Celebrations!

What a wonderful Open House!  The kids were very excited and proud to share their hard work with you.  Thank you also for all of the special birthday attention and treats.  Attached is a video of a birthday dance we did yesterday.  First grade is so much fun! 

Open House Tonight!

Please come and see all of our hard work at Open House tonight!  

Room F:   6:30-7:30

Europe Poem

Flight of the bumblebee- From Mr. Dabach

Our past pen pals ..

For the past four years Mrs. Levy's first grade classes have been writing their high school pen pals in Mrs. McEvoy's Freshman class.  

It doesn't seem possible, but this year the first group of Freshmen pen pals will be graduating from high school.  

June 2010

Good Luck Graduating Class of 2013

Our first pen pals

What do you remember from your pen pals?  

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Our fieldtrip!

First Grade Goes To The Science Center

Go for it!

This past weekend my son competed in a music solo and ensemble festival.  For months he has been practicing  Weber's Concerto op 26 clarinet, a piece of music that was extremely challenging for him.  Some nights I would be awakened at midnight to the sound of him practicing.  Happily, his hard hours of work payed off and he will go to the regional festival next month.

For myself, Spring means that it is time for me to start thinking of swimming challenges.  I have my sights set on a few open water swimming events this summer, so it's important for me to start now in preparation.  Setting a goal motivates me to "just keep swimming." 

At school I see boys and girls challenge themselves all the time.  In Room F subtracting numbers is a big challenge for some people and for others it's "easy peasy lemon squeezy."  For some, writing one sentence in our journal is a challenge. But each week I see more and more students write longer and longer journal entries.


It's fun and exciting to see what you can do, when you challenge yourself.  

As Dr. Seuss wrote, "You're off the Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!"

Have you ever challenged yourself?  
What is your biggest challenge?

Our Open Air Market

Our Open Air Market

March

March

In March the wind blows down the door

and spills my soup upon the floor

It laps it up and roars for more!

Blowing once, blowing twice

blowing chicken soup with rice.

                     written by Maurice Sendak

South America and Rainforest Facts