So excited to meet my new class last night at open house!!!  Some of you stayed and did A LOT of exploring!  That was wonderful!  I hope you liked what you saw.  We will be doing MUCH more exploring throughout the year so I hope you are excited to come back on Tuesday!  I know I am now that I got to put some faces with these names that I have been writing on everything!  I hope you all enjoy the LAST weekend before school starts!  Looks like its going to be warm.  I hope you can enjoy it doing your most favorite thing of summer.....SWIMMING!!!!  Or maybe it's eating s'mores around the campfire?  Whatever it is, I hope you enjoy this last taste of summer!  See you Tuesday!!

Fun to Be Wet

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!  That's what we had to do for Fun to be Fit day on Friday.  We had a lot of rain and didn't have a choice but to make the most of it.  We changed the corse and ran with it!!  Thanks to all the parents who supported this and came out and helped.  I planned ahead (a little) and made rain ponchos for all the little kiddos the night before out of garbage bags.  Some loved them and some weren't so sure about wearing a garbage bag.  I think they were grateful because it kept us dry!!  I think we all had a lot of fun!!!  Here are a few pictures of us all dry and in our Fun to be Wet attire:)

Just a few reminders:  Track and Field day is Tuesday afternoon from 12:30 - 2:30 and our Field trip is Friday afternoon to Carl T. Johnson Center.

Surprise Day Fun

Surprise Day was a hit!!  It wasn't easy...My youngest daughter Brecken woke up in the middle of the night with the flu.  So, needless to say, my husband and I had a dilema on our hands.  I was up most of the night taking care of her.  The best plans that we could come up with were to split the day so that I could still do Surprise Day with the class.  So, I took the morning off and he took the afternoon off.  I had to go to school in the morning to get sub plans around and let the class know I was going to be gone in the morning but would be back in the afternoon for a surprise that you and I had planned for them.  I had put all the letters in a big red, shiny box and put it in the front of the room.  The rules for the sub were that if anyone touched the box or misbehaved that they wouldn't be able to participate in the surprise.  I can truly say that was one of the best sub reports that I had all year!!  They were so excited about the box!!  I gave them clues throughout the afternoon about what was in the box until it was time to open it.  Some of the clues were:  There was something in there for everyone, They came from near and far, They were shaped like recangles, etc.  I gave them clues until someone guessed that it was mail.  Then I had them all go to their reading spots and I played mail carrier and delivered their mail.  They all opened and read their mail.  They were very excited to see what they had gotten.  Thank you so much for participating!

Mileage Club:  Mileage Club has ended for the year.  Thanks so much for those of you who helped make that a success.  It was a success once again!!  Over 2,100 miles were traveled.  We had 2 marathoners in our class.  Analiese was our first followed by Nathan!  Way to go to all who participated this year!!

This week's newsletter is the last newsletter of the year.  It contains all the end of the year information so don't lose it!!  I will keep it posted on my BLOG as well!!  Here's what the rest of the year looks like.  I can't believe it's the end all ready!!

Fun to Be Fit is this Friday!!!  We still need about 40 juice boxes and 4 dozen cookies if you can get those here by Wednesday that would be great!!  If you plan on coming the run starts at 1:00 p.m.  If your child has ordered a t-shirt he/she will receive it on race day.  SO looking forward to this SUPER fun day.  If you get the chance to get a couple of hours off of work it's quite the thing to see!!

Track and Field Day:  Our Track and Field Day is Tuesday, June 5th.  We are beginning promptly at 12:30 and will go until 2:30.  I believe that this is different than years past.  I haven't received any more information than this and I'm a little out of the loop myself but this is what the memo said that I received from Mrs. Kelley.  Please watch the weather and make sure that your little kiddo is dressed properly and has a water bottle and sunscreen if needed.  It can be hot up on the track and there is not any shade!! 

Field Trip:  We will be going to the Carl T. Johnson Center for our end of the year field trip.  This is always a fun trip believe it or not!!  They have an interesting museum inside the center, archery, and we get to go fishing on the canal.   We will be leaving school at 10:45 and having lunch at Kenwood Park and playing for a little while before heading over to the Carl T. Johnson Center at 12:00.  We will be back at school at 2:30.  If you would like to join us, please remember to check the box at the top of the field trip note that I sent home and send that back to me.  

I think I have given an update on all of the crazy happenings of the major events!! I have a few fun classroom events up my sleeves but those I plan on keeping a secret and low key until the right moment...if you know what I mean:)

Don't Forget Surprise Mail

Don't forget about surprise mail.  It's coming up on May 25. 

Keep those letters coming in.  Below is how many pieces of mail I have received so far for your child.  Remember it's not about how many pieces of mail your child gets but about every child getting at least one piece of mail!!

