WhooHoo! We Graduated!

                                          Welcome the new 2nd Graders of 2016-2017!

Mrs. Stein's first graders graduated today! They have made remarkable progress this year!

Thank you parents, grandparents, foster parents, friends, neighbors, and daycare providers! It truly takes a village to raise a child in this world today. All my best for a safe and happy summer!

Mrs. Mary Stein  

A Minion Things to Do This Summer!

Please carefully inspect your Minion folder today. We have included the reading scores from the year. Congratulations room 4 readers!

Field Day Fun!

Thank you volunteers! Grades K and 1 really had a great time this morning. YOU made it possible!

Root Beer Float Celebration!

Rooms 4 and 5 celebrated raising the most money in the Jog-A-Thon by sharing in a root beer float party! We are a great group of 1st graders!

Field Day Wednesday June 15

We are expecting a great day! Wishing for a break in the weather too! Please view Mrs. Babcock's slides! k/1 Field Day Rules Presentation-     Primary Field Day

Oh Beautiful Inventions!

WOW! First graders got very creative! Please congratulate your kiddo on their "cool" invention.

First Grade Inventions!

Room 4 first graders are building an invention. We will finish them today, and write

all about them tomorrow. We will share our invention with our 4th grade buddies from room 17. They will share their Oregon Trail journals with us.

Jog-A-Thon Winners!

Room 4 earned 2nd place in the Jog-A-Thon fund raising effort. Our class gathered over $2,000.00 in pledges. Thank you everyone! A special hug to Carmen's family for raising over $1,000.00. You truly supported us! Our class will have a root beer float party soon! Ridgeview collected over $20,000.00! We are blessed to live in a community so generous.

Field Day Volunteers Needed!

Field Day is scheduled for Wednesday, June 15th! Volunteers help students travel from activity to activity. If you would like to volunteer please contact Karen Babcock or a PTO Officer for areas needing support. Our first grade time slot is 9-10:00 am.

Friends for Life

As June begins my first graders are becoming aware the year is soon ending. Today during all of the celebrating- summer birthdays, and reading faster, we said good-by to Sydney. She is moving away from the area, so she will not be here next year. As first grade teachers prepare students for the transition to 2nd grade we spend a lot of time talking about change. Change happens, and it is a part of life! We will be spending more time with rooms 5 and 6, allowing our kids opportunities to  "regroup" with friends they may be in class with next year. We want our students to be excited about 2nd grade!

Making Music!

This week room 4 practiced "tooting" on trumpets... REAL brass trumpets! But the most loved instrument in the music room room is the guitar.

Ice Cream, Ice Cream!

Today the first grade enjoyed sharing ice cream to celebrate our "Ice Cream for Reading Fluency" challenge! We honored our "Weekly Mom Helpers!" with a Jack Johnson song, "With My Own Two Hands" www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jackjohnson/withmyowntwohands.html. We also celebrated our June, July, and August summer birthday kids! Please enjoy our work folders! Each child brought home their work from each trimester today. What a great year of growth for every child!