Mrs. Provencher's 2nd Grade Teacher Page

2011-04-24T08:36:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-09T09:14:00.000-07:00

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. :)

2011-03-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

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.

2011-03-20T16:36:00.000-07:00

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.

2011-03-11T15:53:00.001-08:00

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.

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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

2011-02-21T07:36:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-02-12T16:54:00.000-08:00

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.

2011-02-06T08:03:00.000-08:00

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.

2011-01-28T06:40:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-01-22T10:36:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-16T08:07:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-01-03T16:53:00.000-08:00

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.

2010-11-28T13:32:00.000-08:00

Merry Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!

Our Christmas party will be this Thursday, December 16th in the afternoon. I am flying to Michigan Thursday night for my niece's wedding. Therefore, I will not be at school on Friday, December 17th. Many blessings for a beautiful holiday season this year.

Bromley Ball: K - 4th graders and their families are invited to attend the "Father/daughter and Mother/son dance held in the school cafeteria this Friday, December 10th

Bromley and Barnes & Noble Book Fair – Mark your calendars for Monday, December 6 from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.. for Bromley East night at the Westminster Barnes and Noble located at 92nd Avenue and Sheridan Blvd. (9370 Sheridan Blvd Westminster, CO 80030) What a great way to begin holiday shopping with an evening of games, music, artwork, scavenger hunts, and other fun activities to kick off the holidays as a school community. Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of the in-store and online sales from that evening through December 12 to our school. Thanks to Special Education Paraprofessional Tori Chin for setting up this fundraiser for the school. For more information you may contact Tori at tchin@bromleyeastcs.org

Attention Parents: Please join your Kindergarten through fourth grader for a fantastic play here at Bromley – Imagination Makers play, “Colorado Children,” transports students back to a time in the early 1900’s when an eight-year-old boy helped his family pay the bills by having a job in a coal mine near Canon City. After seeing all nine true stories of these young pioneers, your children will feel a deeper appreciation for their 21st century comforts. But it wasn't all hard work for those early Colorado kids. Some of these true tales show how they also had fun in the still wild, west! This fast moving, toe tapping, musical play is performed by four professional actors and one musician. It is likely to inspire some lively discussions with you and your child.
We know exposing your child to cultural events can be expensive. Thanks to funds from our school and a grant from the Adams Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, Imagination Makers is performing this play at our school at no cost to you. You are warmly invited to “come on down” and see a slice of Colorado history step off the page and onto the stage!

TITLE: “Colorado Children”
DATE: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
TIME: 9:00 AM

2010-11-22T11:28:00.000-08:00

The Greek God and Goddess reports were spectacular. Please look under our Project tab to view our pictures. The children presented their report to our class and again to Ms. Spare and Ms. Harrell. They were very excited to report their informationn on their God/Goddess. Great job everyone!!!!

2010-11-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

Thank you for making my birthday very special last week. What a great way to start the day...receiving a flower from each child last Tuesday on my birthday. Thank you again.

If you have not turned in your permission slip and $1 for the Imagination Makers production, please do so as soon as you can.

Greek Gods or Goddessess reports are due Monday, November 22nd. The children are so excited to do this project. The children brought home packets of information to utiltize for their report. If you chose to use the Internet as another source, please do your research together, side by side. Thank you for understanding that some of the information (words and pictures) on the Internet are inappropriate for our second graders. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at school or at home. Thanks again.

I am very proud of the effort the children are putting into their work especially on their comprehension tests. Outstanding job everyone. Keep stretching your brain power!

Many fundraisers are currently being held to assist the 7th and 8th graders with their Sea Camp trip. Please help out if you can.
**Place a pamper chef order
**Place a delicious pie order for your Thanksgiving dinner
**Go to Lone Star restraurant on Nov. 22nd...25% of your dinner bill is donated to our kids

Thanks for your assistants. :)

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Spirit week begins this week, November 8th ...all week long. Please look at the weekly news for the special activities planned for each day. Thank you

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Thursday, November 11th is picture day for retakes or students who were absent on previous picture day.

Help your fellow man with donating to Bromley East's can food drive. The National Junior Honor Society is collecting non-perishable food items from November 8th through 18th. Please help out if you can. Thank you for your generousity.

