Veteran's Day Assembly

On Wednesday, Nov. 9th, Gombert Elementary School will celebrate Veteran’s Day at an all school assembly. At 2:00 p.m. students will honor our Veterans through word and song. Third graders will perform their musical revue, Americans We!
Attendance at this afternoon show is limited to our student body, veterans, and the veterans’ family members. We are sorry we cannot include all the parents, but our gym will not accommodate our entire student body and their parents. Third grade families and friends are welcome to attend the 6:30 p.m. show on Tuesday, November 15th.

Monster Bash

Don't forget! Gombert PTA's Monster Bash is Friday, October 28th from 7-9pm. Punch Cards will be available for sale at Monster Bash. Punch Cards are good for 20 games, one cake walk, and one trip through the Haunted House! Wear your costume and join in on the fun!

Report Cards

Report cards came home today in your student's backpack mail. Please review the report card, graphs, and notes included with the report card. Sign and return the report card envelope to the school as soon as possible.

Red Ribbon Week

Monday, October 24th through Friday, October 28th in honor of Red Ribbon Week.


Monday, Oct. 24th - Mismatch Day
Don't get mixed up with drugs!


Tuesday, Oct. 25th - Backwards Day
Don't let drugs turn you around!


Wednesday, Oct. 26th - Orange and Black Day
Don't let drugs scare you!


Thursday, Oct. 27th - Wild/Stuffed Animal Day
Don't go wild for drugs!


Friday, Oct. 28th - Gator Gear
Gators don't do drugs!

Kline Creek Farm

Despite the cold weather, we managed to have a fun time at Kline Creek Farm. There were so many activities to do that it kept our mind off the cold weather. We got to pick corn, learn about honey, watch a blacksmith at work, see a woodman use his tools to make a wooden box, and see all the animals. We can not wait for our next field trip!

Water Cycle

Today the kids in 2B made a Water Cycle wheel. This was a fun way to end the unit and make sure we understood the Water Cycle with a project. Here are some pictures of them working in action.............

Culver's Night

Tomorrow is Culver's Night for Gombert. The class that has the most participation wins an ice cream party! Please try and make it out tomorrow night. Mrs. Bretz will be there in the evening too!!!

Mystery Reader

On Friday, 2B was luckily enough to have another mystery reader. Based on the clues we had figured it out that it was Samay's mom. She came and read the story, The Snail at School. We really got into the story and asked A LOT of questions about the story after she was done reading to us. Thank you again for coming to read to our class!

Super Science

Today we had Mrs. Hickey come into the classroom and teach a Super Science Lesson. Super Science is a special program that allows parents to come into the classroom and teach a science lesson along with doing an experiment. The experiment went perfect with what we are learning about in science, THE WATER CYCLE. We learned about how water is filtered and brought into our home. We even got to make our own filtration center. It was a lot of fun and we can not wait for the next Super Science Lesson! Thank you Mrs. Hickey!

Field Trip

We are going on a Field Trip to Kline Creek Farm on October 20th. The permission slips were sent home on Tuesday. Please return as soon as possible. Each student needs to have a permission slip signed and returned in order to go on the field trip!

Book-It

The Book-it program is being offered to students in 2B. This program is optional but highly recommended to the readers in 2B. Students will be receiving a calendar for the month of October. Their goal is to read for 20 minutes each night and then color in the calendar. Since, the month of October is half way over students only need to complete the days that are left in October. Once, the calendar is completed, students should then bring it back to school and they will get a coupon for a free individual pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Each month they will receive a new calendar and for each month they can earn a free pan pizza! Happy Reading!

Mo Willems

During writing we have been brainstorming ideas to write about during Writer's Workshop. Today we viewed a video about Mo Willems the author of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant and Piggie Books. He shared with us how he gets ideas to write books and illustrations. Some of us might be writing our own Pigeon books in the upcoming weeks. Here is the website that was shown in class: http://pigeonpresents.com/

Picture Day

Tomorrow is picture day. Please remember to bring in the order form if you wanted to order pictures.

Math Website

During Guided Math this past week, the students were introduced to a new website. This website has a bunch of Math games on it. These Math games go perfectly with Unit Two in Math. Here is the link if you would like to practice at home. http://www.ezschool.com/Games/FactFamily1.html

Mystery Reader

Last week we were lucky enough to have another mystery reader. Mrs. Hickey came into 2B to read to us, Rainbabies. We loved the story and most of us had never read it before. It is always nice to listen to a brand new book! Thank you Mrs. Hickey for taking time out of your day to come and be a mystery reader in 2B!!

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

This week we have been working on Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives in order to create Super Sentences. Ask your child to tell you what a noun is. How about a verb? And an adjective? We have been brainstorming all sorts of nouns, verbs, and adjectives - brainstorm some more at home! We especially liked the videos from TeacherTube.