Welcome to

Mrs. Piel's Class!

Thank you for choosing St. Bernadette School as your child's first educational experience!  

Dear Families,

With April showers come beautiful May flowers!

Theme: We are so excited to see the weather get warmer, and the season begin to change. With spring in the air, our theme this month is “Animals.” During the next few weeks, we will be thinking, reading, and talking about many different animals. The variety and diversity of animals in our world is amazing! Animals come in many sizes, colors, and shapes. Each has unique characteristics and can be found in its own special habitat. We will organize our study around the places a young child would see these animals- zoo, farm, ocean, and circus.

We will discuss where the caterpillar to butterfly stage is. Currently, The caterpillars have made the change from caterpillar to chrysalis. We are patiently waiting for a new life to emerge. The children will continue to explore the life cycle stages of a butterfly in various forms including art, songs, stories, and fingerplays. 

This month is going to be hands on FUN!

Week 3: Ocean Animals 
Fine Motor - Create and describe set combinations
Gross Motor - Clap, jump, and tap number quantities
Math  - Create number families, match numerals to quantities
Sensory - Draw numbers in the sand

Unite: "Little Blue Fish?"
Calm: S.T.A.R
Commit: Classroom Jobs
Story time: In the Deep Blue Sea & Five Dancing Dolphins

Movement:
Sing & Dance to “Five Little Fishes" & "Let's Go Fishing"

MATH at HOME
Model simple subtraction problems for your child throughout the day:
• Look. There are four cupcakes on the plate. If I give one to you and one to Tom, there are two cupcakes left.
• I see three hats on the rack. If Daddy puts on one, there will be two left.
• Brutus has two bones in his dish

SBS Teachers make every effort to check email as their schedule allows, but may not be able to respond until after the school day. Mrs. Piel  can be reached at Mpiel@stbl.org

During the school day you may call the school office at 610-449-5184 and leave a message for the teacher and your call will be returned as soon as possible. 

If you are sending a note in with your child, please make sure your child knows to hand it to the teacher upon arrival so that it is received in a timely manner.

If your child will be absent, please call the school before 8:30 a.m. at 610-449-5184 and leave a message or email Mrs. Booth in the school office at Mbooth@stbl.org with your child’s name, grade and reason for absence and refer to the school Absence Policy for further information.

Upon returning to school please send a note in to the teacher with the date(s) and reason for your child's absence

A Homeroom Representative will be reaching out to you to coordinate events on behalf of the classroom teacher and Home & School Association as needed throughout the school year. The Representative this year is Mrs. Lisa Baldwin.