Help our 8th graders earn money for Sea Camp this year. Lone Star restraurant, here in Brighton, is partnering up with our 8th graders to assist their cause. On Monday, November 22th from 5:30 - 8:00 Lone Star Steakhouse is donating 25% of your dinner tab to our 8th graders here at Bromley East. You need to present a flyer on this day. If you're interested, please let me know and I will put a copy of the flyer in your child's homework folder. :)

A big thank you goes out to Mr. Ham, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Mandujano, and Mrs. Gallegos for your assitance in the classroom last Thursday during our Halloween party. More thank yous go out to the following families who donated food, candy and goody bags: The Gallegoes, The Grondolski's, The Ham's, The Mandujano's, The McGrady's, The Rodriguez', The Newtons, The Smela's. (I'm sorry if I forgot to mention a family's name.)

The children, parents and myself had a fabulous time at our Halloween celebration. It was extra special because the children earned it. Ironically, the students are asking for another opportunity to "build a pilgrim" during the month of November, (just liked the building of Mr. Frankenstein.) What amazing students to raise their own bar!

2010-10-29T16:08:00.000-07:00

The children and I were very disappointed that we had not earned our Halloween party. We only have three pieces to add to Mr. Frankenstien. We anticipate him being completely built by next Thursday or Friday. I truly would love to have a celebration on either one of these days. If you would like to come in for our celebration, we would love to see you. Mrs. Gallegos has offered to purchase pizza for us on this day. Therefore, the children do not have to bring a lunch...we will eat in our classroom. No worries though, the children and I will be very ecstatic to let you know when Frankenstien is built and what day we will have our party. Thank you for your understanding and patience in this manner.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come and meet with me during parent/teacher conferences. It was very nice to sit down and discuss your child's successes and our new goals for the next marking period.

Spirit week is coming up. Basically here is the breakdown of information:
Monday: Theme is color day: Students wear anything GREEN!
Tuesday: Theme is "A Blast From the Past" Students may wear anything from the past.
Wednesday: No Dress Up Day = School Uniforms
Thursday: Theme is "Favorite Sports Team" Day
Friday: Theme is :Twins, Triplets, etc." Day

Remember, students are not required to participate in daily dress-ups. However, it is not a free-dress day instead. Thank you for your cooperation.

2010-10-23T14:47:00.000-07:00

Parent Teacher Conferences are this week.

The sign up sheet will be posted on my door next to a sign that reads, Please knock at your scheduled time. To assist in being on time for all my conferences I will set a timer for our allotted time and I am also asking if you can knock on the door at your scheduled time also to assist me. However, if we need more time to discuss your child's progress, we can set up a longer meeting for another time that works with your schedule.

2010-10-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

We will be sending home information soon about our Halloween party. It will be Thursday, October 28th at the end of the day.

2010-10-17T09:44:00.000-07:00

Hello, there are still some families that have not signed up for parent/teacher conferences. If it is not conducive for you to meet at school, I would love to schedule a time where we can have a phone conference. Please let me know if you would like to schedule an appointment at school or a phone conference. Thank you.

Thank you for all your help in making our Harvest Hop a success. Thank you for the donations of candy, decorating our hallway to look magical, participating in working at the hop and attending the festivities. It was great to see so many families from our class there.

Thank you to Ms. Amy, our Homeroom helper, for informing the parents of the activities and encouraging volunteers to help setup, run and tear down. I appreciated it all.

A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Hunt for sharing her talents in making the castle scene life like right down to the chain linked draw bridge, water and flowers. Thank you for your time and fabulous talent. Our hallway was fabulous thanks to your designs and all the volunteers that put it together. :) You Rock!

During this up coming week, the children will have vision and hearing testing. The following week will be parent/teacher conferences. If you haven't signed up yet, please let me know what time will work for you and your family.

This week begins our unit on Japan and descriptive writing.

Enjoy your week.

2010-10-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

First and foremost...my parents rock! Thank you for all your assistance, support, and concerns to guide our children up the ladder of education.

