From the Principal……….

From the Principal……….

Happy Spring BWD Families! As the weather continues to fluctuate, please dress children in layers so they may add or take away layers! Our second trimester has come to a close and our report cards were available March 22, 2019. We are so proud of how much our students have progressed within these last few months! As always, should you have ANY questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. Children have been reading, writing and working on individualized activities in math! STEAM has brought upon coding fun! As we enter into our third trimester all children will begin taking library classes with Mrs. Norris. Speaking of Mrs. Norris… a huge THANK YOU to her for organizing and executing all of our Read Across America events! Our students and staff enjoyed all of the activities! Thank you to the PTA for organizing our donation Book Drive! Our classroom libraries thank you! Children have been model students as they attend our Field Trips!! First grade has enjoyed Genius Gems, while Kindergarten children visited the Little Red School House. A special thank you to Mrs. Newman for organizing and presenting to all our kindergarten children while on the trip!! What a wonderful piece of Florham Park history! Grade 2 Fun Night was a success! Math fun for everyone!! Thank you once again to Mrs. Rossi, Mrs. Seubert and our volunteers for an enjoyable evening together!! We look forward to an author visit to BWD! April brings us Kevin Kurtz, a non- fiction author who will capture the hearts of our students! Children have been writing and creating their own stories during writing workshop, so having a published author visit our school is an exciting experience! During the month of April, BWD children will once again take part in our Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Assembly and fundraising event. Children once again are our heroes

The Briarwood Buzz By: Mrs. Norris

March Issue

as we raise funds to help fund research and development. Thank you to Mrs. Orlando for organizing this activity. As we push through the end of the year, continue to read and make school work a priority with your children! Thank you for your partnership in caring for and educating your children!! Warm regards, Mrs. Glaab

What’s Happening in Second Grade……

The second graders are working hard in Reader’s Workshop. During their read aloud and in their own books, our second graders are really taking charge of their reading. We recently finished a unit where they got to know their characters better by paying attention to how they act, how they feel and what they say to other characters. As they are better understanding what is going on in their stories they are also practicing fluency. Our second graders are working on reading smoothly and with expression. Using what they have learned in Reading, our second grade writers have been working hard writing realistic fiction stories in Writer’s Workshop. Students were able to create made up characters that faced realistic problems and solutions. They used many of their favorite authors to help inspire new stories. We had a great time sharing our stories that included talk, action and feeling just like our favorite read alouds include! In math, second graders practiced using different strategies to learn how to add and subject larger numbers mentally. This is really helping them in their money chapter. Classes are having fun counting bills and coins and using this skill to solve real life word problems. If you have any spare change at home, be sure to practice counting coins. In Science, children are investigating solids and liquids. They have been introduced to the properties of both through read alouds and hands on experiments. The second graders have been asking a lot of questions! For example, how can a liquid turn into a solid or how does a solid turn into a liquid? Questioning is a big part of science. Our next part of this unit will focus on these questions that continue to arise! In Social Studies, our second graders enjoyed learning all about landforms and bodies of water around the world. We focused on exploring the United States and our own state, New Jersey. Students worked hard investigating different states and where able to share some interesting facts with one another.

2C (Crosetto) had their celebration for their Realistic Fiction Writing Unit. 1G (Gatti/Bruno) stopped by to see the great work.

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First Grade 1R (Rella)on our field trip to Genius Gems! It was a great trip!

ART During March Briarwood "Celebrates Dr. Seuss" for Youth Art

Month. All the bulletin boards throughout the school are covered with

murals the students drew and painted of different Dr. Seuss book

covers. I'm very proud of all my students who worked together to create

the exhibit!

March 28 Screenagers – 7 pm

Ridgedale Middle School

March 29 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Assembly

(Students Only)

March 29 Spirit Day – Mismatch Day!

April 8 Nonfiction Author Kevin Kurtz Assembly

April 10 Kindergarten Parent Orientation- 6 pm

April 11 Kindergarten Parent Orientation – 1:30 pm

April 15 - 22 Spring Recess/Easter Monday - School Closed

April 22 Earth Day Observance

April 25 Take Your Child to Work Day