We Survived Week #1!

Our very first week of school for 2013/14 was great fun!  Thank you parents for helping your child begin the school year so successfully!  Your children are getting an idea of what First Grade is like by learning many new expectations, responsibilities and rules all around the school!   Here is a peek into a few things we did this week!

We made a headband saying "First Grade is Totally Cool" and took our very first class picture!

We looked at all our books in our desks and read stories from our "Red Reader".

We all wrote about the First Day of school and some of us got to share our fabulous writing!

We got very excited by the end of the week when our iPads FINALLY arrived!  We found out who has an iPad at home and who does not -- that way we know who our iPad "Experts" can be!!!  We learned MANY rules about becoming a responsible "Digital Citizen" and even signed a "Trust Card" promising that we will be very careful and respectful while we use our iPad.  We got to explore a little on them... but it will take a little while to load some of the apps and work out some technology "kinks".  But we are patient and looking forward to helping each other and learning together as we begin our journey to becoming "Digital Citizens"!

Welcome to a New School Year!

Dear Parents and Students - Tomorrow is Meet the Teacher Night at Bear Creek from 6:00 - 7:00  p.m.  I am very excited to see all your smiling faces and looking forward to meeting every one of you!  Please bring your school supplies to Meet the Teacher so I can help you organize them and put them away so you are ready to go Monday morning!  Can't wait to meet you all!

Summer Workshop Fun!

Teachers spend quite a bit of time  in the summer attending workshops and learning new and exciting things to use in the classroom!  So I went to an excellent  MacBook workshop with a couple of teacher friends and one of my assignments was to create an iMovie!  So here is my very first iMovie!  It could also teach you something very important...   Enjoy!

Aloha (Goodbye!) First Grade!

First Grade Students celebrated the end of our school year with a goodbye Luau today!  It was a beautiful and fun day to end our school year!  Here is a short video of the First Grade students learning the hula and some quick pictures from the day!  Have a wonderful summer!

This is My Teacher!

So the end of the school year brings the certain "Memory Book" where students get to write and draw about their First Grade school year.  One of my favorite pages is their writing and drawing about their teacher. These are very cute and touching!  I think I may need a new haircut and some new clothes!  HaHa!  Here are just a few:

Good Times on the Last Daze of First...

Students have been enjoying working on some fun end of the year activities -- not to mention being silly!  Exactly what we should be doing with only 3 1/2 days left of First Grade!  Good Times... Good Friends!

Career Day 2013 - Jobs People Do are Fun to Learn About!

Today was a great learning experience for all of Bear Creek.  Our annual Career Day is filled with many opportunities for students to hear about all the interesting jobs people have in and around our community!  We had 3 excellent visitors to our classroom today!  Many thanks to the Wonderful Working Moms of Aadi, Paul and Parmis for speaking to our class!  The students truly enjoyed your great presentations!

Here are a few pics of the day:

                                         Thank You Azar (Aerospace Engineer)

 

 

Thank you Carrie (Marketing Representative)

 

 

Thank You Gincy (City Planner)

 

It was an awesome Career Day!