Bromwell Elementary School

Welcome to my class! I have a great year of learning and fun waiting for
you in Room B-6. As it says in the picture above, "B-6 is the best!"

I hope that you come to class after having a great summer. Perhaps you
bicycled and swam at the pool. Perhaps you spent lots of time playing with
 friends or traveling. No matter what you have done, we will want to hear
all about it on the first day of school.

I can't wait to meet you on the first day of school. For your parents,
there is more information on this page and throughout our
website on how our school works.

A typical second-grader is beginning to calm down a bit. He or she is learning to concentrate and focus more in class, and finds more satisfaction in doing good schoolwork, too. Students at this age are becoming better at reasoning and thinking critically. They are also learning the real ins and outs of group membership in the classroom and on the playground. Children in second grade develop a greater sense of responsibility. It's a very important year, full of developmental and academic milestones.

There's lots of review in second grade, so that students truly master all the skills presented by their first grade teachers. Your child will also learn to recognize familiar words more rapidly, read and spell new words, add and subtract faster, compose more complex sentences, and increase his or her reading and speaking vocabularies. Your child will develop both a deeper and a broader understanding of the sciences. He or she will learn to identify and value people from many different cultures. Math becomes something more logical and interconnected, not just a group of various facts. Math is still largely concrete in second grade, but abstract ideas and concepts are beginning to come into view. This is a very rich year, academically, and an important time for your child's development as a thinker and a learner.

Your second-grader is also continuing to learn a lot about being a person. Second graders learn more about being friends to others, about being good group members, and about being well-behaved in school. You can help by discussing the value of respect. Talk about how relationships work among friends and with teachers at school. With a little regular encouragement, most second graders are ready to take on the world!

From the Principal
The B-6 classroom is a model learning environment where high expectations are set and then met on a regular basis. Ms. Keys' dedication to her students and to the faculty is demonstrated daily. Her mathematics and science lessons include high expectations for her students and higher-order thinking skills. She brings a positive and joyful energy to the classroom.
- Ms. Cohn

KEEP IN TOUCH!
You can contact me by calling the school's Front Office
at 303/388-5969 and then asking them to put a message in our mailboxes.
Or you can e-mail me at faith_keys@dpsk12.org

SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Say, are you wondering about classroom supplies?
Look at the Grade 2 Supply List