Ms. Cynthia Cerda

PreK 2 - 3K
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
(when sending emails please include child's name and grade in subject line)

October Newsletter

Unit: Our Bodies                                            

Essential Questions: What are ways to keep our bodies safe and healthy? What are some of our physical characteristics?

Book: "Llama, Llama Home with Mama" By Anna Dewdney 

Important Dates: October 27, 2022- School Pictures. Dress to Impress. Forms have been sent home. Please return immediately. 

Family Partnerships: Complete the Scavenger Hunt below and send pictures of your child completing the activity. 



 

November Newsletter

Unit: Our Community
Learning Objective: Children will have the opportunity to explore their emerging sense of belonging. 
Essential Questions:

• Grownups/Adults-Who are the adults in my classroom and throughout the building? 
• Class-How can we get to know our peers? 
• Building-How can we safely explore our school building?
• Caring-How can we take care of our friends? 

Vocabulary Week 1-help, gone, care, here , you, strangers
Read Aloud Week 1- The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers

Family Partnerships
 Week 1- Ask your child about the teachers and or the faculty in the school. Ask your child to describe their teachers? Which room do they work in? Have them a picture to bring back to school. 

***Reading and sharing stories can help help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills. Let's read at least 30 minutes everyday. 

Vocabulary Week 2-us, community, others, thoughtful
Read Aloud Week 2- Rainbow Fish By Marcus Pfister

Family Partnerships 
Week 2- Friendship Poem
Using a search engine of your choice, find a poem about friendship that can be returned to be read and shared in the classroom. OR Create your own poem about friendship about your friends in your classroom. 

Important Dates
Tuesday, November 8, 2022- Professional Development Day-School will be closed. 
Friday, November 11, 2022- Veteran's Day-School will be closed.

***It is recommended for young children to have a daily routine. Set timers and remember the 3 B's; Bath, Book, Bed. With structured routines, children will understand concept of time with bedtime. Along with bedtime, you can have a morning routine as well!

Vocabulary Week 3-community, care, support, us, others, help
Read Aloud Week 3- The Three Little Pigs 

Family Partnerships
Week 3- Recreate the school
Children can recreate the structure of the school using recyclables from home. Ask your child the following questions;What materials is the school made from? How many stories is your school? What colors do you see? How about the inside of the school? What colors are the floors? Children can take a picture with their structure and email it to teacher. 

Important Dates
Thursday, November 24, 2022-Thanksgiving Day-School will be closed.
Friday, November 25, 2022-Thanksgiving Recess-School will be closed.

Please return ASQ-3 questionnaire as soon as possible!

***It is important to read daily with child for 15 minutes to build on child's literacy skills. 

Vocabulary Week 4- buddy, pal, others, care
Read Aloud Week 4- "Should I Share My Ice Cream?" By Mo Willems

Family Partnerships
Week 4- Ask your child to identify their friend(s) from school. Then proceed to ask them; What do you like about your friend? What is special about your friend? What kind of activities do they do together? What are ways we can make our friends feel special? Using paper and writing utensil of their choice, have your child draw your friend. This can either be posted on Seesaw, sent in backpack or emailed to me. 

Important Dates
Friday, December 2,2022,- Parent Teacher Conferences

QR Codes have been sent home for the learning application, SeeSaw. If you need any assistance, please email me. 

*It is advised completing "Family Partnerships" projects weekly in order to reinforce what your child has learned in school.

December Newsletter 

Unit: Our Environment  
Essential Question: What can we discover about our community? 
Learning Objectives: 

• Objects All Arounds Us- How can we use our sense of sight to experience and interact with my environment?
• Eyes- How can we use our sense of sight?
• Our Physical Characteristics- How can I use my sense of sight to notice my physical characteristics? 
• Seeing-What can we discover about our community?

Vocabulary Week 1- notice, neighborhood, eyes, spot, sun, cloud, spy, bright, binoculars

Read Aloud Week 1-  "I Spy" By Jean Marzollo

Family Partnerships

Week 1- Create your own binoculars-Using recyclables from home, create your binoculars. After creating your own binoculars go on a neigborhood walk and find three things. What is this object? 
How does it look? What colors can you notice? Can you describe the object? What unique features does it have? You can take pictures of your findings and post it on Seesaw.

Important Dates-Friday , December 2, 2022- Early Dismissal and Parent Teacher Conferences