First the assistance: A big thank you goes out to the following families for making fortune cookies. The Gallegos family, the Day family, the Quynn family, The Gorsgner family, the Mandujano family. The children loved reading their fortunes. If you typed them up, could I have a copy of your "fortunes" they truly were fantastic. My husband and I attempted making them last weekend...the final result...a lot of laughter, and extremely grateful to my parents who were successful...

Second, a big thank you goes out to the Mc Donald family, the Hunt family, the Gorsegner family and the McGrady family for volunteering to help with our Harvest Hop festivities. We still need your help with decorating the hallway this Tuesday, October 12th at 1:00 p.m. in our hallway. I also need help running the carnival booth on Friday, October 15th for 1/2 hour shifts. Please let me know if you are available. Thank you very much.

Next, I appreciate your support in and out of the classroom. Thank you to the Cordell's, Gast's, Goodrick's, Gorsegner, Ham's, Mandujano's, McDonald's, Newton's, Pudder's, and the Quynn's (to name a few) for working on projects for our class in the classroom or at home.

Finally, I am grateful for your concerns pertaining to your child's behavior and academic progress. I truly believe we will make gigantic leaps in our children's education this year. Thank you for being actively involved and keeping me informed of any issues or concerns that arise.

Thank you for sending in your choices for parent/teacher conferences. I have one conference request sheet without a name on it. Please, if you sent your sheet in and I have not responded to you, please let me know...I believe this request sheet is yours. :)

As always, please call if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks during parent/teacher conferences.

Oh yes, one more thing, conferences have the tendancy to go over their allotted times, I will do my best to keep everything flowing according to our sign up sheet. If we need extra time, we can set up an additional conference time. Thank you in advance. See you soon.

2010-10-03T13:20:00.000-07:00

Whew, our testing has come to a close. Parent Teacher conferences will be held October 25th through 28th. I will send home a sign up sheet shortly for you to request three choices on the time that best suits your family's needs. I would love to have 100% on meeting with the parents of my Rocking Second Graders. I can meet before, during and after school to meet your time frame. We will discuss the results of the testing and your child's progress to date thus far. Thanks!

October is fire safety month. Please discuss with your child two ways to get out of the house if the house is on fire, decide on a meeting place that is away from the fire, discuss the reasons and why you call 911 and last but certainly not least, check the batteries in your smoke alarm. I know these are simply things that your child already knows about....lets be extra safe and talk about them again. Opening up the discussion reiterates the importance and making correct choices to stay safe.

Our second graders will have their hearing and vision tested here at school on Wednesday, October 20th. Our nurse is requesting volunteers for the week of October 18th to assist her with this task. Please call her at 720.685.3297 as soon as possible to sign up. Even a couple of hours would greatly help out. Thank you again for all your help.

Our Harvest Hop is in the evening of October 15th. Our class needs volunteers to work this spectacular event. There is also a contest on which class donates the most candy to be handed out that evening. If you are unable to volunteer for the evening, how about helping the cause and donating candy. Our students will have a safe environment to go around the school and recieve candy that was donated by you! Thank you in advanced. :)

Again, I would love to watch your child demonstrate their talents outside of the classroom. If they play a sport or participate in an activity, please send me their schedule and I will make every attempt to come watch them shine outside our classroom.

In closing, if you should have any questions, concerns or positive comments, please feel free to email or call me at school or at home. My home number is 303.498.0740.

2010-09-28T17:52:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

Fall activities are in full swing. I would love to come and watch my students, your precious ones, in their fall activities such as, soccer, football, cheerleading, LaCrosse and/or gymnastics, etc... Please either write me a note or email me their schedule with a couple of different days and times that I could come and watch them soar in another avenue of their young developing world. Thanks and enjoy your up coming weekend.

P.S. I am looking for donations of small toys to put in our trinket basket for the students to chose as a prize. If you have any to donate, we would be happy to take them off your hands and recycle reduce and reuse.

2010-09-25T10:32:00.000-07:00

Individual pictures will be taken this Monday, September 27th at 10:00 a.m. Elementary students are able to have a free dress nice day.

