I am truly blown away by how far this group of first graders came in their reading this year. To celebrate, we went outside on the last day ...

First grade decided to make ice cream in a bag as a special treat. Using half and half cream, sugar, and vanilla in one bag, with rock salt ...

Today we had our end of year picnic. Our last day of school is next Thursday but we celebrated a little early. The students played various b...

We had our annual Egg Hunt and Spring Party on Friday, April 18th. Thank you to the parents for bringing in eggs for the students to find. T...

Just for fun on the 100th day of school, we used an app on the class IPad called Aging Booth. Aging Booth lets you take a picture and then i...

From our characters to yours, Merry Christmas!

I downloaded and printed these adorable holiday photo props that I found on Pinterest. I took individual pictures of each student for them ...

As a fun craft project, the students created these little alligators at the end of the school year.

We had quite the adventure making ice cream during the last week of school. Using a recipe from Pinterest, the students combined Half and Ha...

To have a little fun and clean off their desks, we played in shaving cream during the last week of school. The students practiced writing th...

On the last day of school, one of the things we did was to discuss the students' future goals. Those goals included going to college and...

During the last week of school the students created collaborative art projects to take home as a keepsake from first grade. Each student had...

We had our End-of-Year Picnic last Thursday. The students had about two hours to play soccer, basketball, draw with chalk, run, play chase, ...

I'm always looking for new ways to motivate the students to stay on task and to have positive behavior. Recently I discovered an online ...

The students raised money during May to support Special Olympics. Students who donated the first week were invited to participate in a water...

The students created portraits of what they think they will look like when they are 100 years old. They turned out so great!

We made it! Last Friday was the 100th day of school! To celebrate, the students made crowns and then we had a mini-awards ceremony. Each stu...

As a part of our study of space, we learned about how astronauts have to eat. We learned that they often used packaged food that can be eate...