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 :)