Week 37: May 9th

Thank you to the following parents who could come on our field trip. We really appreciated you.

Mr. Gallegos Mrs. Gast Mr. Scott Mrs. Thomas Mrs Trabert

Mrs. Conklin

Our Music concert will be this Thursday, May 12th at 1:50 p.m. in the music room. We hope to see you there.

The last project of the year is your child's scrapbook. This is due Monday, May 16th. Your child will need an adults assistance in completing this project. Thank you for your time and assistance.

May 35: April 2011

I am on the steering committee for our new literacy and writing program that we will launch here at Bromley East. I was asked by administration to participate in a literacy workship on Monday, April 25th. Therefore, I will not be at school on Monday, the students will have a substitute teacher. I will be back on Tuesday, April 26th.

Reminders:

Wednesday, April 27th: Monies and permission slips are due for our field trip.

Thursday, April 29th: Ellis Island simulation and luncheon during the

morning.

Friday, April 29th: No School

Thursday, May 5th: Berry Patch Farms field trip bring a sack lunch and

drink

Week 34: April 18, 2011

We have had some wonderful family members come to our classroom and be great speakers on different learning topics. The end of the school year is creeping up on us very quickly...but the learning is not over. We still have outstanding speakers coming to share their knowledge, exciting Ellis Island to be shared with our 6th graders, our field trip to Berry Patch farms, viewing our busy ants in their contained ant farm habitat, watching our pupa caterpillars grow and build their chrysalis around their body to begin the metamorphosis process and transform into a beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. And that's just the extras!

WEEK 33: APRIL 11, 2011

Unbelievable how the time is ticking away and our children are almost ready for next year. However, some habits need to still be refined. Please remind your child of the importance of always doing their best and turn in their work. Please look over the infinite campus gradebook with your child to see if he/she is missing any work that they have not turned in. Spring is in the air...and so is rambunctious behavior. Please remind your child that there is still important learning that needs to be accomplished. Thank you.

Please look over the weekly news section of this blog. There are important upcoming dates for you to be aware of.

In your Friday folders last week, information came home about the school board and the elections. Please review and let your voice be heard.

A big welcome goes out to our new student, Savannah Thomas and her family. They moved here from New Mexico and are a welcomed addition to our 2nd grade family.

FYI: I will be absent on Thursday, April 21st and Good Friday, April 22nd. My family and I will be out of the town for this special weekend participating in family traditions. Thank you for your understanding in advanced. :)

One more additional information to pass on to you from the students and myself. We took a class vote and would like to adopt an endangered species through the World Wildlife Fund (WWF.) We have chosen the emperior penguin. A donation of $2.50 from each child would assist us in adopting this animal. Through our donation package, we will receive a certificate of adoption as well as a plush animal. The children are very excited to support, protect and preserve the wildlife in our world. Sending cash would be the easiest, however, if you would like to send a check that would be fine too. Thank you. If you need any more information, please feel free to stop by so we could visit.

Week 32: April 4, 2011

Thank you to everyone who brought in reams of paper to assist in our paper shortage. Because of your donation, as well as Avery Day's family bringing in 14 reams...our class has earned the free dress day and pizza party at school on our first day back from spring break...April 4th. It would be extra special if a few families wanted to donate a veggie tray, some fruit, and perhaps a little dessert. I have juice boxes in the room as well as I will take up a count and personally purchase milk for them on this day.

If you want to donate any of these extra food suggestions, please feel free to call me at home so I can organize this. My number is (303) 498-0740. My husband and I will be in Florida from Thursday, March 31st till Sunday, April 3rd finalizing my father's affairs. Please leave a message of what you want to bring and I will get back with you on Sunday night. Thanks for your participation in our celebration.

Again, everyone in my classroom has a free dress day on Monday, April 4th.

Some students are forgetting to bring in their homework and/or their decodeable reading book on a day to day basis. Please help by reminding them to double check their backpack to make sure they have everything they need to be prepared for school. Practice makes perfect so its best the children continue to practice being organized and responsible.

Information on a family tree project is coming home Monday, April 4th. This project is not due until Wednesday, April 20th. An oral presentation accompanies this project.

