Is it already October?! Time has been flying by!
There is no school on Friday, October 6th. Teachers will be preparing for conferences.
Conferences will be held on February 10th & 11th. The scheduler will be open from October 4th to October 11th. Please schedule as soon as possible to get an appointment that works for you.
To schedule, go to the Online Scheduler (you can also access the online scheduler by clicking the Bridger Elementary link to the right, selecting Parents at the top of the page, and selecting "Parent Teacher Conference Online Scheduler")
- Choose 'Bridger' from the drop down list and click "go."
- Enter the school password (bears).
- Enter your student's ID (it is their lunch number).
- Verify your student's birth date.
- A list of teachers will be displayed - check the box next to the name of each teacher you would like to meet with.
- Select the conference time that works best for your schedule. Once you have finished, confirm your appointment details and print your schedule.
- WRITE DOWN YOUR CONFIRMATION NUMBER - YOU WILL NEED IT IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL YOUR APPOINTMENT.


We are also having a Box Tops competition this month! So, now is the time to send in all those Box Tops that are sitting on your kitchen counter!
Here is what we will be working on this week in class:
- phonics: special vowel combinations (didn't get to this last week due to roof construction!)
- phonics: compound words
- phonics: voiced and voiceless th
- phonics: digraphs ch, sh, wh, and ph
- math: different ways to write a number (standard, expanded, word, and picture form)
- math: skip-counting by tens and hundreds
- math: place value and expanded form
- comprehension: comparing The House on Maple Street (fiction) and Friends Around the World
- comprehension: author's purpose
- Leader in Me Habit 7
- science: gravity
- writing: writing a letter
Have a great week!