Reading with Ms. Hickey's Class

The students made a rhyming book to go along with our study of ocean habitats. After much work illustrating they were very excited to share it with the kindergartners.

Week of November 15, 2010

We had a great week! The students are finishing up their unit on ocean habitats. They made a book titled "In the Ocean, In the Sea". They did such a great job with it that we set up a time to read to Ms. Hickey's kindergarten class. Please check out some pictures under my photo page of the students reading with their kindergarten buddies. Mrs. McCleskey has been teaching the students about Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. You will have to ask your first grader how the Indians helped the Pilgrims and what games the children played during the first Thanksgiving. In Math we have been studying measurement and comparing lengths along with counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.

We just have two days of school next week before we are off for Thanksgiving break. There will be no spelling packet next week. I will be sending home a spelling packet on Monday Nov. 22nd for the following week. The Spelling packet will come home in the homework folders and the spelling test will be December 3rd.

We would love for you to join us for the Imagination Makers play on Dec. 8th.

*Mark your calendars! On Friday, December 17th the first graders will be singing some holiday songs in the cafeteria and decorating cookies. We welcome you to join us from 2:30-3:30pm.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Freeman

We survived spirit week! It was great to see the students dressed up and it made the week very enjoyable. The first grade teachers have noticed that the students have been transitioning well with the math and reading groups. It's exciting to see them being so responsible!

In reading we have been studying the long vowel sounds and reading a story about firefighters. The students have been doing well on the spelling tests. My reading class received new reading bags with an orange label. Please continue to have them read the decodable books to you as it reinforces the sounds and blends we have been learning in class. Please check the front of the bag to see what day they are to be returned to school. In math we have been counting and reviewing math facts. This next week we will work on measurement. In social studies the students completed the unit on Egypt, and will learn about Pilgrims in preparation for Thanksgiving. In Science we have studied the ocean habitats and watched an interesting video on Humphrey The Lost Whale. They have learned some very interesting facts about creatures that live in the ocean. You may want to ask them to tell you about them.

We have also been reading lots of Thanksgiving books and talking about being thankful. We have made a "thankful tree" in our classroom. The students enjoy cutting out leaves and writing many things they are thankful for. We would love for you to stop in and check out our thankful tree or read some of our thankful letters in the hallway.

We are continuing to collect canned food for the Thanksgiving food drive.

Families in Need-As the holiday season approaches, we want to make sure that all Bromley families enjoy a happy Thanksgiving. If you know of a family in need or if your family is experiencing a difficult time, please email Vicky Goodner at vgoodner@bromleyeastcs.org to add the name(s) to our list for Thanksgiving baskets.

Principal Tea- To accommodate working parents, our November tea will be held in the evening. You are invited to attend our third "Principal Tea" on the evening of Thursday, November 18, from 6:30 p.m.-8:00 pm. This will be an informal, small gathering of parents to meet and greet and share thoughts or ask questions about the school. We hope everyone will attend one of these teas throughout the year to meet the school administration and other parents. Please RSVP to Susan Krider at skrider@bromleyeastcs.org.

Library Books are due tomorrow 11/15/10.

Thanks for all you do.

Mrs. Freeman

We have accomplished a lot in the past two weeks! First of all I would like to thank Ariel Fix for organizing such a wonderful Mummy party. Everyone had such a great time and the students were very excited about the lunch, games, treats and pumpkins. I know there were many parents who contributed things to the party and I also want to say thank you! I will be posting pictures of the kids so you can see all the fun that we had. After our party, Mr. Bob one of our incredible volunteers and another Naturalist from Barr Lake presented information on bats. The students really enjoyed it.

THIS WEEK IS SPIRIT WEEK!
Monday-Red
Tuesday-"A Blast from the Past"
Wedesday-NO DRESS UP-Regular School Uniforms
Thursday-Favorite Sport Team Day
Friday-Twins, Triplets, etc.

The ability groups have been going smoothly and all the classes took their first spelling test this last Friday. The spelling packets will continue to come home in the Friday folders and be due the following Thursday with the test on Friday. In Science we have been studying salt water habitats and coral reef homes. You will have to ask your child what their favorite coral reef creature is and what happens to an octopus if it loses a tentacle. Mrs. Rutter has been teaching the students about the Ideas trait. Mrs. McCleskey has been studying mummies. I'm sure you saw them in the Friday folders.

Please continue to have your children read the decodable books that come home and practice the sight words.

Thanks for all you do.

Mrs. Freeman