Dear Parents,

I know, I know, I know….school is officially done!  But I wanted to send you one last blog!  I don’t know about your firstie, but I was SO tired over the weekend and needed the entire weekend to basically recover! LOL. 

First up, here are a few pictures of how the firsties chose to move their desks around our room for the day….SO INTERESTING!  There was no arguing and they really enjoyed where they ended up.  Some chose to sit close to others, some needed some space.  Avalyn chose to sit alone in the reading nook (which I honestly though was clever…ha!). 

When they brought in their electronics on Wednesday and we had about a half an hour of electronics time, I don’t think that I heard a peep!  It was SO QUIET!  (I will need to remember this for next year….hhmmm…….). Thank you for sending them in with your firstie! 

All in all, I would say that the Balloon Pop 2019 was a fun success!  

We also had 3rd grade come and read to us!  Each third grader wrote a story and illustrated it.  We spent about 30 minutes listening to stories...it was wonderful (for BOTH grades!). 

Field Day was also a lot of fun!  I was so busy, that I was only able to snap one picture this year!  I am so thankful for the warm weather and the beautiful sunshine that we were able to enjoy though……what a great day that God granted to us! 

Thank you for my gifts!  I appreciate them and ALL of you so much!  I thank you also for your communication and prayers throughout the year, and all of the hard work that you did with your firstie at home.  On to second grade......!

Blessings on your summer and I hope to see you either at church or around town!

Miss Gallagher

Dear Parents,

Happy weekend……already!  I pray that you have a good one!

I just wanted to share a few pictures from our first and second “Balloon Pop” activities.   

The firsties have been enjoying them so far and for Monday, our “Balloon Pop” activity will be a movie and popcorn (made by me and my air popper).  If you don’t want your kiddo to have the popcorn that I make, please send in your own.  Thanks!

Here is a picture of my new puppy, Stella! 

We also gpt a new friend for Fiona, and we named her, Alice! 

Did you read the newsletter that was sent home via FD? In it, there was a schedule for our last week (WHAT?!?!?! AHHHHH!!!)! Please check it out if you haven’t read it yet.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Miss Gallagher

Dear Parents,

It has been awhile! I apologize for the delay in getting a new blog or two, to you! 

A few weeks ago my parents were in town and the firsties had a “mystery guest reader” (my dad!).  He read a story to them about “Mother’s Day” (which I know might not make complete sense, but it WAS the day after Mother’s Day).  He is a retired first and second grade teacher, so he loved being here with the firsties! 

Last week our story from our hard-covered reading book, was one of my favorites titled “The Dot”.  It is about an art teacher and one of her students who doesn’t think she is a very good artist.  But in the story, she is encouraged to TRY and ends up creating some really neat pieces of Art.  The firsties created their own Dot pictures!  Check em' out!

The bean seeds/sprouts are coming home today (And if you are curious as to what kind of bean seeds they are, they are Great Northern beans)!  This was a fun experiment!   Turns out that some firsties really do have a greenTHUMB! If you DO end up planting the seeds, please take pictures and send them to me…thank you!

Today we played “Shape Sudoku”.  Boys verses the Girls.  It was SO FUN!  They couldn’t believe that that was our Math for today!  Ha!

We, collectively as a staff, have decided to take a year off of the Trinity Community Garden.  We will NOT be planting anything this year.  I am looking forward to next year, though, and what we will plant.  

Have a wonderful and safe LONG weekend!

Miss Gallagher