Ms. Beverage's Blooming First Grade!: Tuesday Check-In

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Tuesday Check-In

Happy Tuesday families! I hope you are having a wonderful start to the week. I just wanted to let you know about two papers that came home today. First, tonight is our PTO Chuck E. Cheese night! Your child is bringing home a letter and coupon for 10 free tokens to use at tonight's event. Chuck E. Cheese even made a surprise appearance in our classroom this afternoon! WOW! I also wanted to let you know that your first grader is bringing home a letter and flyer home tonight to support our classmate, Tyler. The kids and I had a class family meeting this afternoon and talked about the book and toy drive that our classroom will be participating in. Please be sure check your child's backpack and talk with them about this project. Your child also learned about a new online math game to help them polish up on their double facts! Be sure to check the sidebar on this blog under "Math Games" and have your first grader show you how to play "Monkey Drive"! They LOVED it! Have a wonderful evening together!

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Ms. Beverage's Bio...

Ms. Beverage Hello! My name is Betsy Beverage and I was born and raised in Lincoln, NE (Go Huskers!). I graduated from the University of Kansas (Go Jayhawks!) with a degree in elementary education. Somehow this will be my 8th year teaching first grade here at Sunflower! I taught second grade in Missouri for three years before leaving to begin my family and my adventure into motherhood. First grade is a year full of magic and milestones and I am so excited to begin on a new adventure with you child.

I have six amazing children and am currently working on Baby 7, who is debuting in early December! I am not only fortunate enough to be part of the teaching team at Sunflower Elementary, but I am also a parent to some of my own Sunflower kids. My oldest daughter, Annie, will be starting 8th grade at Wheatridge Middle School this year. My son, Charlie will be in 7th grade. Caroline is joining her oldest siblings at WMS as a 5th grader this year, too. I also have FIRST grader of my own! Josie will join the adventures of First Grade and Georgia will journey into FULL day Kindergarten, both here at SUNFLOWER! It is a joy to be in the same building with some of my babies all day. Our youngest , Audrey, is 2 1/2 and stays home with Dad during the day.

Jared and I make our home here in Gardner, right down the street from many of you, in fact. He is the night custodian at TRMS so that he can stay home during the day with our sweet girl and baby-to-be. We are blessed!

I am here to make sure that your child’s learning journey is as exciting, nurturing and successful as I expect my own children’s to be. I am so exicted to be teaching first grade teacher again this year. There really is magic that happens here in first grade. Please don’t hesitate to call or email me with any questions or concerns. We’re going to have a wonderful year together!

Think Central Log-In Directions

Hi families! Your child can read our weekly stories at home on our computer! Follow these directions to login to the site, find our story of the week and continue the learning at home!

1. Go to: http://www.thinkcentral.com/
2. On the left-hand side, click on the "Reading & Language Arts" tab.
3. Click on the "Story Town" logo in the second row (second from left)
4. Select a state (Kansas)
5. Select a district (Gardner-Edgerton USD231)
6. Select a school (Sunflower)
7. User name: firstnamelastname (example: betsybeverage)
8. Password: think
9. Click on "Search Library" (top right-hand side of the screen with the magnifying glass)
10. Select drop down bar to "READING" and then type in the text book story from above that you are looking for. Example "Ten Eggs"
11. Click "find"
12. Click the title when it appears and the story will load from our text book. WHEW!

Ms. Beverage's Blooming First Grade!

Miss Beverage's First Grade!

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Tuesday Check-In

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