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Parents:  Please help your child ti make Life Cycle of Butterfly
-Use a paper plate
-Cut your paper plate in half, then each half into butterfly wing shape.
-Glue the wings  to either side of the  large craft stick
-Finally ., decorate your butterfly with marker faces and designs on the body and wings as desired. 

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





















 

Students 
Mrs. Nickola Rattray
PreK-5
stbrendanschoolbronx@gmail.com
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June 15, 2020

                                
                             WELCOME TO PRE-K 5

Unit topic : TRANSFORMATION 
Essential Question:  What is transformation and how do things change?

Dear Parents
This week will be the final week of study  for Pre-k.

This week  June 15 our topic of discussion will be "What kind of changes happen in nature?. 
-- Discuss Metamorphosis: is the process of transformation from immature form to an adult form.

To Transform means to make a thorough or dramatic change in form, appearance or character. Children will begin to explore how they are agents of change in a variety of ways, including activities where they can change the shape of object or objects. Children will also explore how their feelings change and how their actions and words can impact other feelings. These discussions and activities will help children develop concepts and skills related to self- awareness and self- regulation.

Topic for the Month
1. What changes around me?
2. How can I continue to change and grow?
3. What kinds of change helppens in nature?

BLOCKS

Blocks

How Tall Are You? Invite children to measure themselves with blocks or recyclable
boxes. Have children measure each member of the family and compare heights.
Provide tools for recording such as paper and writing utensils and have children record
heights of family members on a chart. After children measure themselves, invite them to
predict how tall they think they will be when they are grown up.
Questions to Extend Thinking:
● What are some things we can use to measure ourselves?
● How many blocks (legos/boxes) do you think it will take to build a tower as tall as
you?
● How many blocks tall do you think you will be when you grow up to be my age?
MATHS
Cup Challenge: Supply a large amount of plastic cups. Challenge your child to see how
high they can build, balancing the cups in different ways. Have your child count how
many cups they’ve used. Ask them to compare which rows have more cups and which
rows have less cups.

ART
Always Me: Invite your child to create representations of themselves using a variety of
materials (examples: pencil and paper, egg cartons, play dough, Cheerios and food,
paper bags, etc. ) over a series of days (one per day). Provide mirrors for them to look
carefully at their features. After they have several representations of themselves display
their pieces of work together and invite children to talk about what things are the same
in every piece (e.g. “I always have eyes”). Point out to the children that even though
many things change some things always stay the same.
Questions to Extend Thinking:
● Which piece do you think best represents you? Why?
● Which material was the easiest to work with? Which was the most difficult?
● Do you look the same in every piece of work? What’s different?
● What do you think you will look like when you are an adult?

SCIENCE
Does it Change? Provide an assortment of materials for your child to try to mix
together such as oil and vinegar and flour and water. Invite your child to predict what will
happen when they combine the materials. Once they mix materials, ask him/her to
reflect on his/her predictions and what occurs. Do the materials change? How?
   

WRITING
Letter Challenge: Provide various materials such as twigs, straws, string, chopsticks,
tongue depressors, etc. and invite your child to transform these materials into letters.
Challenge him or her to see how many letters they can create. Be sure to have printed
letters available for your child to reference throughout the activity.

DRAMATIC PLAY
House Challenge: If available, provide large cardboard boxes or other reusable
household materials like sheets or blankets to be laid on top of furniture and challenge
your child to transform these materials into a house big enough for them to fit inside.
Highlight vocabulary words such as recycle, reuse and repurpose as children are using
materials. After your child has created a house s/he can play in it.

Help you child  to lean these words;
VOCABULARY WORDS:  birthday kindergarten, change,date, taller  parent adult. Caterpillar, butterfly, egg

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Self-Care Box
Goal: to have one place to keep everything you need to carry out self-
care.

Directions: Find a shoebox or a plastic storage contained for the child to
decorate. The box can be decorated with markers, crayons, paper, glitter,
stickers etc.
Fill the box with items that help the child to calm down and feel more
relaxed and in control of their body and mind. For example:
· “fidgets” (items the child can manipulate in their hands for self-
soothing, e.g. a flip book, a tactile object, an elastic or rubber band, a glitter
filled wand)
· Worry stone
· Photo of a place that the child finds calming
· Stress ball to squeeze
· Stack of post-it notes and mini markers for drawing or writing how
they child feels
· Small journal
· Worksheets or coloring pages

Objective: When the child is feeling upset, unsure, frazzled, worried,
anxious, or just having a tough time, bring out the box and provide some
quiet time for them to use what they need to feel calmer.

STORY: - 
Ben Says Goodbye by Sarah Ellis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewHIhn_UrI
Little Tree by Loren Long: A young tree holds tight to his leaves, even as everyone else
lets theirs drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSrSmN1vtnI&feature=youtu.be
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback: You can always make something,
even out of nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSrSmN1vtnI&feature=youtu.be
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle: Readers follow the story of a caterpillar
throughout its life cycle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkYmvxP0AJI
Animated Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada: The story of one brilliant idea and the
child who helps to bring it into the world 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxtvhISKsR8&feature=youtu.be


GROSSMOTOR EXERCISE  
Music &; Movement

Transformation Movement: Suggest various transformation related words (e.g. grow,
shrink, stretch) and invite children to use their bodies to represent these words. This
could be done as a series of poses or as a dance.

Websites
Transformation Unit Supporting Text Read Alouds

 Another Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJvDeXe49YM
 An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQ3Nl1ZFy8
 Bear’s Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNRcqePmF0o
 Ben Says Goodbye by Sarah Ellis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewHIhn_UrI
 Boomer's Big Day by Constance W. McGeorge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyodd3DUI8E
 *Caterpillar to Butterfly by Laura Marsh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agt2QB6EI0A
 *Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zclyZ2FzELE
 Color Dance by Ann Jonas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxp7bWHtMhI
 The Curious Garden by Peter Brown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpB95rdCxmA

Reminders: 
Rehearsal on zoom : Wednesday June17 @12pm

Last day of Pre-K . June 19

Prek End of year Celebration on Zoom : Friday June 19. @ 2pm
 Please dress up in spring outfits.

Pre-K Pick Up Schedule for Monday, June 22, 2020
 
The following guidelines must be followed:
 
Student may be accompanied by 1 parent OR just 1 parent permitted for pick up
BOTH student and parent must wear a face covering
Come to the front middle red doors at your designated time
Maintain Social Distancing at ALL times
Follow the instructions of staff regarding how to proceed into the gym
Pick up bag labeled with student’s name
Exit the gym as directed – we will use the exit door that leads to the school driveway
 
Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
 

Time Slot 9:30AM – 9:50AM – Pre-K 5 (Mrs. Rattray)

 
Time Slot 10:00AM-10:20AM – Pre-K 5 (Mrs. Rattray)

 
Let’s Learn NYC! 

Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza announced the launch of Let’s Learn NYC!, a new educational public television program produced by the WNET Group in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) featuring lessons for children in grades 3-K through second grade that will supplement the current remote learning environment. Episodes will air on weekdays at 11:00AM EST on THIRTEEN starting Monday, May 4 and will continue through the end of the school year. The episodes will also be available to livestream at thirteen.org/live. We encourage you to share this new resource with your families. For questions, email EarlyChildhood@schools.nyc.gov.

Please  continue to teach your child proper handwashing  technique

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Stay safe.
Enjoy your summer ❤️❤️❤️❤️
   
Thank you
Prek -5 Teachers

Ms Rattray
Ms Jessica
Ms. Donna