Fish-Themed Celebration

Yay! We filled the giant fish bowl in the office and had a fish-themed celebration today! We had Goldfish snacks, read Rainbow Fish and Only One You, and watercolored fish headbands!

Our First Two Weeks at School

What a great start to the year! We've been learning and exploring a lot together! Take a look at some pictures from our first two weeks with your first grader. Remember to ask them for details! :)

Exploring new materials together - We shared about how we might use them, how we could take care of them, and then we explored together!

Math Stations - Learning how to share and use materials, focus on work, choosing a station, following directions/asking for help, and practicing some math skills!

Handwriting - Trying out some "pencil pick ups" to build our hand strength! We're learning and practicing capital letters, lower case letters, and numbers.

Opening Up New Spaces - We opened up a section of our book nook! We enjoyed time looking at books on our own and with friends, talking about how to take care of the books, and sharing about the different books we looked at.

See You Soon!

Wow! We had a great turn out for our back to school get together! Thank you all so much for coming. It was fun seeing the kids again and meeting their families!

If you have not given me your hopes and dreams survey, please fill it out and have your child bring it during the first week of school! Let me know if you need a copy and I'd be happy to email it to you. :)

I'm so excited to start our year together! See you Monday, first graders!!!

On to Third Grade!!!

Wow. What an incredible two years! We have learned and grown so much! You have become amazing friends, readers, scientists, mathematicians, authors, spellers, athletes, artists...the list goes on.

On the first day of first grade, I took a class photo. I asked you to make a silly face. They're kind of creative, but a little shy. I bet they'll be a fun group. I thought.

Now, as I look at our last silly class photo, I think, Wow, they are creative, comfortable, fun, silly and confident....and not shy at all.

After we met and took our first class photo, I studied it and tried to memorize your names and faces.

After we took our last class photo, I studied your faces and thought of how much you have all grown and what wonderful and beautiful people you have become. I thought about the friendships you've formed, the things that make you unique, conversations we've had, the sound of your voice, and the sound of your laugh. I looked at your picture and knew so many details about you - what you like, what you dislike, what excites you, what frustrates you, and what makes you laugh.

You're all so very special to me and I'm so glad we got to share these two years together! Keep growing and learning and remember to come back and visit!!!

Field Day, Field Trip!

We have had such a fun last week of school! Here are some photos from Field Day and the Montshire Museum! Both were such action-packed days, I couldn't get a photo of everyone (sorry!) I know everyone had a lot of fun in the hot, hot weather though!!

Thank you again to all of the chaperones and volunteers for both events! Neither would have been possible, let alone as fun, without you!! :)