IMrs. Judith Smith
PreK-3
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
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June 15, 2020
We did it.  Our last day of school- June 19, 2020
Our End of Year Celebration June 19. Please follow your emails for more information.

NEW MONTH OF STUDY:Transformation 
This final unit is to apply the knowledge and skills students learned in previous units and to help students prepare for upcoming transition.

Family Engagement 
Please continue to practice different activity skills with your child over the summer. They are moving up to kindergarten. Continue to discuss social skills, writing, math skills, alphabets, and counting.
 
Focus Questions:  what changes around me? How can objects changes? What kind of changes happen? How will I continue to change and grow
Activities :
Books: Little Book by Loren Long, Joseph had a Little Lamb, The very hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl, What do you do with an idea by Kobe Yamada
Vocabulary words to practice : change, transitions, feelings, season, bigger, grow, inches, less, reuse, develop
Dramatic Play:Who do you want to be today? Use open ended questions: what will happen if? What will you do next?
Invite child to do the weather: Think about the changes
Art: create Pete The Cat story : I have my white shoes. What happen next
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Math Building Blocks-
Week 28 Activities:Dancing Patterns- sing song you and your child likes. Child follow pattern while dancing( try more complex movement/ sequence (/clap/clap/clap)
Now is spring Parents can observe the different changes and transformation around us. 
Updates
June 8 @ 1200pm - Virtual Worpshop withKaren - Getting Ready for Kindergarten.
Parents please continue to send your time in for your conference s with me. You all should receive your child narratives by now.

We are now on Zoom once a week
Students  who did not start their activities, you can still go on to seesaw and class page and do some work. Thank you.
Please you can email me with any questions you have about our activities.
Please continue to teach your child about washing hands and staying healthy.
Websites: Pinterest . www.youtube.com.  www.pbskids.org. 
Read aloud stories on Transformation : http://www.readingrockets.org, 
Learning A-Z
Epic: https://www.getepic
Learn to read app. Homereader. This app can be download for kids. 

Birthday Shoutout!
Happy Birthday to all the students celebrating this month!!!


Have a Great week!!!  Please stay healthy. Wash hands as often as possible 

Thank you

Pre-k 3 Teachers