Family Fun Night

Tuesday night was the annual PTO sponsored K-1 Family Fun Night. It was well attended by what seemed like hundreds of little kids and their families. After eating pizza, lemonade, and cookies in the lunchroom, the kids headed to the gym where they played beachball volleyball and basketball, jumped rope, and ran around getting hot and sweaty. I think I'll have a lot of tired students tomorrow! I tried to get pictures of everyone from our class who came, but if I missed someone, I apologize! It was pretty hard to catch everyone!

What fun to hang out with friends and family!

Thanks, PTO, for a great night!

Playground Fun

It was a GORGEOUS day today, and we just had to take advantage of the wonderful weather for some photo ops on the playground!

What fun!

Here's the whole crew before they were "let loose" to play.

The kids are so lucky to have such great equipment to play on, and they really have a good time exercising all their large muscles as they enjoy the bright sunshine! If only this weather could last awhile longer. I'm afraid winter will be here before we know it, and it will take forever to get everyone bundled up in winter gear for playtime.

Strip Sculptures

We had a great first week of school, and we finished off the week on Friday afternoon by making strip sculptures. First, we learned that a sculpture is a piece of artwork that takes up space instead of being flat. Then, we learned how to use paper strips and glue to make lots of shapes.

We had to share strips with a partner, and we could make our sculptures any way we wanted.

We had to be very patient while we waited for the glue to dry.

Our hands got kind of sticky from the glue, and so did our papers, but fortunately, our hands can be washed, and the glue dries clear.

What a good way to spend the last part of the day! It's fun to be creative!

Stop in and see all of our sculptures on display outside of our classroom!

First Day of School, 2008

The big day finally arrived, and it started out extremely hot and humid! However, we all survived the heat and had a great day! It was quite a shock to feel the cool air when we headed for the buses at the end of the day. Please remind your children about getting on the correct bus. We went over all the bus numbers at the end of the day , but several children somehow ended up on the wrong bus, and it's a long ride to the bus garage to be picked up by parents! Everyone finally made it, and hopefully things will go better on Day 2! These pictures were taken right before morning playtime. What a good-looking bunch of kids!

Parents - Thanks for sending all the school supplies, and have fun filling out all the registration paper-work :-). Please return it to school as soon as possible. Thanks!

Welcome, New First Graders!

Hello, new students! I hope you had a wonderful summer and are all ready to begin an exciting new school year! We will learn lots of new things this year, and have a lot of fun while we're at it. I will be posting pictures and comments to this blog about once a week, so check in often! The first day of school will be here soon, and I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you!

Look for me on Tuesday!

First Grade Friends

Well, the school year is over, and summer vacation has begun. The kids were all excited for the last day of school, but I think most left on Thursday with mixed emotions. One student said, "I wish I didn't get such good grades so I could be in first grade again next year."

They have all worked hard and made amazing progress! Watching and helping kids learn to read is so rewarding, and it's what makes first grade the best grade to teach. Parents, please continue the process at home this summer - your kids have all the skills they need to be fluent readers, and now they just need lots of practice. I have probably told them at least 100 times: "The more you read, the better you read!" So.... read, read, read!

Preview of The Class of 2019:

Braden, Jeremy, Trentin, and Isaac

Luke, Heather, and Nathan

Olivia, Lacey, and Riley

Ben, Dylan, Jordan, and Logan

Brooke, Jenna, and Catie

Riley, Noah, and Cole

Will, Molly, and Dillon

Have a great summer, everyone, and be sure to stop and visit me next fall!

The Little Red Hen

After lots pf practice during the last few weeks,

the kids did a GREAT job on our play on Tuesday, and we had a wonderful audience of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers, and friends.

"Let us set the scene for you.

By the pond there stands a mill,

And down the road a barnyard,

Where things are quiet and still.

The dog, the cat, and the duck

Are having a lovely day.

Now all three have stopped to listen -

Red Hen has something to say!"

The Cows

The Sheep

The Pigs

The Rabbits

"Who will help me cut the wheat?"

" Who will help me carry the wheat to the mill?"

"Meow, meow. I'm tired from resting all day."

"Quack, quack. I'm ready for a nice swim, so off to the millpond I go."


"I have to chase my tail now."

"Who will help me make the flour into bread?"

"They all refused to help, they all refused to help, she ate it by herself, she did it with no help."

"Next time, maybe you'll learn, that the things we want we have to work for and earn!"

Good job, kids! You were awesome!