by: Xavier I`m astonished that we did Karte today.

MaKinze L.:I`m astonished that we are out for 2 in a half weeks.

Reagan B.:I`m astonished that Christmas is just around the corner.

Chandler: I`m astonished we are decorating our ortements.

Ethan: Today has been RAINY!!!! And now it is SUNNY!!!!!!!!!!

Reece: I`m astonished that we are watching Prep and Landing.

Carmen: I`m gapsed that we are doing poster.

MRS. BRUNO'S NOTES: What a crazy day we've had! We've tried to clean up our room, get our ornaments in our backpacks, and get ready to leave for the holiday. We're all very excited!!!! Merry Christmas!!!

by: Carmen we gat awr elf ledrs

MRS. BRUNO'S NOTES: Our green reading group is almost finished with their book club selection Bad Kitty Gets a Bath. We've had lots of fun reading that book, and I'd like to read more Bad Kitty books. They're hilarious!!! We also worked on mental images using more text about Christmas around the world.

Twisted Tusday

by: Reagan P. Mrs. Bruno put up a little Chrstmas tree with lollypop's and candycanes on it. Im glad we did our Christmas party yesterday too! And yesterday we got our elf letter's and they were still cold from the north Pole! and there is 3 more days in till Christmas break! and we are going to Peach Tree.

MRS. BRUNO'S NOTES: Today the kids worked on some math problems to help them determine how many kids Santa might have to visit in Trussville. We also visited Mrs. O'Brien's planetarium. Her students compiled facts about the solar system, and we learned lots from them!

Dec. 14

by: Taylor we had a party to taday and had food and mad suffy.

MRS. BRUNO'S NOTES: Today was our Christmas party, and we had lots of fun. We made lots of ornaments and cards for our family and our nursing home friends. We ate breakfast foods and played Christmas games.

The Best Program

by: Makenzie Latham On friday is are progra. Avry 1 is happy.It is Crismas and i am very happy. For Crismas what do you whant. I a ds game for my ds. WE are going to git are eys thact.

Mrs. Bruno's Notes: We are looking forward to our 2nd Grade Christmas program. Mrs. Murray always puts on a GREAT show!

We're reading one of my favorite Christmas books, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. There was a movie made in the 80s about this book. Be watching for it over the holidays. It'd be a great follow-up to reading the book. Ask your children about the Herdmans. They'll give you an earful about how awful this bunch is!!!!

We have our vision screenings today, as well as getting to have a special lesson in the library on checking out and checking in our own books. That ought to be fun!!!

freeezy friday

by Ethan: Today is friday and it's freezing.Today we made presents for our mom & dad. We had ice cream with m&ms in it. Today was fun. chrismas is just around the corner. where done with our elf letters. we finished math around your school.

Mrs. Bruno's Notes: We had a great day today, but we're excited about the weekend, too. We're looking for SWIRLING (WOW word) snowflakes outside of our window in the morning. We're also betting that any plants that are still in bloom will be WILTING (WOW word) after this cold snap.

Happy weekend!!!!

colonial day

by: Chandler to day we went to the libery to do what people did in the colonial it was cool to do the things that the colonial people do.

MRS. BRUNO'S NOTES: We took a step back in time today to see what life in the Colonial period was really like. We dipped candles, made tin punches, made our own butter, created Colonial "cross" writing, wrote with quill pens and ink, danced Colonial dances, and made cornhusk dolls. We had a very busy morning. Look for lots and lots of pictures on our class website. What a great (but exhausting) day!!!

Working On Possessive Nouns

by: Keaton Today we are studying possessive nouns. Keaton`s is a possessive noun. Reagan`s exsided that tomarow is Colonil Day. We are going to waer our costums. Today is the last day of our reading program. Xavier is exsided about Colonil Day too.

MRS. BRUNO'S NOTES: Our Thanksgiving play turned out to be so much fun. We were very thankful for the support of our family and friends. I've included some pictures of our great actors!

We began book clubs today with our blue and green reading groups. The kids are quite excited about meeting with me to read chapter books and then having assignments to complete on their own, as well. I'm hoping this will help increase their sense of responsibility. We've begun working on vertical addition with regrouping. Most of us caught on immediately, and I'm looking for everyone to have mastered it within the next couple of days. It's amazing how much branching has helped the kids understand the concept of tens and ones. You can't believe how we used to struggle with, what I call, the "short-cut" method of carrying and borrowing tens. It's been almost second nature with these kids because they have more number sense. It's exciting to watch!!!