Great News!

Hi, all! 

Great news!  Our project on Donors Choose has been fully funded!  YAY!  Ms. Beller and I are so excited about getting a tablet for our classroom, and we cannot wait for the kids to start using it to help them become better readers, writers and mathematicians.  Specifically, we must thank our two donors, Nicole and Audrey.  Your generosity is truly overwhelming, and words cannot even begin to describe how much your kindness is appreciated!  We would also like to express our sincerest thanks to SAS for matching Audrey’s donation.

Once again, it was another busy week in Ms. Beller’s room!  For starters, we were so blessed to have Congressman Brad Miller, Representative Grier Martin, Vice President of Wake NCAE Larry Nilles, Coach Mike Cody from Sanderson High School, Mr. Jimmy from right here at Millbrook Elementary, my sister, Elizabeth, Ms. Beller’s sister, Lauren; and, musical guest, Dave Binanay all stop by to read as we continued to celebrate Read Across America week.  The kids had an absolute blast with each of our guests, and we cannot thank them enough for their time and efforts.  We hope they all will come back again soon! 

The kids also finished writing their fairy tales this past week.  There are stories of damsels in distress, brave knights, fearless princes, dragons, horrifying witches, flying foxes, talking pigs and even one where Humpy Dumpty saves the day!  Clearly, their fairy tales are quite imaginative, and your students are very excited to share them with all of you this Wednesday (March 14) during student lead conferences. 

As always, thank you all so much for your support and encouragement.  I hope everyone has a fabulous start to their week, and I am looking forward to seeing each of you Wednesday night for student lead conferences. 

Educationally Yours,

Ms. Bruner 

Read Across America Week

Wow!  It certainly was a fantastic week!  First off, I would like to thank all the parents who came to read to us in celebration of Read Across America week.  The kids loved having you, and we hope that you all will come back to read again soon.  Also, a big thanks goes out to all the parents who brought in food and came to our Fairy Tale Parade.  It was a huge success!  The kids looked positively adorable dressed as their favorite fairy tale character.  Let’s see, we had Rumpelstiltskin, many Princesses, Prince Charming, several Knights, Humpty Dumpty, Mary from Mary Had a Little Lamb, a couple of Kings, Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, a Kitten, and many, many more fairy characters who marched in our parade.  We certainly put on quite a show!    

This past week, we were busy little bees in the classroom.  In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, we read Bartholomew and the Oobleck.  This classic Dr. Seuss tale is about a king who has grown tried of the sunshine, the rain, the snow and the fog falling down from his sky, so he commissions his magicians to whip up something new – oobleck, of course!  Naturally, utter chaos ensues, and the king ultimately learns a very available lesson.   Afterwards, we made our very own oobleck, which the kids absolutely loved doing!  And, why wouldn’t they?  After all, it was messy!  We spent some time discussing whether oobleck was a solid or a liquid.  Our class came to a conclusion.  What did you all decide at home?  We also have been working on writing our own fairy tales, and we will finish those up this week.  Your students have come up with some very creative fairy tales, and I cannot wait for them to read their finished stories to each of you!

I would also like to share with all of you a project Ms. Beller and I have posted on Donors Choose, which is an online charity were public school teachers can post classroom project requests.  Specifically, we are trying to raise money for a Samsung Galaxy Tablet to use in the classroom with the kids.  I encourage you to check out our site, and please feel free to share our project with your friends, family and co-workers.  On March 12, Donors Choose will be matching every donation given.  We will post the match code here for those of you interested in donating to this project.

Click here to go to our Donors Choose site!    

Again, thank you all so much for your continued support!  I hope you have a fabulous week!  

 

Educationally Yours,

Ms. Bruner