Your child’s name

Mrs. Gilde’s First Grade

McBain Elementary School

107 East Maple Street

McBain, MI  49657

Logan A. 2                                Emma   8                     

Isaac    3                                  Logan S.  0

Alexis  0                                  Jason  0

Haley   2                                  Justin   1

Drake   0                                  Mackenzie  0

Analiese  0                               Parker  6

Michael  2                                Nathan  1

Paige    6                                  Elizabeth  1

Nolah   5                                  Zoey  4

Savannah  1                              Regan  9

Kahli  0

Fun to Be Fit is coming up on June 1st.  We did not receive the grant this year which provided a lot of the things that we had last year.   We need to have supplies provided to make this a super special day.  Here's what we need donated:  50 juice boxes, 4 dozen store bought (these won't crumble or break) cookies, and I need 1-2 volunteers to be up at the track who can identify my students so that when they finish they can direct them to where they need to go because I will be out running with the rest of the class.  Thank you so much for helping make this a great success!!

An Exciting Week

We are learning a lot in our Non Fiction book clubs!!  We have learned that deer do not lay eggs that they have their babies live, that dolphins can swim fast with help from the wave, that some bees are green, and that honey bees don't sting.  We also learned what seals eat.  Lots of interesting stuff!!!  We will finish up this unit by creating a poster to go with our topics!!  I will be sure to post pictures of those!!

 

Thank you so much for those of you who were able to participate in special persons day!!!  The class was very excited to have a special person to share their reading skills to.  Here are a few familiar faces from the day:

 

 

 

Surprise Mail:  Remember to start asking friends and family to write a note to your child to open on surprise day.  Our Surprise Day celebration is May 25th.  You can have them mailed to the school with attention to Mrs. Gilde and your child's name on it as well.  The address is:  107 E. Maple Street, McBain, MI 49657.  This is a really fun day and students are really surprised when they open their mail.  Last year I even had a little girl cry because she felt so lucky to get mail from her grandpa.

Great Week!

This group is resding about horses.

We had a great, normal week finally!!!  We started our non-fiction book clubs and are learning lots of things from them already!  Here's a peek at the clubs working hard reading and discussing their topics:

This group's topic is deer.

This group is reading about dolphins.

These students are learning about seals.

Bees is the topic this group is reading and learning more about.

I can't wait to hear all the learning that these groups will be sharing about their different topics.  If you ever are in the classroom, be sure to stop just outside the door to read our COOL, GROSS, and WOW board.  It's filling up with all kinds of things we have been finding and learning in our books.  Our class topic is severe weather so we will be learning lots about this topci too!!

Mileage Club has started up once again and are we ever excited about it!!!  Some of us have already earned some big tokens.  Analiese earned a 20 toe for running 20 miles and Nathan earned a Runner Dude for running 16 miles.  I have a feeling that someone is going to earn a marathan shirt, don't you???  Mrs. Kelley is still need of volunteers if you are able to help out.  Please contact her directly if you are able to do that.  If you would like to help her and would like to make a day of it I would love your help the rest of the day:) 

We celebrated a couple of Birthdays this month.  Regan and Michael both turned 7 this month.  Neither one of them believed that they were older than me.  I guess I can always try again next month.

Special Person's Day is this Friday.  Please be sure to turn in your form if you haven't done so.  I am all set on cookies.  Thanks so much for your willingness to donate them!!  Remember to make sure that your special person doesn't arrive before 1:30.  The door will be closed and they will be asked to wait in the hallway prior to this time.  It makes it hard for us to do things inside the classroom otherwise.  Thanks for your understanding.

Surprise Mail:  Remember to start asking friends and family to write a note to your child to open on surprise day.  Our Surprise Day celebration is May 25th.  You can have them mailed to the school with attention to Mrs. Gilde and your child's name on it as well.  The address is:  107 E. Maple Street, McBain, MI 49657.  This is a really fun day and students are really surprised when they open their mail.  Last year I even had a little girl cry because she felt so lucky to get mail from her grandpa.

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great spring break!!!  I did!  We took our girls to Disney for the first time!!  It was 5 days full of princesses and warm weather! 

I'm glad to be back though to some routine!  We didn't have much of that last month with reading month and report card assessments. 

Here are some pictures from last month.  I don't have a camera for my classroom so I have to rely on my memory to bring my camera from home.  Well, you can about imagine how often I forget it!!!  I did a lot.  Just this past week I had an aha moment!!  I can use the camera on my phone!  So, there aren't as many pictures as I had planned on taking but here are a few:

Kahli reading in the aquarium

Michael

Regan