We are taking our CoGat testing this week, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the morning. Please assist your child to do their best by getting a great night sleep and a nutritional breakfast. :)

Beginning next week, October 4th, we will start studying our unit on China. In Math, we are continuing to practice our addition and subtraction facts, learn shortcut strategies for subtraction and review for our math unit 2 test on Thursday, September 30th. In writing, we are concentrating our writing a topic sentence and adding specific supporting details to form a paragraph with proper capitals and endmarks. This weeks spelling words all have the /e/ sound and we are looking closely at some uses of commas in greetings and closings.

Progress reports will come home this Friday, October 1st in your child's Friday folder.

Happy Fall!

2010-09-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

Grandparents tea is finally here! This Monday, at 9:30 until 10:15, the second grade class will take time to recognize some very special people in the world...our loving grandparents. We look forward to entertaining them with a rap, singing a song and reciting a poem. After our display of affection, we will share lemonade, ice tea and muffins with our grandparents. Don't worry though, if your child's grandparent can not make it...your child will adopt a friend's grandparents for the tea.

Sylvan Learning Center of Broomfield is providing a free Math Camp on September 24 from 1:00 to 2:30. District wide, there is no school on that Friday. Call Sylvan Learning Center if you are interested in attending at 303.920.7424.

Additional personal information...My son's baseball team, The Shreveport Capitans, won the championship game last Friday. We, my husband and I, are very excited and proud of the teams success this year. As a mom, I am very excited to have Michael home for a couple weeks before his travels take him away again.

You will notice on this weeks spelling test there are 5 challenge words added to their list. Please remind your child to practice his/her spelling words, dictation sentence and now challenge words. Thank you.

Thank you for all your support and passion to help your child be extremely successful this year. I am overjoyed at the strong support my students have with such great loving parents.

2010-09-08T18:36:00.000-07:00

If you would love a fun website to assist in learning the spelling words, go to: www.spellingcity.com. You will not be disappointed. Let me know how you like it. I have utilized this website in previous years and forgot all about it. Thank you Mrs. Gast for sharing this website with me and our class.

2010-09-06T17:23:00.000-07:00

Just a quick reminder about the policy and procedures on second graders not turning in their daily homework. This information can be found in your informational packet passed out at the beginning of the school year:

Homework must be done to each student’s potential or it may have to be redone. If homework (math homelink and reading of the decodable book) is not turned in, the student will have to stay after school to complete it. Your child will make a phone call to you to let you know they will be staying after school. Please be here at 3:45 to pick them up. Your child will be excused once they are finished. If staying after school does not work, it will be up to you, the parent, to ensure the homework is completed that evening and turned in the next day. A late grade may be assessed and your child’s work ethic grade will be affected.

2010-08-28T12:10:00.000-07:00

A revised Parent/Student handbook came home yesterday in the Friday folder. Please read and review it then sign your Family Partnership Agreement form found on page 3 of this handbook. Please return this sheet as soon as possible. Thank you.

A homeroom helper meeting will be on Tuesday, August 31 in the cafeteria at 3:45 please attend if you are interested in being our HRHelper.

A gifted and talented parent meeting will be on Tuesday, September 9th.

2010-08-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

August 26th: Today was an outstanding day in our behavior in the hallways, lunchroom and classroom.

Way to go! Keep up the great self-control!

2010-08-14T17:30:00.000-07:00

Well our first week is successfully behind us. I truly hope your child had a great week. We will be focusing on classroom manners, following the new policies and procedures and just getting comfortable with the new expectations of being in 2nd grade.

Remember: Please always call me at school or at home if you have any questions and concerns. A big thank you goes out already to the families who volunteered to take home some projects and complete them at home. My parents totally rock...thank you for bringing in the completed projects so quickly.

Our first Scholastic book order information will be coming home soon. Look for the Scholastic catalogs in your child's Friday folder. Thank you Mrs. Gallegos for volunteering to be our "Scholastic Organizer."

2010-08-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

The new school year is knocking at our door. I am so excited to meet you on Tuesday, August 11th from 4 - 6 p.m. Please drop by for a minute to say hello and bring in all your school supplies.

See you then!

2010-08-05T13:28:00.001-07:00

Welcome

2010-07-20T15:39:00.001-07:00

Welcome to my class website. I will be adding information soon!

Thanks