Hi! I am very excited to be your child’s first grade teacher! We are going to have lots of fun! We have many great themes in grade one. Some of them include: friends, sound, light, space, environmental issues, rainforest, plants, animals and dragons. We also read many different types of genre and do author studies. Some of the authors we focus on are: Mo Willems, Kevin Henkes, Robert Munsch, Dr. Seuss, Tracy West and Iza Trapani.
I haven’t decided if we will have desks or tables next year. I’m still playing with room ideas to make sure we have the best set up for the amount of kids that will be in grade one. If we have tables, we will have communal bins. If we have desks, the kids will have their own individual baskets in their desks. Whichever way we end up, students will need supplies. I will send home an exact list in August. However, I do know they will need: Crayola markers, Crayola crayons, Crayola, glue sticks, Ticonderoga pre-sharpened pencils, thin dry Expo dry erase markers, and a highlighter. We could also use Clorox wipes, plain, brown, boring box of bandaids, tissues, sandwich baggies, gallon size baggies, and paper plates.
Students will also need a backpack and a one inch - three ringed binder. Please write your child’s name in bold print on the cover of the binder. We use the binders to hold our poetry in. If anyone would like to donate an extra one inch three ringed binder, I would really appreciate it. Students will take their poetry book home in June. I will send homework and notes home in the folder that the PTO purchases for us. I check folders each morning for notes, homework and/or lunch money. It would also be helpful to keep a plastic reusable bag in the front pocket of your child’s backpack. This helps when there are projects to bring home.
Something that would help me a LOT is saving any little trinkets you might want to throw away. I have a treat box in the room. I’m looking for anything from old happy meal toys to birthday party souvenir toys. Your trash/junk is a child’s treasure! If you see any good deals at stores or yard sales, those would be great, too :)! I’m also going to keep a classroom Amazon wishlist going all year with ways you can help our room. I will let you know when I have it up. It will be located on our classroom blog.
Have a great summer! I look forward to working with you and your child this upcoming school year! Together, we can make it a great first grade year!
