‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

November 11, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

If you're planning to come to the special Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, Nov. 19 - plan to come a little early. The Brainy Bunch will perform a reader's theater version of Dav Pilkey's 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving at 12:20. (The lunch schedule for that day has been revised again. Our lunch time is at 12:33 for that day only.)

Our shirts have arrived!

November 6, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

I will be asking students to wear their Brainy Bunch shirt on special days such as field trips, Sports Day, etc. They are welcome to wear them on other days as well. Thanks to Jenny for organizing and ordering the shirts for us!

Family Math Resource

October 23, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics web page has a family resource section that parents may find helpful.

November Book Orders

October 23, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

The Lucky order forms will go home on Monday, October 26 and are due on Monday, November 2. Online ordering is already available at http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp class user name: thebrainybunch password: geckos.

Did You Know 4.0

October 21, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

Today's world is not the one we grew up in and it’s not even the world it was 5 years ago. Did You Know 4.0 is a video about how our world is changing. This is an updated version to the we watched at Back to School Night.

Addition and Subtraction in Second Grade

October 19, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

This is a rather long post. You may download a pdf file here if you prefer. (The numbers line up better in the pdf version too.)   The way your child is learning mathematics probably looks somewhat different from what you remember from your own elementary school days. Most of us learned to add and subtract using a particular algorithm (a rule or procedure for solving a problem). To add, you may have been taught to “carry” and to subtract you may have learned to “borrow.” Many of us can remember doing pages and pages of computation problems as practice that were designed primarily to help us remember the steps of the algorithm. Because these methods ...

Fall Conferences

October 7, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

October 19 is the designated conference day for the fall semester. Since it is difficult to fit all conferences in one day I will be scheduling conferences on other days as well. Your child should bring home a fall conference form today. Please fill it out and return it to school when you are ready to schedule a conference. This will ensure that we cover all of your concerns and allow me to schedule a time that is convenient for you.

Take a look…

October 6, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

Want to see The Brainy Bunch in action? Check out our Shutterfly Page. You will need the password sent by email today.

October Book Orders

September 24, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

The Lucky order forms will go home on Monday and are due on Monday, October 5. Online ordering is already available at http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp class user name: thebrainybunch password: geckos.

Are you interested in reading to some awesome second graders?

September 13, 2009 | Author: southwell | Filed under: Events

Then "Mystery Reader" is the job for you! This is how it works: 1. Send me five clues about your identity. The first clue should be very vague and each clue after that should make it increasingly easier for the children to figure out who you are. For example, these are clues a former parent gave: 1. I am not a mother. 2. I don’t like to go shopping. 3. I am a girl scout and a boy scout. 4. People pay me to argue for them. 5. My beard is getting grizzled. 2. Let me know what time and day of the week is best for you. 11:25 on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday is good for us - but if that doesn’t work for you ...