Super-Duper First Day!

Hi families! Hopefully by now your new first grader has come home and told you something about our first half-day together...we crammed a lot into just a few hours this morning. We organized our pencil "party houses", celebrated a birthday (yay Abigail!), learned about the big kid playground, read a rhyming book about starting first grade, we were introduced to the members of our new class family, worked on our cutting and following direction skills, designed our faces, AND learned about our Starcharts!!! Whew! You should probably have a sleepy first grader this evening. Tomorrow we gear up for ALL day!!! This is tough on our first graders in the beginning, so please help your child have a great day by ensuring they get plenty of sleep tonight and help them have a great breakfast tomorrow. Remember that Sunflower serves breakfast each morning at 8am if you ever need to have your child eat at school. Speaking of eating, tomorrow will also be our first BIG KID lunch!!! We will have third grade buddies come down to help us with our lunch numbers and learning the ropes of the lunchroom. It is exciting stuff!! Your child is welcome to bring a lunch from home in the morning OR they may choose one of the 3 lunch choices. You can find the weekly choices right here on this website! I will stay with the children until everyone is served, eating and happy, so not to worry! We also get to go to Specials tomorrow!!!! Tomorrow is and "A" day, which means that we will go to Music for 30 minutes, followed by PE for 30 minutes. Please help your child remember to wear good gym shoes or bring them in their backpack when they come to school. Please let me know if you need anything! Have a wonderful night together and get ready for a BIG first grade day tomorrow! Welcome back!

'Twas the Night Before First Grade...

'Twas the night before first grade and all through our school, We new smiling faces coming in the building that is so, super cool. They met their new teacher, put their new things away And wondered what to expect on that very next day. Their teacher was THRILLED to meet her new crew She was so excited, she didn't know what to do! So she looked at the clock and said "Time for bed", There is so much fun in the days ahead. Thank you to ALL of you for making time to come to Meet-the-Teacher night tonight! We had 100% turn out!!!!! Whoo-hoo! I am beyond thrilled for our year together. It was so much fun to meet your sweet kiddos tonight. I hope they are feeling excited for our year to begin. Don't forget that we dismiss at 11:30 tomorrow, and so will NOT be having lunch. Let me know if your child's transportation plans will differ from what the office has on file for them tomorrow. Thank you so much, again, for coming tonight! What an awesome way to start our year together! Way to go families!!! See you tomorrow!

Did You Get Your Letter?

Hi everybody!!!! If you have found your way to this blog, you must have gotten your first grade letter telling you the I am going to be your new teacher this year!!! YIPPEE!!!! I can't wait to see you all again as first graders. We are going to have a BLAST this year together. Be sure to check this website often as I will continue to update and add new links as we get closer to the beginning of the year. I hope you are enjoying your last few weeks of summer and getting fired up for some FIRST GRADE FUN!!! See you soon! Love, Ms. B

Hip Hop Alphabet song--Sing Along!

Sesame Street - Count It Higher

Our Year In Pictures...

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Awards Ceremony TOMORROW!

Hi families! Well, we are down to the final days together. I hope your soon-to-be-second grader came home today and told you about our Awards Ceremony tomorrow morning. First grade will have a formal Awards Presentation right off the bat tomorrow (Thursday May 23) at 8:45 in the Commons. You and your family are invited and encouraged to come and support your child as they are recognized for their hard work this year. Immediately following the formal ceremony, we will return to our classroom for our own Candy Awards as well as a small breakfast reception. Thank you again, to my families that have volunteered to bring in various treats. Please be sure they are at school by 9:30. I will also show the children a slideshow with a collection of pictures throughout our year together. After just previewing it, I have to say it's sad to watch. This was such a wonderful year with such a wonderful group of kiddos. It is going to be very hard to watch them go...ah, this is the difficult part of teaching. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will hope to see many of you tomorrow. Please remember to send a change of clothes with your child (if they are dressing up for the ceremony), as we have a day of PLAY planned once our celebration festivities are formally over. See you soon!

