Mrs. Barabara Graham

PreK-2
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
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December 10, 2018

Hi everyone,  

Our Box Study has been a lot of fun for the children.  They have been using their imagination in making different things out of the boxes you brought into school.  Such as, a rocket ship, a 4 layer cake, a robot, and a school bus.  The all participated in at least creation.  In addition, we have been busy measuring the boxes with a tape measure to introduce them to inches and feet.  We have also been sorting the boxes by size.  We will continue our study on boxes and find out who uses boxes and what are some of the things that can go inside boxes.
        

                                             Important Dates and Information:

December 14th - Noon dismissal - Parent/Teacher Meetings - please talk to your child's teachers for signing up for a conference. They are 10 mins long and if you would rather a phone conference that would be fine as well.
December 17th - Class Christmas Party - We are planning to have a pizza party that day and would request everyone bring into school a $5 donation in an envelope.  
December 21 - Christmas Concert - starts promptly at 1pm in the school gym.  Please have your children wear the colors of the season on this day. (red, green, silver or gold)
December 24th - January 1st - No School - Christmas Break.

Everyday the children will have phyiscal activities involving running, jumping or dancing, if they wore sneakers and had some water in their backpacks that would be beneficial for them.  The weather is starting to turn colder and it is important to have them wear warmer outter wear.  This is a great opportunity for them to start bundling themselves up independently.  We have already seen improvement with many of the children.  Keep up the good work!

Being able to recognize the letters of the alphabet out of order and the letters to their first name is the beginning of literacy.  Please read to your child for at least 15 minutes a day.  It could be poems, recipes, menues, magazines or picture books.

As always, if you would like to speak with me just leave a note in your childs folder or tell me in the morning and we can make arangements for a time to talk.

Thank you,
Mrs. Graham