhering pictures of violins, vans, and/or volcanoes on to it.

The children can trace the letter V (in their black notebooks), using their fingers.

Math The children can count the number of violins/vans/volcanoes that they adhered

on to the letter V. The children can count the same number on a number line. The children can count the number of legs on the ants (6) and spiders (8) that

they can create in the Art Center.

The children can arrange pictures of ants and spiders to create AB patterns.Adults can cut out the spiders and ants so that children can arrange them in the boxes below.

The children can arrange pictures (or toys) of ants and spiders in, out and on their habitats. The children can create habitats (ant hills, tunnels, webs), out of blocks. (The children will gain an understanding of the positional words IN, OUT and ON.)The children may use these pictures below, if needed:

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child with the habitats he/she created!

Art

The children can create paintings/drawings/sculptures of ants. The children can use paint or markers to color on paper or egg cartons to create ants with heads, thoraxes, abdomens, antennae and six legs. The children can analyze the photographs of ants below, before they begin their artwork:

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child holding his/her ant!

The children can create three-dimensional spiders. The children can paint a paper bowl black. The children can glue eight googly eyes and eight strips of paper (legs), to the bowl. Yes-a spider has eight eyes and eight legs!

Science 1)The children can learn about the parts of an insect- an ANT!

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child holding the spider he/she created!

2)The children can learn about the parts of an arachnid-a SPIDER!

Adults may cut out the ant and spider into pieces. Children may then assemble and label the insect and arachnid and their body parts.

3)The children can learn about the habitats of ants and spiders by playing a matching game. Adults can cut out the picture squares below and mix them up. The children can then match the ants and spiders to their appropriate environments:

Science The children can watch the following videos to gain an understanding of the ants, spiders, and their habitats:

Insects and Arachnids for Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAH79xmmEA

The Itsy Bitsy Spider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_lCi8U49mY Peppa Pig Spider Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8uUy4zPu9o Itsy Bitsy Spider/Peppa Pig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5xvcRo0EMc The Ants go Marching One by One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Pjw2A3QU8Qg Ants: Science for Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CASrmm4BUJk Spiders for Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUx2qqPUyOI Black Widow Spiders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N0nHACQGXA

Blocks

The children can use blocks to build habitats for ants and spiders. The children can create ant hills, tunnels and webs. The children can incorporate pictures of ants and spiders into their creations:

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child with the habitats he/she created!

Dramatic Play The children can role play that they are scientists in an insect/arachnid lab. The

children can wear white “lab coats”, and work with toy insects, spiders, containers, tools and magnifying glasses.

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child dressed up as a scientist!

Stories of the Week The children can listen to the following stories: Vera Viper’s Valentine: https://youtu.be/PhncA9TmkSM 100 Angry Ants: https://youtu.be/8qhUaQpaRrQ The Very Busy Spider: https://youtu.be/TfL0g-XRxnA Letter V Olive and the Rhyme Rescue Crew:

https://youtu.be/lQQ9aUT8K0c

Additional Daily Activities Remembering God

The children can listen to the following story:

Veggie Tales: God Made You Special: https://youtu.be/Ggpmw9CUDR0

Visiting Seesaw!

Pre K 3 is using an exciting new form of online learning called Seesaw! Seesaw is a platform for student engagement. Students use creative tools to take pictures, draw, record videos and more to capture learning in a portfolio. In addition, teachers, such as myself, find or create activities to share with students.

This week, activities are focusing on learning about the letter V, insects, patterns, and positional words such as “in”, “out”, and “on”.

Come and join the fun!

Having PE CLASS with Mr. B!

Having ART CLASS with Mrs. Hill !

Having MUSIC CLASS with Mrs. Corvini!

For classes with Mr. B, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Corvini, please go to shgsyonkers.org and click on to School Updates, and then scroll down to Class Pages.

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child engaging in gross motor, art or music activities!

Pre K 3 Scavenger HuntColor in the box if you find or see the following items (or pictures of them), in

or around your home:

Create Your Own Projects!

Families are welcome to create their own projects!

Perhaps your child wants to create a sculpture or painting of an object that starts

with the letter V! Perhaps your child wants to make an anthill

out of dirt or sand! Perhaps your child wants to create a spider

web out of yarn!

Use your imaginations…

Please send Ms. D a picture of your child with his/her project!