Welcome to the 2014-2015 School Year!

Hello! Welcome to first grade! My name is Mrs. Anderson, and I am going to be your first grade teacher. This is my sixth year teaching first grade. I LOVE to teach and I am very excited to meet you! I’m sure you will learn even more about me as the year goes on.

I am married and have a wonderful husband named Chad. We love to go fishing, four wheeling, running and biking together, but most of all, we love to get ice cream! 

I have a Master’s degree in reading and I love to share and talk about books. There are so many wonderful books I want to share with you. Reading is one of my favorite things to do! My wish is that you will develop a love for reading during your year in first grade. You will be a reading and writing genius before you know it! Math is also one of my favorite subjects to teach. We will have a blast learning new ways to add, subtract and count numbers.

You will need lots of things for first grade. I added a list of recommended items you will want for school. If you are able, please come to school with these things on the first day. You will also want to come with a folder to bring mail home from school and a peanut free snack for our snack break in the morning. 

I am looking forward to meeting you and your family at the Back to School Open House on Wednesday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. In addition to seeing your new classroom and meeting me, you can see your classmates as well! I hope that you enjoy the rest of your summer break. If you are like me, you can't wait for school to start up again!  See you soon!

Please fill out this short survey to help me get to know your child! This is the same survey that was e-mailed to you. If you didn't receive the e-mail you can fill the survey out right here by clicking on the link. Thank you for your responses!

First Grade Survey

~Mrs. Anderson 

Click Here to find the supply list

First Grade Supply List

Here are a few pictures of me to help you remember what I look like and so your parents can put a face with a name:) 

Writer's Spotlight on...Dylan!

Here is Dylan's Non-Fiction Piece! He taught us about the Zoo!

Happy Mother's Day!

Our Trip to Fredrick Meijer Gardens!

We had a great time on our field trip to Fredrick Meijer Gardens!

It was a little brisk outside, so many of our smiling faces happened when we were inside:) 

Some of us were VERY tired towards the end of the day!

We saw many, many beautiful butterflies!

It was hot in the butterfly gardens.

I was asked to take a picture of the "beautiful scenery" here:) 

A moth had just came out of it's pupa when we arrived!

Ava had a blue morpho land on her shoulder! Must have been that bright yellow shirt she had on!

A butterfly life cycle!

We also were able to see another butterfly coming out of it's pupa and drying it's wings! This was awesome!


Thank you to all the parent volunteers who came to help us throughout the day! We appreciate you very much!

Writer's Spotlight on...Allison!

Allison

Hotels
There are many different kinds of hotels. There are small ones, big ones, but the biggest one is...Gulf Gate. Sometimes there is a pool and a hot tub, but most of all the ocean, beach and condo. 

Pirate Golfing
This book will lead you to an exciting place...  Florida is a place that is amazing warm, nice, awesome and wet. Florida is a place to relax and the place you are going to learn about is...golfing!

The Whale Store
The inside of it's mouth, you go in it. When you go in it's mouth, you will be in the store. It's cool!

Writer's Spotlight on...Ally!

Ally!

Ally's WEB about pigs. 

Here is her introduction page:
Have you ever been to a barn? If you didn't, you have to go. There is animals there. Pigs are the best! (But also kind of disgusting). 

Diagram of a pig.

Caption Page:
How do pigs snort?
Pigs snout is like a nose. But it looks different and it makes noise. 

Caption Page
The Pigs in the barn.
At the barn people come and see not only pigs but pigs are fun to look at. 

Reading Celebration Day!

Thank you so much to all of the parents who read, donated food for our read and feed and donated story bit items! We had so much fun today and we couldn't have done it without all of you! I am sorry I couldn't get everyone in to read today. I do feel very blessed to have so many parents that are willing to come in and read though:) 

Here are a few pictures from our day!

I hope all of you have a safe, relaxing and enjoyable spring break! 

Thank you again!

Writer's Spotlight on....Ally!

Ally has done wonderful with our new unit of writing...Poetry!

Tooth Fairy

Tooth Fairy, Tooth Fairy
you travel so far
Tooth Fairy, Tooth Fairy
O so how many
teeth do you have?
Maybe one hundred maybe
a thousand O how many
do you have? But
Tooth Fairy, Tooth Fairy
you travel so far
Tooth Fairy, Tooth Fairy
O how wondrous you are!