Happy Monday!

Hi families! Happy Monday to all! I hope you are out and about enjoying this amazing day. We had another great day back in first grade today. Did you go through ALL of your child's mail last Friday? I hope you found your first grader's report card, along with their Spring Picture proofs and Field Trip permission slip. Please be sure to return your child's pictures if you are not interested in purchasing them. Also, mark your calendars for May 2nd--our fabulous field trip to the Kansas City Zoo! I am so excited to wrap up our habitat unit with a fun-filled day at the zoo. Join us if you can! Did you get the wonderful Sign-Up Genious that was sent out for our carnival activity? Thank you to Jackie Lang for putting the sign-up together and helping me learn about Sign-Up Genious! We NEED your help to make our carnival activity a success! Our classroom does a fishing game...we need volunteer to fill time slots as well as donations of prizes. It is an easy, fun way to help our school and our classroom. If you could donate your time or a package or two of snack prizes or toy prizes, we would all be forever grateful. Please be sure to check it out and find a time that works for you. Thank you in advance! Do you remember that the PTO Art Walk is this Thursday April 3? Come on by Sunflower at 7 to be entertained by the 4th grade choir and enjoy some amazing art work that our kids have compiled throughout the year. I hope you find time together tonight to enjoy this weather. As April is upon us, I am excited for the warmer weather and spring excitement, but also realize how my time with this incredible group of first graders is accelerating. Enjoy them tonight. They brighten my days. See you tomorrow!

Happy Tuesday! SO much ahead...

Hello families! I hope you had a wonderful Spring Break together. We jumped right back into the swing of things in room 111 this week. Did your child come home and tell you the exciting news about our newest classmate? Ask your child to tell you about "Gym". It was a very exciting day in our classroom as we welcomed this new little friend. Thank you so much to the Lang family for allowing Gym to come and be part of our school family. Boy oh boy, do we have a busy fourth quarter ahead! Get your calendars and planners out because our first grade events are going to fill the up! Next Thursday April 3rd is our annual Art Walk and choir concert. Your family is invited to come by school and check out all of the art we've worked on throughout the year. Our 4th grade choir will be performing a groovy 60's-themed concert and it will be a great time. Hope to see you! Looking ahead, be sure to make note of the following dates: Thursday April 24 at 7pm at Wheatridge Middle School, our first graders will be performing their first musical together called "E-I-E-I Oops!". Friday April 25th is our annual Sunflower school CARNIVAL! We will need your help!!! An online sign up for help with the carnival is coming. Please, please, please consider donating a half hour of your time on the night of the carnival to our classroom's activity ("Gone Fishing") or if you could donate prizes for our classroom such as snack-sized bags of chips, cookies, crackers, etc. We can also use small toys or other "prizes" for our booth. Remember that the proceeds of our carnival come right back to our classroom, so all of your help directly benefits our kids! Thank you in advance for your help! Be watching for that sign up!!! Do you remember the T-Bones reading log that you received during our fall conferences? If your child participated in the reading log for the T-Bones tickets, I need their pink reading logs back asap! This week we are learning how to tell time to the half-hour. Have your child tell you what "half past" the hour means. Continue to practice with them at home on an analog clock. We are learning about drawing conclusions this week, too. Ask your child to tell you what it means to draw a conclusion...check their understanding of this second grade skill. Have a wonderful evening...one of these days we will see this much-awaited Spring!

Meeting Baby Audrey!

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'Twas the Night Before Ms. B came back...

The countdown is ON!! I am returning to my first grade family TOMORROW. Don't forget that our Leprechaun Traps are due tomorrow so that we can set them at the end of the day in hopes of catching one on Thursday! :) Thank you for all of your support and love while I have been out with my sweet Audrey. I am forever grateful. Can't wait to see everyone TOMORROW!!!

No School Monday March 3rd!

It's hard to believe that Spring Break is just 2 weeks away...Mother Nature is really letting us have it on the final stretch of winter! There will be no classes tomorrow, Monday March 3rd due to freezing cold temps. Stay warm and we'll see you Tuesday! Miss B is returning soon....