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Field Trip Tomorrow!

Hi families! Don't forget tomorrow is our field trip to the Paul Mesner Puppet Theater! Check out this link to learn more: www.paulmesnerpuppets.org/‎. Please have your child wear their blue Sunflower t-shirt, bring a sack lunch and drink and PLEASE put sunscreen on them before they head off to school in the morning. After our morning puppet show, we will be going backstage to make our own puppet craft. Then we will head back to Gardner and have a picnic lunch and playdate at Celebration Park! You are welcome to meet us at the park for lunch. We plan to arrive by 12 noon. Please call me on my cell phone tonight if you have any questions. You can reach me at: 378-7523. I will be at my son's baseball games all night and won't be able to check email. Thank you so much! The countdown is on...tomorrow will be lots of fun! Have a great night!

The Wonder of Springtime!

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Wednesday Wrap

What a week!!! Crazy weather, crazy busy! We are trying to get back into our groove after last week's musical. It's been a challenge with the crazy weather and shortened week. Whew! Let's get caught up to speed: 1. Field Trip permission slips went home last Friday. If you have not already done so, please be sure to return it to school with your child this week. We will be going to a Paul Mesner Puppet show and having a picnic. We need permission slips back and puppet show money returned soon in order to buy our tickets. Our wonderful PTO will be providing the extra money so that each child will get to make their own take-home puppet. It is going to be a lot of fun! Let me know if you need another copy of the permission slip. 2. Did you remember that THIS FRIDAY is our AMAZING school carnival???? Our PTO goes over the top to make this such a fun-filled evening. I hope to see all of you Friday night. If you have volunteered your time, you should have received a reminder slip in your child's mail last Friday. If you are unsure of your scheduled time, drop me an email or call me and I will let you know. Thank you in advance to everyone who has donated supplies or their time to making this a wonderful night for our kids. I have been asked to tell all of my families that if you purchased Magic Show tickets, there will be 2 showtimes. One will be at 5:15 and the second show will follow at 5:45. If you can make it to the 5:15 showtime, we are encouraging our families to come to that show as we are anticipating the 5:45 show to be very full. Thank you for your understanding and consideration! 3. Please remind your child's Flat Stanley recipient not to worry about sending it back by the date on the letter. We will be displaying our Flatties as they return to school until the end of the year, so when they are ready they can send it back! Have a wonderful evening. Let me know if you have any questions or if you need anything. Hope to see you Friday night at the Carnival!!!

Up and Running!

Monday= B Tuesday= C Wednesday= D Thursday= A Friday= B Happy Monday, families! I am so sorry for the delay in our posts! I have been having a tough time with this website server and am just now FINALLY able to post successfully. Whew! Thank you to everyone who made it to last week's Art Walk. I hope you all enjoyed looking through your first grader's "Pieces" of work. They were so proud of their masterpieces. Are we head into the end of our year together (CRAZY!) we are going to start picking up the pace to TURBO-speed! Here are some things to keep on your calendar: 1. Musical! Our first grade musical is NEXT Thursday April 18 at Wheatridge Middle School. This week and next will be spent polishing and perfecting this darling performance. Please be sure to read the letter that came home on Friday from Mrs. Neely with more details about costumes and details of the performance night. Let me know if you have any questions. 2. Carnival! Our school carnival is Friday April 26. We are still in need of donations of indidual bags of Goldfish crackers, as well as donations of time! If you are able to help run a station for 30 minutes, we would be so grateful. Let me know if you would be willing to volunteer your time. Thank you in advance. Power Drills and this week's spelling words are coming home today. Be sure to check your child's backpack. Ask your child to tell you about Jane Goodall and her chimpanzee, David Greybeard. We read an article today about Dr. Goodall and learned about her unique job. Check your child's comprehension to see if they remember what we learned. Please help your first grader stick to a regular bedtime. I had many sleepy kiddos today and that makes learning difficult! Let me know if you have any questions with all the activities this month. Hope you are all well. Have a great night!