…and that’s a wrap on another year of first grade! I’ve never had a more tearful bunch at the end of the last day. We must have done something right to make it so hard to say goodbye! ❤️

It’s August 1st which means it’s time for “Tell me you’re a teacher who went overboard finding deals to redo your classroom this summer” without telling me you’re a teacher who went overboard. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Backpack Blowout is tonight from 6-8pm at Lee's Summit Community Church! They have over 800 backpacks to hand out! Free haircuts, hot dogs and bounce houses too!

A couple new additions to the classroom! ☺️

Welcome Back Bulldogs! 🐾

Bring on the first grade fun! ❤️

Thanks for sharing these precious rays of sunshine with me! We are ready to shine bright and spread kindness wherever we go! ☀️

Together we are a team! Day 2 was full of community building, routine learning, and a little dancing! We also did a baseline number writing activity. I can’t wait to see the progress they make this year!

Today was full of hands-on learning! After listening to a story about teamwork & using your manners, we practiced our skills while putting together puzzles! Next we matched letters in alphabet arcs &some even challenged themselves to complete a blank arc! Thanks Lee's Summit Educational Foundation!

We made it through the first (almost) full week! We’ve built community without our classroom, made new friends, and showed off to the new kindergarteners around the building! We wrapped up the week with a little indoor recess practice and learning from Mystery Doug!

Stocking up for more “Friendly Fun Fridays”!

Started our morning off with Morning Baskets with friends!

“Math About Me” Pennants! We used our mathematician eyes today and realize math is EVERYWHERE!

Watch out, we’ve got our Vowel Shields!

We were busy bees today! Five-frame flash with partners, handwriting practice, and individualized reading on our chromebooks!

Come party on the playground with music, food, and fun next Thursday, Sept. 8th from 5-7:30. We'll have hot dogs, chips, water, and of course, Kona Ice. Each student will get a free Kona Ice (check in at the volunteer table to get your ticket)!

Number writing practice!

Today we tried out new seating options around the room as we practiced independent work time. We’ve got to build the stamina so we can begin one-on-one placement assessments! We also practiced our whisper voices (still a work in progress 😉) during our phonics/short I lesson.

When a former student stops by and is beaming because she has something she knows you will love! ❤️

A fun-filled Friday! We started off the morning exploring our new math tool kits and then spent some time this afternoon working together on a memory/match game. We finished up the day with our first visit to the library with Traci Mattis!