Parents,

Report cards come home today. Please keep the report card, sign the back of the cover, and send the cover back to school. We will also have a spelling test tomorrow over the words in the planner! If you have a minute, ask your child how we practice our words each day. I think you will enjoy it!

We have started learning subtraction with regrouping. Be looking for homework to come home next week to practice.

Parents,

With my MacBook back in hand and a new year in the midst, I, as well as the class, have decided to become better bloggers in the year 2012! We will work hard to update you on our daily activities as well as give you important information as needed. I hope you enjoyed the Christmas break with your children. I know I enjoyed being with my sweet girl.

2011 was a great year for Mrs. VanBrocklin’s class. We have journeyed together, learned together, and have worked hard together. I know that 2012 won’t be any different.

As this year starts we are learning the parts of a letter and will begin writing letters to each other very soon. The five parts of a letter are: heading, greeting, body, closing, and the signature. We are also beginning double digit subtraction. We made some neat sunglasses yesterday displaying “shining” synonyms! We talk a lot about how synonyms are words that mean the same thing.

Parents, first I apologize that I have no updated our blog recently. I have had a sick child at home! Thankfully, she has bounced back quickly.

Today was a fun day! First we discussed our Constitution because today is Constitution Day. We learned that the Constitution was written in 1787 by “Framers.” A few of these framers are George Washington and Ben Franklin. We know that the Constitution was written to keep us safe and give us rights. The Constitution created our three parts of government: the President, the Congress, and the Courts. The Bill of Rights were the first amdenments to the Constitution.

We also took a noun hunt today around the school and playground. Then we discussed our findings. We also went outside this afternoon and talked about the weather and clouds. My kiddos found some very interesting “shapes” in the clouds.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe weekend. Go Roughnecks and Ladynecks!!

I hope you all enjoyed a three day weekend and stayed safe during these dangerous fires.

Today we read A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle and discussed adding detail to our riding like Hermit Crab added detail to his new house. We continued working on our Wild Thing stories. I am excited to hear them at the end of the week.

Tonight your child has math homework. Please let your child work the paper, check it with them, and send it back tomorrow. Our first math test is tomorrow.

Tomorrow is P.E. again and our first day of Character Ed. We will be discussing kindness.

Day two was another great day for Team VanBrocklin! I have a great group of kids this year and am excited about working with them, learning more about them, and getting them ready for their next phase of life.

Today we continued working hard and acting like champions. We are practicing ‘Read to Self’ and preparing for literacy stations. We also discussed what a sum and addends are – a sum is the answer to an addition problem, and the addends are the numbers you add together! We did a great job practicing on the white boards.

Tomorrow is PE day once again, so make sure to wear those tennis shoes!

What a great first day of school! I must say that Mrs. VanBrocklin’s team is red hot!! Once we start, we can’t be stopped!! This is going to be a wonderful year. Today we learned about our teammates and started working hard on being CHAMPIONS!! Tomorrow will be filled with learning, fun, and PE! Be sure to wear tennis shoes!

Well, August is growing closer, and it is time to start thinking about school once again!! I have greatly enjoyed my summer and am excited about spending the last month of vacation with Alea! 2nd grade at WOPS is on my mind, though, and I am anticipating a wonderful new school year!

For those of you intersted, Office Depot is having a great sale this week: crayons and notebook paper are $.25 a piece and folders are 10 for $1.00. You can also go to Walmart, and they will price match!

Parents,

There will be a community wide budget information meeting Sunday, April 10th, from 3:00-4:00 in the elementary cafeteria. Please plan to attend if you can.

Also, book orders are due this Friday, picture orders are due by next week, and please remind friends and family members who have our Flat Friends to send them back to us next week.

Thanks for all that you do!

Parents – can you believe another year has come and gone? Our class apologizes for not keeping up with our blog last year before Christmas. We got very busy, but that is no excuse for not letting you know about our days!
We will work harder this year to keep you up-to-date!

This week we have started learning about subtraction with regrouping. We have started repeating our sayings: “Is there more on the top or more on the floor? If there’s more on top, there’s no need to stop. If there’s more on the floor, go next door and borrow ten more. If the number’s the same, then zero’s the game!”

Also this week we have reviewed writing friendly letters. The parts of a letter are date, greeting, body, closing, and signature.

Report cards are in the take-home folders. Sign and return tomorrow! Also, make sure you complete the math homework and read for the reading log.