Dear Parents,

4 more get-ups!  The balloon pop has been fun! 

"Look Miss Gallagher!  It goes small to BIG!" ( I seriously didn't plan that....actually, not so sure I COULD plan that!)

 This is the first year I have done anything like this and with a few tweaks, I think I will do it again next year!  Good stuff.  Below are some pictures of some of the different activities.  

"Reading on a blanket, in our shades..."

"This book is very interesting!"

"It's a good book!"

Crazy socks and shoes

Sidewalk Spelling!

"It's FUN, Miss Gallagher!"

"It was fun, but using the chalk was harder that using a pencil, Miss G."

"Movie and Popcorn!"

In the parent letter that was sent home today, there was a reminder of our last test of the year, our spelling test (which will be on Wednesday).  Thank you for making sure that your kiddo is prepared.

Please send in a big garbage bag or other bag on Thursday, which will be our “clean out” day.  Your firstie will also probably need some help with those big ol’ full bags on that day. 

Field Day is also on Thursday and please dress your firstie appropriately.  The different activities will be inside and outside, and there will be running and just MOVING a lot.  If you want to send in an extra water bottle, that is totally fine, but it will be your firstie’s responsibility to carry it around and not lose it (I suggest a plastic water bottle that you will not be upset about losing….JUST in CASE!).  Our lunch for Field Day will be hot dogs, chips, etc, and we will be eating out at the pavilion.  We will be eating in shifts, and we will be eating around 11:30.  I believe that the Field Day activities will be kicking off around 12:30. 

Friday, the firsties will be receiving their report cards, their end of the year binders, and various awards, so they will need to have their backpacks with them on that last day.  The awards assembly will begin around 8:30 and Chapel will follow that around 10:00.  You are more than welcome to attend both. 

One more blog on Thursday and that's a WRAP!

Have a great week!

Miss Gallagher

"Following the Signs"

Dear Parents,

Happy Memorial Day (A little late)! As I said in the parent letter that was sent home today, I hope and pray that you had a wonderful weekend and were able to rest, relax, and spend time with family and friends.  Did you go a parade?  Did you go a memorial service?  Was Memorial Day celebrated at your church?  Every year, I am asked to go home to my parents’ church, and play “Taps” on my trumpet, because there is a part of their church service that is set aside to honor those people that have served in the armed forces.  Please say a prayer for those people who are currently serving and encourage your kiddo to do the same.

Planting on Friday went well!  We got all of our sweet potato plants and our carrot seeds in the ground!  We also planted flower seeds in the middle bed.  I will be sending home, next week, a summer schedule to tend the garden.  Please sign up for a week, where you can come a few times that week to check on our 1^st grade bed (And they are now numbered!), water it, pull any weeks in the bed, and just make sure all is well!  Thank you for considering this!  Again, I am hoping that because we are only in charge of one bed, it won’t be AS daunting.  Below are some pictures of our planting! 

Diggin'

Nailing the numbers on the beds....

Plantin'

Carrot seeds...I didn't know they were SO SMALL!

"Dirt Art" as I like to call it....boy, oh boy, were our shoes muddy after planting....!

On Friday, we also read a book that I have been chomping at the bit to read to the firsties…it’s called “Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing”.  I think it is a fascinating true story about the Brooklyn Bridge.  When the bridge opened in 1883, there were many people who were unsure at how stable and secure and long lasting it would be.  So P.T. Barnum (Yes, as in Barnum and Baily Circus) had the daring (and maybe a little crazy) idea to use his most prized possessions, his elephants, to test the bridge.  And so they walked from Manhattan to Brooklyn….21 in all….across the bridge and it was declared safe and sound (And no animals were hurt in the process!).  AND SO….the firsties were given the task of building a bridge to get all the elephants (well….to be fair, and as I am sure that your kiddo already told you, I couldn’t find enough elephants…so we used other animals and our imaginations) across.  They had to work in groups, which to me is always interesting to listen to and observe.  Below are what they came up with!  

We will be finishing up our geometry chapter in Math this week.  Here are a few pictures that were sent to me that are “found” solid figures at home.  

Continue to have your firstie look for them at home and again, if you would like, send them to me and I will include them in the blog. 

Our balloon POP started today! 

Owen popped the balloon today and it read, “Reading Outside With a Blanket and/or Sunglasses”.  So….please send your firstie in with a blanket and sunglasses (and NO sunglasses aren’t required).  Please also say a little prayer that the weather will be good for this fun little activity tomorrow!  Thank you!

Did your kiddo tell you what was on their desk this morning?  Our theme this year has been following the signs and I thought that this might be a good encouragement for our last days here at school. 

Just as a reminder, our Spelling practice test will be on Friday and our regular test will be NEXT Wednesday.  Our last Memory test will be on Friday.  Social Studies and Math tests on Thursday as well. Whew! 

Blessings on your week!

Miss Gallagher

“Following the Signs”