We will be looking for parent and/or grandparent volunteers to assist in our annual "Ellis Island Immigration Day" that we do with the sixth graders. This activity is tentatively set up for the week of April 11th -15th. Information will be coming home in your child's Friday folder. We would love to see you there.

Week 31: March 21, 2011

HAPPY SPRING!!! Both report cards and the spring fundraiser pertaining to your child's original artwork came home in the Friday folder last week. Please let me know if you have any questions and would like to order from the new spring artwork fundraiser.

One more week of hard work and striving to do our best before we enter into Spring Break. We are studying The Civil War in Core, counting back change with money in math, reviewing a fictional book in writing, drawing conclusions, main ideas and supporting details in our reading unit on courage. Finally, in spelling we are studying prefixes, suffixes and the proper way to use quotation marks in dialog speech.

Happy St. Patrick's Week! On Thursday, students can help support the 8th graders by donating $1 and then wear jeans and green to school that day. Again, any student may participate if they donate a $1, proceeds will go to the 8th graders here at Bromley for graduation.

The Spring Fund Raiser is coming to an end. Please have all orders and monies turned in to me no later than Tuesday, March 15th.

Our administration has opened up a challenge school wide. We are asking for assistance for each student to donate a ream of paper. Please see the main school website for more details.

The students and I truly enjoyed the celebrated day of Dr. Seuss on March 2nd. This reading day is encourage and promoted by the National Education Association. "Read Across America" encourages classes across the nation to stop and enjoy taking an adventure through reading books. As a class, we discussed what we already knew and what we wanted to learn about Dr. Seuss himself. Later in the day, during focus time, some students and I went to the tech lab and researched these specific questions...and much more information about Theodor "Ted" Seuss Geisel. Throughout our busy day, we had special readers such as Ms. Harrell, Ms. Sheldon, Ms. Spare and Ms. Aramburo as well as two of our own classmates put on a puppet show. At the end of the puppet show, our fabulous classmates then asked for their autographs...it was a proud and exciting moment for everyone that day. Please view our pictures under the heading Exploring Learning and Smiling for the Camera.

Our Spring Fund Raiser is currently underway. This is one of our biggest fund raisers...thanks to you! All orders and monies are due on March 15th. Thank you for all that you do and your support to help make BECS the best!

Our 3rd grade marking period is coming to a close. Please have you and your child go over his/her grades on Infinite Campus to double check they have turned in all their work. Some students are missing certain assignments due to no name on their paper or it is incomplete and still in their desk.

IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP:

March 10th: The PTO talent show
March 11th: No School /Teacher Professional Development Day
March 15th: All orders and monies due from Spring Fundraiser
March 25th: Dress of choice day
March 28 - April 1st: Spring Break

Week 27: February 22, 2011

Hello parents, I am looking for some assistance in drawing and coloring some life size shapes of specific penguins. I will provide the pictures, paper and overhead projector to trace these adorable creatures. These life size 2D penguins will bring to life our penguin unit during focus time. If you are able to help during school hours, please send in a note stating your best time and day and I will coordinate this activity with other volunteers. In advance, thank you, both the children and I really appreciate your time, talent and support. Thanks!

Week 26: February 14th - 17th

Please help us better to serve our children with the best education possible. Take the online survey this week. It only takes a couple of minutes and the benefits will be so beneficial to our children. During conferences, come a little earlier or stay a little later to take the survey in our school library. Or maybe you would rather have a cup of coffee in your hand in the privacy of your home...either way please take a couple minutes out and take the school-wide survey. Thank you very much.

School pictures are for elementary this Monday, February 14th. Students must wear their school uniform. Class and individual pictures will be taken at this time.

Talent show tryouts are coming up. Information came home in Friday folders this last weekend.

I will be having my parent/teacher conferences this Monday through Thursday. I will do my best at staying on time. Here are a few tips to help in this matter:

1. Please arrive on time, or a little early to take your survey in the library. :)

2. If our time is going over, we can reschedule for another time without a time restraint.

3. Knock on the door when it is your time to assist in wrapping up the previous conference.

4. Thanks for you assistance. See you this week.

Week 25: FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Please turn in your requested date and time for the parent/teacher conferences. I truly want to meet with everyone to share their accomplishments and new goals. Thank you for sharing your child with me during his/her academic journey.

