Mrs. Judith Smith
PreK-3
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
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April 6, 2020

School will be closed until April 20, 2020. Any New Information will be posted weekly. Thanks for your patience and cooperation.
Im so happy that at this time we are able to connect with each other through emails. I hope you take the opportunity to respond to information about your child and also to go on our class page and follow our different activities we have .Thanks to those you respond so far.
Please see our new teaching site “Seesaw”. I am so happy that our students find this site very engaging and is able to do som fun activities.
NEW MONTH OF STUDY: PLANTS: 
we will be exploring the the properties and use  of water to observing about different kinds of plants.  There is a lot of activities in this unit to help families at home to for students to observe objects, apply knowledge and some skills learned in previous unit.students will learn about plants in hands on activities, exploration and observe plants in their environment.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT:
Parents with their child: soil, Lima beans (4) grains. Put beans in soil with a little water. Parent label container with date when started. Place on a window sill or in your indoor garden area. Let your child observe each day or week what they see happen. Parent can do one for themselves so they can both observe together. Parents can take a picture and send by email.
Activities: Parents can make recipes at home that include different plants( lettuce, carrot ( roots) apple(trees).etc. 
Parents please continue to talk about plants , focus on “ What do plants need and where we find then?.
Parents help students draw  plants they discuss.
Read books about plants: Read Aloud. Watermelon Seed, A Tree is a Plant, Planting a Rainbow( www.youtube.com).
Math Building Blocks Week 24, Math Activity: Practice groups of 3 and 4. Please help your child to count things in groups and then write the number for that group..
 https://cdn-blob-prd.azureedge.net/prd-pws/docs/default-source/default-document-library/learn-at-home-2020/early-childhood-family-activities-accessible.pdf?

UPDATES
Easter Break: April 8- 19, 2020
Please you can email me with any questions you have about our activities.
Please continue to teach your child about washing hands, 

BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUT:

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

Thank you

Pre-k 3 Teachers