May 9, 2013

Hi Parents,

1) Tomorrow we will be taking the bus over to WCS at 12:00 to see the play, Annie.  The kids will be dismissed from WCS. If you pick up your child, please do so there. The Live Y'er students will take Bus A back to school.

2) Monday  we started our new countries workshops. Ask your child which workshop he or she is attending this week and what they learned. 

3) Charlie Jennings brought in a solar powered car today, and we took it for a test drive. 

4) We have four sheets that were kindly loaned to us for our Reading Restaurant. We have a blue one, a flowered one, a heavy white one with nice stitching in it, and another heavy white one with stitching and "embroidered holes."   Please email me so I can get them safely back to you. 

5) We got a good start on our Home School Journals this week, but we ran out of time --- we decided to stay outside for a little longer with Charlie's car. Sorry. 

6) Thank you to Karen Allen for her surprise popsicles today. That was  a real treat. 

Take care, everyone. 

Mr. Bolger

April 30, 2013

Hi Parents

We have had two great days back at school. The kids seem well rested and ready for the final stretch. How about this warm weather?!

Next week we will be doing workshops for Social Studies. I will be teaching about Canada and Mrs. Powers will be teaching China. Mrs. Rodliff will be teaching about Kenya and Ms. Schwartz will be teaching about Greece. The kids will stay with each teacher for a week and go through all classes.

Note about Gym: For the last trimester, my class will have Gym on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursday.  Please help your child remember to bring sneakers on those days.

Students will be seeing the show, Annie put on by students at WCS next Thursday, May 9th. The show will run from 12:15 to the end of the day.

Thanks. 

Mr. Bolger

April 3, 2013

Dear Parents,

Reading Restaurant is coming up: mark your calendars, reserve your seats, and help your child plan a simple costume.

Mark your calendars!:  we will have our Reading Restaurant on Thursday, April 18th. It's an evening event where parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents can reserve a seat and then come to "dine" on your child's writing from this year. The students come dressed up as an animal (you can bend a coat hanger, stick some cardboard ears on it, and  draw some facial whiskers if you want to be a fox, for example). They all have a job such as cook, maitre d', waiter, busperson, etc. and it will be their pleasure to serve you!

We chose our restaurant name today: The Northern Lights Cafe.
We also chose our jobs and our shifts. Your child will be in the first shift or the second shift
(tentatively, the shifts  go: 6:00-6:45 and 7:00-7:45). I will notify you in the next couple of days with the exact times.

Reserve your seats by email: how many people from your family -- aside from the child I teach -- will be attending? Please email your number to me so we can plan our table  arrangements.

Help your child  plan a simple costume. Students can pick any animal that inhabits the Arctic Tundra
(ex: Arctic Fox, Reindeer, Polar Bear, Grizzly Bear, Snowy Owl, Lemming, Goose, Wolverine, Penguin, etc.)

More info to come...

Four Winds is this Friday. Please Dress Warmly.

... a note from Kim Jennings, our Four Winds coordinator...

Good Morning,

Just a reminder that we will be presenting the 4Winds program this coming Friday from 8:30 - 10:00.  This month's lesson is called, Galls Galore, and in it, we'll be looking at how some insect species spend most of their life cycle inside a gall - which is a growth on plants that provides the insect with food, shelter and protection.

Kids, please dress appropriately as we will be going outside on a "gall hunt".

- Kim Jennings

That's all for now, Folks. 

Mr. B.

March 26, 2013

Dear Parents,

This week we have started working on research. Each child has an animal that they will be researching and writing. Ask your child to share with you one fact they know about their animal. Tomorrow, we will select jobs for our reading restaurant, and we'll  start making decorations at the end of this week.  The kids are really excited for this event.

Just a reminder about the basket raffle our class has "Party Palooza" as our theme. We still need some donations to complete our basket. Thank you to those who have already brought in donations.  A couple of items we could still use include rolls of crepe paper streamers that you hang from the ceiling, party hats, and maybe a couple of smallish party games for kids to play. We have candles, cupcakes and frosting, as well as noise makers so far.  Thanks again.

And thank you all for your generosity in sending in pencils. Much appreciated. 

We have started a new read-aloud book called The Doll People by Ann Martin, an award-winning author. One of the dolls has an aunt who has been missing for 45 years. Her search for her long-lost aunt is one of the big adventures in the book. 