School pictures have been postponed to Monday, February, 14th. All students must be in proper school uniform for these pictures. Thank you.

Thank you everyone who brought in fresh new sharpened pencils. We love using them.

A reminder our class valentine party will be this Friday, February 11th. A list of students' names came home in your child's Friday folder last week. I will provide the valentine bag for collection of cards and we will have an ice cream sundae party at 2:45 on Friday, February 11th, you are more than welcome to come.

Our test on Simple Machines has been postponed until Thursday, February 17th due to our snow days.

Breakthrough classes will meet during parent/teacher conference week.

If you have not returned your sheet requesting a time for Parent/Teacher conferences, please do so. I will post a final copy of this schedule on my blog once I have all appointments schedule. Thank, and I am looking forward to talking with you!

Spring Pictures will be taken on Tuesday, February 1st. It is a uniform day since we will be taking a group picture. A proof will be sent home on the same day for your viewing. Please return the proof order form with payment enclosed within 3 days. Thank you.

Our Valentine's party will be held on Friday, February 11th at the end of the day. Please look for information to be sent out via email from Mrs. Johnson, Camden's mom soon. We are in need of supplies to make ice cream sundaes at our party! Yum!

Week 23: JANUARY 24, 2011

Please note that the challenge words for this week have changed from last week's printout.

We have been busy using our sharpened pencils. If you would like to donate your time, and have a means to sharpen pencils, please let me know. I have many unsharpened pencils that require sharpening. Thank you.

The Parent/Teacher conference note and schedule came home in your child's Friday folder last week. Please take the time to fill out and return it back to school as soon as you can in order to recieve your requested time. Again, if you feel a need to have a longer conference time than 20 minutes, please let me know and we can set up a different day and time.

A permission sheet came home last Friday also for our students to have an inhouse speaker on Native Americans. The cost is $2.00. Please fill this purple permission sheet and return as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention in a timely manner.

Again, I would like to repeat last week's announcement about second half of the years expectations...
Here we go; the second half of the year is upon us. Our children are closer to becoming 3rd graders! Over the next few months, we will be raising the bar and expectations on the overall performance of each individual student in regards to their homework, classwork, and classroom behavior.

Exploring, Learning and Smiling for the Camera

At this site I will begin to post photographs of your children during their 2nd grade year here at Bromley East. I hope you and your child enjoy viewing themselves and their classmates in our learning environment.

ADDITIONAL NEWS: WEEK 22: JANUARY 18TH 2011

A couple of announcements for this week:
1. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on February 14th thru 17th. These conferences will be 15 minutes long. If you feel you need additional time, please let me know and we will schedule another time that works best for everyone. The sign up sheet will be coming home in Friday Folders this week, (Jan. 21st.) Remember to provide three best times and I will try to accommodate your request. The early bird catches the worm! Please try to send these forms in as soon as you can to get your requested time. Thank you.

2. Here we go; the second half of the year is upon us. Our children are closer to becoming 3rd graders! Over the next few months, we will be raising the bar and expectations on the overall performance of each individual student in regards to their homework, classwork, and classroom behavior.

3. A parent survey will be coming home for you to fill out soon. Please take the time to fill it out and return it back to school. We value your opinion and truly want Bromley East to Soar to New Heights! With your input, we can reflect and achieve positive growth for the future and for our children. Thank you.

4. On a personal note, thank you for all you prayers, thoughts, comforting notes, and cards. I am truly blessed to have such thoughtful people in my path. Sincerely, Thank you!

Welcome back! I hope you and your family had a beautiful time together over the winter holiday and break. Our family received some sad news over the holiday. My father, who lived in Florida, past away. I will be at school on Tuesday, January 4th to greet the children and welcome them back into our regular routines. However, I will have a substitute, (Mrs. Thomas) for the rest of the week. I am planning on returning to school on Monday, January 10th. Thank you for your understanding of my absences.