Week of December 19

Monday: yellow day

Tuesday: green day

Wednesday: blue day -wear sneakers

Thursday: purple day

Friday: red day - early release, polar express pajama party, return media center book

Happy holidays! 

Week of Dec 4th

Monday: Blue Day- Wear sneakers

Tuesday: Purple Day

Wednesday: Red Day - return library book

Thursday: Orange Day -wear sneakers

Friday: Yellow day

Friday Fun

Throughout each week, our class earns happy or sad faces for their  behavior on the rug during lessons.  If they earn more happies than sass, they get a small reward. Last Friday's reward was some free choice time of games/activities during Math.  Here is a glimpse of their fun.

Using calculators to solve math facts

Making shapes on geoboards

Measuring with links and addition Zingo

Dreambox on the iPads 

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration today. Very thankful for these super sweet kids and their terrific parents. HappyThanksgiving! 

Week of Nov. 14

Monday: Green day

Tuesday: blue day - gym - projects due

Wednesday: Purple day

Thursday: Red day - return library books

Friday: Orange day - gym

Week of Nov 7th

Monday: Red Day - please return library books

Tuesday: Election Day-No school

Wednesday: Orange Day- Gym, wear sneakers 

Thursday: Yellow Day

Friday: Veterans Day no school

Halloween

Loved seeing all the great costumes on Monday.  We had a great day. Thanks to the moms who planned art projects and games for us. According to many, it was the "best day ever!" 

Playing together

Sometimes a teacher just has to "gush".  After a jam packed week, and our first full week in a long time, a rainy Friday with no outdoor recess is not what I would have hoped for.  However, we had a terrific day. Everyone worked hard and did a great job on a usually difficult writing lesson, they earned a paw from another teacher for walking so nicely in the hallway, and they played extremely nicely together during indoor recess. Way to go Room 8!

Here are some snapshots of recess time. All children engaged in a game, puzzle, or other activity. No arguments or complaints. And no one left out. Might not sound like a big deal, but doesn't always happen and was very nice to see.  

Tie Dye Fun

Thank you to Mrs. Smith (Cooper's mom)  for helping us tie dye and especially for taking home the shirts and washing them all.  The children had lots of fun and they came out great. 

Week of Oct. 17th

It's a full week of school with some important events.  Tuesday is picture day and we will be tie dying t-shirts on Wednesday.  Don't forget to send in a short sleeve white T-shirt.  We will be wearing them on field trips and on field day so please  make sure it's big enough to last the year. 

Monday- Green day

Tuesday - Blue day - GYM 

Wednesday - Purple day 

Thursday- Red day - Media Center *return library books

Friday - Orange day

Springdale Sprint

It was a beautiful day to get some exercise and raise money for our school. The kids had a great time. 

Week of Oct. 5th

Wednesday -Green Day. SPRINGDALE SPRINT @1:50. Wear sneakers.  Parents and guests are welcome 

Thursday- Blue Day. Phys Ed. Wear sneakers. We will also be visiting the book fair.  Children will be making wish lists but you may send in money if you would like. OPEN HOUSE 6:00 PTO meeting in auditorium. 6:40 1st classroom presentation. 7:15 2nd classroom presentation.  (See my correction in previous post)

Friday-Purple Day

Open House Correction

Oops, I put down last year's open house times on my letter and invitations without realizing that they changed. 

The correct times are...

6:00 PTO meeting in auditorium

6:40 first classroom presentation

7:15 second classroom presentation 

Sorry for the confusion 

Week of Sept. 26

Schedule
Monday: Blue Day - P.E.
Tuesday: Purple Day - Media Center (no art on Tuesdays)
Wednesdays (Early Release): Red Day - Music
Thursday: Orange Day - P.E.
Friday: Yellow Day - Art

News and Reminders

Dismissal is at 1:20 on Wednesday
Springdale Sprint is on Friday.  First Grade is at 1:50.  Parents and guests are welcome to come cheer us on.

