Mrs.Brown's Brainy Bunch Website

Thiswebsite is to keep you informed of events, special notices, schedule ofspecials, and other important information. This website is not attachedto a WESD link or affiliated with it.

Week of  Feb. 6-10, 2012

Congratulations! We won the sock collection for the homeless. Popsicles on Monday!

Reading:Ah, Music!                                                              

Focus for Instruction: Finding information/nonfiction

Robust Vocabulary:attract, audible, concentrate, creative, expression, performance, relieved, territory

Spelling Words:join,boil,joy,noise,soil,boy,voice,point,toy,coin,another,

came,come,work,three.

Grammar: Adjectives  that tell how many

Math:Practice flashcards, subtraction, word problems, money, graphing,place value to the hundredth place along with expanded notation (235=200+30+5).2-digit adding & subtracting without regrouping.

Scholastic Book Orders:

The online website is www.scholastic.com/bookclubs.com. My code is GM28G.

Reading Charts

Please remember to turn in at least one Reading Chart a week. Students who have read at least 100 books or chapters by the middle of May will join Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Taylor's classes at Moon Valley Park on May 29 at 9:30-approx. noon for a Jamba Juice/Pizza/Games, Reading Celebration walking field trip.

BAG BOOKS

Checked out book on Mon./Return book and notebook with activities due on Fri.

Feb. 6-10:

Feb.6-17 Parent/Teacher Conferences/Double check your times/approximately 15 mins. each.

Feb.9:Mrs.Brown's Love & Logic Parenting Classes @ Vaseo Apts. 6-8pm. You can still sign up. $25/per person.

Feb.7: Field Trip:Bodiology at the Orpheum Theater Info./Moon Valley Park afterwards for lunch. Any parent is welcome to meet us at the park for lunch.

Feb.10:Patriotic Assembly at 9:00am on sport courts. Everyone is welcome. 2nd grade is singing!

March 1:Happy Valley Recycle Center field trip 9:00-1:30

April 23-Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant Field Trip, 9:00-1:30

More events will be posted as they come up.

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GREATWEBSITES!

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/elci/index.html (this is the one where the kids can make a published page)

www.wordle.net (super cool!) I love this one!

Go to www.loveandlogic.com

For helpful tips, special promotions, and event announcements, follow Love andLogic^® on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.

 www.timeforkids.com :Thisis a magazine for kids and has current events. It's free and easy to get on to.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Brown
You can reach me before school at 7:30am or after 3:30pm. My classroom phone number is, 602-896-5967. Email me at joslyn.brown@wesdschools.orgor through http://new.schoolnotes.com/jcrbrown.

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"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
– Vincent van Gogh

"Sorry looks back, worry looks around, but faith looks ahead." Don Wilson (pastor at CCV)