Sunday, April 24, 2016

A1 is a pretty exciting room this week!  We are hard at work trying to determine what is wrong with our aquariums and why so many of our fish are dying.  We've also been trying to catch our millipedes when they are above the soil and eating, but we're beginning to realize that these creatures really and truly love the dark- they don't come out much!

Our big work for this week will be to finish preparing for student-led conferences.  Students have gathered samples they want to share with you and they've been thinking about how they have grown in each of the core subject areas.  They are excited to share with you on Thursday!

Thanks for everyone who attended and/or helped with the Art Show, Silent Auction, and Chili Dinner!  We had a great crowd and it was fun to see all of the different art work created by students throughout the year.

Here are upcoming dates that I know of:

April 28th- Student-led Conferences:  Your student should have brought a form home last week telling your specific conference time.  If you did not receive this note or the time does not work for you, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can try to reschedule your student's conference. No school for students on this date.

April 29th- Teacher Work Day, no school for students.

May 2nd- Field Trip to the Fruita Children's Nature Center and Fruita State Park.  This field trip supports our work with organisms and their habitats.  Please be sure your child has a sack lunch (unless you checked the box on the permission form that asks the school cafeteria to provide a lunch for your child), comfortable walking shoes, and appropriate clothing for the day's weather.

May 5th- Field Trip- We will be traveling to Stocker Stadium to cheer for the Special Olympics athletes!  We will be supporting a student from our class as well as two other Broadway students.  Please be sure your child has a sack lunch (unless you checked the box on the permission form that asks the school cafeteria to provide a lunch for your child) and appropriate clothing for the day's weather.

May 12th- Second Grade Animal Expo- Please join us in our classroom from 1-2pm for our animal expo!  Each student is in the process of becoming an expert about a specific animal and its habitat.  Join us on the 12th to learn more about these animals and to see the projects student shave created to share their learning.

May 19th- Last Day of School Extravaganza- Please join us the afternoon of April 19th for a school-wide family picnic and a variety of fun activities.  There will be lots of different activities available for students to participate in including a variety of bump-n-jumps.  A note about the picnic came home earlier this week.  If you'd like to join your child for lunch, please complete this form and return it to school so that the kitchen can order and prepare enough lunches.


Friday, April 15, 2016


Whew... still tons going on!  Please take note of a change in the field trip plans.  Last week I mistakenly said we were headed to the Fruita Children's Nature Center and Fruita State Park on May 5th.  We are actually headed to Fruita on May 2nd and Special Olympics on May 5th.  I apologize for the error!  Permission forms for this trip came home earlier this week.  If they didn't make it to you, please let me know so I can get new forms to you.

Our class won the Pizza Party for most money raised for the Broadway Bear Walk!  We'll be enjoying our pizza on Tuesday, April 19th.  No need for a lunch that day!

We're excited about showing you some of the art work we have done this year at next week's art show so we hope to see you there.  More information about the art show can be found in the link in last week's post.  Also, we're still collecting items for the basket we'll donate to the silent auction.  Our theme is sports.

We're in the process of scheduling student-led conferences and hope to have the final conference times to you by Wednesday of next week.  Please remember that your child is leading this conference so plan on them being with you!

Upcoming Dates

  • Tuesday, April 19th- Class Pizza Party
  • Thursday, April 21st- Art Show/Silent Auction/Chili Dinner
  • Thursday, April 28th- Student-led Conferences (no school for students)
  • Friday, April 29th- Teacher Work Day (no school for students)
  • Monday, May 2nd- Field Trip to Fruita Children's Nature Center and Fruita State Park
  • Thursday, May 5th- Field Trip to Special Olympics

Thursday, April 7, 2016


April 7, 2016

The calendar may say the school year is winding down, but that sure isn't the case in our classroom!  We are just beginning our last unit of study, organisms and their habitats.  This is an integrated unit- most of our reading, writing, and science time will be connected to this study.  We set up our aquariums and terrariums yesterday and today we will begin observing our organisms and adding them to their habitats.  There's just a bit of excitement in our room!  Please check our the reading, writing, science, and math links for more information about the work we will be doing.

There's lots going on in the next few weeks, so here's the dates I know about at this time:

April 7th- Class Pictures
April 21st- Art Show, Silent Auction, and Chili Dinner (click on the link for more information)
April 28th- Student-led Conferences (no school for students)
April 29th- Teacher Work Day (no school for students)
May 5th- Field Trip to The Fruita Children's Nature Center and Fruita State Park (more info about this trip coming soon)