Week of Sept. 19th

OOPS, I forgot to post our schedule this week.  Here's what you need to know for the rest of the week.

Wednesday: Orange Day - Phys Ed, Wear Sneakers
Thursday: Yellow Day - Art
Friday: Green Day - Music

Reminders…

Send in Scholastic Book Orders if you would like to order books.

Springdale Sprint is coming soon. Donations are due next week.  If you raise $10 you get a Jaguar bracelet.  Help our class raise the most money for 1st grade and earn a trophy!

Early Release Movie Day is next Wednesday.  Forms and money are due on Friday.

Share Schedule

Red Day – Julia, Sebastian, Steban

Orange Day – Cooper, Derek, Chloe, Briana

Yellow Day – Adrian, Cody, Yareli, Dora

Green Day – Maya, Riley, Jessica

Blue Day – Zahra, Leana, Aida

Purple Day – Gael, Kaitlyn, Sophia, Gianna

Dot Day

Everyone had a blast "making their mark" on the blacktop. 

We read the book Ten Black Dots and thought about all the things you could make with dots. We have some very creative students.

Week of Sept. 12th

Every week I will post a schedule of our color days so you know when it's your child's share day, when we have PE so you know your child needs sneakers and when we have media center so you know when to return library books.  Don't worry about media center for this week since the children haven't checked out any books yet.

Monday - Red Day
Tuesday - Orange Day (PE, wear sneakers)
Wednesday - Yellow Day
Thursday - Green Day
Friday - Blue Day (PE, wear sneakers)

Beginning of school pictures

So much to do the first weeks of school. We have been very busy reviewing skills, getting to know each other, playing games, and learning routines to set us up for a successful year.

Check out these fantastic first graders hard at work. 

 

Playing math games...

Practicing our first Daily Five reading station "read to self"...

Making cool monster bookmarks...

Enjoying "Fun  Friday" morning work...

First day of school!!

We had a super first day today. The students came in and got settled like true first graders. Please remember to check your child's folder every day and send back forms. I know there's so much information that comes home at the beginning of the year. It will settle down. 

We spent today getting to know each other, learning new routines and going over rules and expectations.  Will post some first day pictures soon. If you do not want pictures of your child posted, you need to send in the "opt out" form that was mailed home so that I know not to include him/her. 

Looking forward to a wonderful year and hope everyone will be "reaching for the stars"

Welcome To Room 8

Teacher letters have gone out and I know some of you might be visiting to check out your new teacher.  Welcome! I hope you had a wonderful summer and are ready for a great year. I can't wait to meet you. Here's a little bit about me...I've been teaching at Springdale for over 15 years and I love teaching first grade.  I grew up in Stamford and live here now with my husband and 3 children. My oldest son is going to be a senior in high school which I can't believe, my daughter Is going into high school and my youngest son just turned 12 this past week. They are getting way too big and I'm so glad that I still get to spend my days with 5 and 6 year olds. It's a lot of fun. 

First grade will be a lot of work but it is also fun and very exciting. Your children will become super readers, writers and scientists. They are going to learn and grow so much and I'm looking forward to being a part of it. 

I'm actually heading to school now to start setting up.  I will post more information about our classroom and include some pictures next week so please check back soon. 

Here are a couple photos from my summer. 

My family during our trip to DC this past week (minus my daughter who was taking the picture)

Our new kitty Ginny who is very cute but is getting into lots of trouble 

See you soon! 

Mrs. Murace

Mental Health Awareness Week

Sorry it's been a while. We've been very busy, especially getting our nonfiction animal books ready for our museum next week. 

We did make time to celebrate Mental Health Awareness week.  Talking about feelings, and expressing them appropriately is something that we've been talking about all year but it was great to have a week for it to be a priority. 

Each morning we discussed the feeling of the day (excitement, worry, frustration, and pride). Later in we read a story that went with the feeling and completed a page in our feelings journal.  Here's a glimps of what we did. 

Everyone loved decorating their journals with emojis :)