Day 2

Today we made our faces to put around our classroom contract. I had to change one rule that the kids came up with. "No Wrestling". I put in parenthases (during school). For those of you who do not know, I am a huge wrestling fan! I was a wrestling cheerleader in highschool and both of my brothers were wrestlers. Along with me being a wrestling fanatic, I had one of the wrestling coaches contact me about the rule..haha!!

Our First Day

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School Delays/Closures

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http://www.kcci.com/closingssignup/index.html

OPEN HOUSE

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Wow! Talk about an awesome Open house! The turnout was amazing! As tired as I was last night, I found my self laying in bed thinking about things I needed to do at school and how awesome it is to teach at MNW. I am so lucky to live in such a great community. Every parent that came to open house was so friendly and the kids were sooo CUTE! I am really looking forward to working with all of you this year. I just know it is going to be a wonderful year!

I want to apologize if I did not get much time to talk to you last night. There was a lot going on and a lot of people in the classroom. Everyone came by 6:00. haha! Everyone must have had the same idea. So from 6-7, I spent some time putting things away and eating the Pep Club dinner. If you did not get a chance to ask me a question or tell me something, please feel free to contact me anytime!

If you came yesterday and noticed that you forgot supplies, go ahead and send them with your child on the first day. Also, sorry about the misunderstanding with the magazine boxes, we did get the ones they used in Kindergarten from the Kindergarten teachers. Hopefully you can return the new ones you bought, or save them for a future year.

I want to give a special thanks to Teage Bruns for sticking around and helping me! What a nice boy he is!


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Please share this blog!!!

If you are reading this please help me out and share the link with your family and other first grade parents. I am going to be updating this blog weekly and sometimes daily throughout the school year. I will be posting pictures and videos of the kids and updates on what’s going on in the classroom. I got this idea because I have heard parents ask their kids “What did you do at school today?” and a common answer from the child is “NOTHING”. Really? Nothing? We are soooo busy having fun learning in first grade that it only seems fair to share our excitement with our parents and family! It should be an easy way to keep you all in the loop. Also, I encourage comments. It will be fun to show the kids the comments from parents and family on the SMART board.

11 days and counting. I am getting soooo excited and can’t wait to meet the little ones!

HELP!!! help!!! Help!!!

Does anyone have an old "walkman" that they have replaced with an MP3 player or IPod? I really would like to have a few. They could either be a cassette tape or a CD player with headphones. I have been collecting books on tape and CD for a few years now, and would LOVE love LOVE to have a listening center for Guided Reading.

If you have one and would like to get rid of, you can drop it off at school or let me know where I could pick it up.

Thanks!!!!!!

First Grade School Supply List

Crayons (24 Count) – 1
Pencils – sharpened #2 – 10 or 12 No Mechanical
Eraser – 1
Kleenex – 200 count – 1
Ziploc freezer bags – gallon size – 1
Ziploc freezer bags – gallon size – 1
4 oz. bottle Elmer’s school glue – 1
Glue Stick – 4
Scissors – Fiskars Brand – 1
Wide Lined Spiral Notebook – 3
Washable Markers – 1
School Bag – 1
Dry Erase Markers for white boards Black – 1
*Gym Shoes – No Black Soles – 1
Pocket Folder – 3
Highlighter – Yellow – 1
Disinfecting wipes – 1
Hand Sanitizer – 1

Will need separate Supplies for Art

Markers
Crayons
Scissors
White Glue
1 box of Kleenex
1 box Ziploc sandwich baggies
Small art box or zip bag to put supplies in