HOME WORK/ Family Engagement.

Parents:  Please help your child to: 
Build Plants: Consider wrapping boxes of different sizes in green and brown paper or help your child  to use crayons/ markers to color the boxes with green, brown or other colors. Invite your child to use the box to create a plant  with ; root, stem, leaves, flower etc.


Read to your child daily, ask him/ her questions about the book. 





















 

Students 
Mrs. Nickola Rattray
PreK-5
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
(when sending emails please include child's name and grade in subject line)
                                   

March  30, 2020

                                
                             Welcome  to Pre-k 5 

Unit topic : PLANTS
Essential Question:  How do plants grow and why are they important

Dear Parents
 

Welcome to  our new unit of study " PLANTS". Over the course of four weeks, we  work on these topics together with fun and interesting activities.
- What are plants
- What do plants need and where do we find them
- What are some different kinds of plants
- Why are plants important
Activities throughout this unit prompt children to learn about plants through hands on exploration and provide opportunities to observe plants. As we discuss this unit consider how different kinds of plants are apart of your child's daily lives.

The week of March 30, we will explore the topic: "What are plants? . If you have plants at home , talk to your child about  it.
 

SCIENCE/ WRITING
Please help your child  at home to: 
- Look at a plant
- discuss the parts of a plant; root, stem, leaves, flower
-Help your child to draw a plant and label it.

MATH
Shapes
-Look for different shapes around the house such as; circles, triangles, squares, rectangles,  rhombus etc.
- Make a list of the shapes and draw and label them on a sheet of paper
- Count the number of shapes 
- write the numbers

Practice alphabet letters with your child, Alllow him or her to write them  and discuss the sounds.
VOCABULARY WORDS : plants, stem, roots, leaves, flower, seed, water, soil

Grossmotor exercise:  jumping jacks, stretching , dance movement 
 

Websites
Story: Please visit https://stories.audible.com/start-listen%3Chttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stories.audible.com_start-2Dlisten&d=DwMFaQ&c=xRhiN2BRwJUM6w5u-Ngs3w&r=pFJKsNhZi-fzHbfqbLX1pG6G9bi9Ro54I8k9vtZKn_4&m=Yoizv7P6EIEpBaJcE4G9u2mohILyLZw-RJzBBUcTpo4&s=hgTqHPlYbpk-EOlPu__4R6wtLfzz0T-fyz91EVqzsh0&e=%
Learning websites
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/when-school-closed-resources-keep-kids-learning
LearningA-Z : https://www.learninga-z.com.com/site
Epic! https://www.getepic.com/educators
         https: //www.getepic.com/
 Lalilo=https: //lalilo.com/?language=en


Reminders: 
Please  continue to teach your child proper handwashing  technique
School Resumes Monday April 20.


Stay safe.
   
Thank you
Prek -5 Teachers

Ms Rattray
Ms Jessica
Ms. Donna