Home School Journals will go home tomorrow and be due back on Friday.

Tomorrow, we will be administering  the CSSU First and Second Grade Science Tests.

We did a practice for it last week.

Remember: Jump Rope for Heart takes place on Thursday, and Students will have the day off on Friday for Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Have a great rest of the week, Everyone. See you for conferences.

Mr. Bolger

March 21, 2013

Notes from the Classroom

Hello Parents.

Time-Sensitive: Remember to to check out our class blog to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Time-Sensitive: call the WCS office today to get tickets to Friday's Variety Show. Mrs. Powers, Mr. Terko, Ms. Irish, Ms. Trasciatti-Holmberg and I will be performing in our 12th year as the  Horizon House Band. Tickets are $6.00 and they will probably sell out by tomorrow afternoon.   I'm proud to say, too, that my daughter, Sadie, will be performing in it for the first time! 

Just a quick note to say that we are nearly done with our  "How-to" writing pieces.  Look for them at the beginning of the week on our Kidblogs. 

Students in first and second grade also took  our annual spring writing assessment called The On-Demand Task where they must  respond to a question and write for twenty minutes. We look for good organization of their thinking, a clear introduction/topic sentence, and a clear and compelling conclusion. 

Tomorrow (Thursday), students will take a practice NECAP Science test. Next Wednesday, we will administer the Real NECAP Science Test.

In Art/Science work, students from my class have chosen either the Tundra or the Desert, and they  are creating Tunnel Books.  They're beautiful. 

There was no 2nd Grade Math homework this  week due to the snow day. 

There was no Home School Journal writing this week either -- due to the  snow day. 

2nd-grade Fundations will have the usual Thursday bi-weekly test tomorrow. 

Reading Logs: today, Students began  filling out their reading logs from this week, and they took them home to have you help finish filling them out. 

Time-Sensitive: Report Cards will be coming home Friday. 

Time-Sensitive:  between now and April 1st: $7.00 Spring Haircuts for any student attending WSD (boy or girl). The Hairdresser is a long-time supporter of the Williston Schools. Call The Mane House: 3097 Williston Road

(across from Pete's RV). Telephone: 860-1099. Mention "Mr. Bolger."  to get the discount.

That's it for now. Have a nice end to your week. 

--

David Bolger

1st and 2nd Grade Teacher

Allen Brook School

http://bolgerclass.blogspot.com/

http://kidblog.org/MrBolgersClass2012-2013/

March 20, 2012

Hello Parents. These are the updated  times for conferences as of 3/26/13.  

Please look over this schedule, and  then email me with your first, second and third choices. I’ll then contact you within 24 hours to confirm.  As you sign up, I  will post updates (three or four times per week)  until everyone is scheduled. Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions.  Note: normally I don't have children present at the conferences, though it works to have them wait in the Kiva  and then come in for the last five minutes for a wrap-up.  I'm looking forward to  seeing you all. 

                                                               

Mr. Bolger’s Conference Schedule

Tuesday March 26

2:40 p.m Danielle and  Randy Clos  

Wednesday, March 27

3:00 p.m. Karen And Bruce Allen

3:30 p.m. Kathy and Daniel Cotter

Thursday, March 28

3:00 p.m. The Jennings

3:30 p.m. Kyle Forrest

4:00 p.m. Shelley and Corey Forrest

4:30 p.m.  Fran and Glenn Steinman

Friday, March 29

8:00 a.m.  PJ and Nilgun Zimakas

8:30 a.m.   Rebecca and  Gabe Tharp

9:00 a.m.  Janine Beaudry

9:30 a.m. ____________________

10:00 a.m. __________________

10:30 a.m. __________________

11:00 a.m. __________________

11:30 a.m. __________________

12:00 p.m. Jessica Lamorey

12:30 p.m. __________________

1:00 p.m. __________________

Friday, March 29 (continued)

1:30 p.m. Susie Grenier

2:00 p.m. Corey Nulty and Denise Giroux

2:30 p.m.   Yash and Lavi Rohatgi

3:00 p.m.  Whit and Jenn  Fellows

Tues. April 2

2:40 p.m. Adam Beaudry

Weds. April 3

3:00 p.m. Miki and Ed Olszewski

3:30 p.m. Amy Pudvar and Jason Pecor

Fri. April 5

3:00 Betsy Fisher  and Eric St. Cyr

3:30   Kathy Willey