Catching Up

Wow!  I am so sorry I haven't updated my blog in a while.  I have tried a few times without any luck.  Sometimes I can get it to work and sometimes I can't.  So, here's to another try!

We have been doing a lot of fun activities these past few weeks.  We opened our library with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by cookies and juice.  We enjoyed our time exploring the library as well.

We created our classroom promise and signed it and created our faces to go with it.  We promise to do this daily.

We have celebrated 2 birthdays as well.

This past Friday we had our 1st Fun Friday.  We had different activities in each of the 1st grade classrooms and the kiddos got to choose what they wanted to do.  I had the playdough room and we jammed to Kidz Bop while we created things with playdough.  Here are a few pictures of that day:

Don't forget that we have a field trip on Thursday!!  Be sure to send a sack lunch with your child as well as dress them in layers.  The weather can be unpredictable.

What a GREAT first week!!

We had a really great first week full of lots of fun!  The first day of school, I took everyone's picture with this frame that I made.  Here's a peek at what it looked like...

We also read a book called 'First Day Jitters'.  It had a surprise ending.  Ask your child what that ending was!!  We enjoyed some jitter juice and made a trail mix for a successful school year.  Here are a few pictures of that:

We started sharing our favorite books!  WOW!!  Do we LOVE some great books!  Here is a glimpse at some of what we like to read:

We worked hard at creating our classroom promise as well.  We read 3 books, 'Officer Buckle and Gloria', 'Have You Filled a Bucket Today?', and 'The Little Engine That Could', and came up with lots of good ideas.  Here's what our promise says:  When we care about each other and our classroom, we always tell the truth, we share what we have, we are bucket-fillers all the time.  We listen carefully, try our best and have fun together.  We treat others the way we want to be treated.  We understand that everyone makes mistakes.  We help each other learn and when someone asks us to stop, we stop.  This is who we are, even when no one is watching. 

We all promised to do this by writing our names and creating our faces.

We ended our week by celebrating Dominick's 7th birthday.  Wow, if this is a sign of how much fun we are going to have this year, we better get lots of rest.

So excited to meet you!!

I was so excited to get to meet my class last night.  I am really looking forward to the first day of school on Tuesday, September 3!  Please remember to send your classroom supplies with your child on this day.  We will be needing all of them on the first day!  Can't wait for Tuesday!  Have a fantastic last weekend of summer!

The End Of The Year Is Here

I can't believe the end of the year is here already.  Seems like just yesterday we were getting to know each other's names!  WOW!  How time flies!  I certainly will miss them and hope that they will come back and see me next year!

We had a hot and wonderful time at our Special Person's Day.  The class was so excited to have you all there.  Thanks for all who were there to make it special.  We were unable to watch the movie that we made, so I am going to add it here.

We also finally got our class shirts!  I think they turned out just as good as last years!  I love doing these shirts and apologize that I didn't get them here sooner for us to where more this year.  I still see my students from last year still wearing their shirts from last year.  You can also save them for graduation parties as well.  Here's what it looks like:

Remember track and field day tomorrow.  Have your child dress in layers with tennis shoes.  Also, both Thursday and Friday are early dismissal at 1:45.

Lots of Fun!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.  I know that I did!!  We have a cabin in Canada and my family went there for the weekend.  The weather was wonderful but the fishing was bad along with the little black flies!  We enjoyed our first s'mores and enjoyed just being away and relaxing!

We have been having a lot of fun these past few weeks of school!!  Thanks to all of you who sent mail to our class!  We were super excited and LOVED all the wonderful cards, letters, and notes!

We also had a fun time at Fun to be Fit.  Thanks to the family that came out and ran/walked with us!  It was perfect weather and the class was excited to be feeling fit!

This Friday is Special Person's Day!!  We are excited to be sharing our classroom with our Special Person.  Please be sure to get your papers to me on who will be joining our class that day.  It is from 1:30-2:15!!  If your Special Person is planning on taking your child home, they may!  

Track and Field day is Monday, June 3.  I may have written the date wrong on an earlier post.  Sorry!!  It is Monday and if it has to be canceled there will not be a make up day.  Please be sure that your child is dressed appropriately.  In layers is best.  Please be sure that they have tennis shoes and if they choose a water bottle.  We will be doing this activity in the afternoon only.

Please be sure to send in any library books that may be at home still.  We are done going to library but we still need to return our books!!

This will be the last week for reading folders.  I know that it is harder and harder to fit in homework when there are baseball and softball games starting.  Please be sure to have your child's reading folders here on Friday!  Thank you!!

For the last 12 days of school, we have been doing a fun activity everyday.  We have balloons hanging from our ceiling.  Everyday we get to pop one and inside there is a special activity.  We have already been able to sit where we want for the day, have a popsicle and we did a class election.  I wonder what this week has in store for us.....

Happy Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day.  I hope you enjoyed the necklaces that the class made for you.  My girls gave me a bike for Mother's Day.  We are excited to start going on bike rides.  20 more days and we are going to hit the road/trails!!

This Friday is Surprise Mail Day!  If you haven't written a note to your child yet, please remember to do so by Friday!!

The 24th is Fun to Be Fit day!  We will be running/walking around the track.  You and anyone else who would like to enjoy the day may join us!  The more the merrier!!

May 31st is Special Person's day.  Your child will be creating an invitation to bring home to give to someone whom they choose to invite.

I'm working on a special project to give to the class.  Here's a sneak peak:

Let the Fun Begin!!

May is a very busy time of the year.  We are finishing up teaching our units as best we can along with a lot of fun events that happen.  We will be keeping busy for sure!!

Our first fun event is Surprise day.  This is a fun day where I have been collecting letters and notes from you and keeping it a secret.  On Surprise day, I put them all in a big read box and they get to wonder about it all day long!  I give them hints throughout the day to see if they can guess what this box has to do with our Surprise day.  At reader's workshop time we open the box and discover all the mail inside.  They go to their reading spots and I deliver the mail!  They are soooo excited to get all the mail from family and friends!!  I have even had students cry because they felt so special!  Remember to send them in by May 17 to:

                                                    Your Child's Name
                                                    Mrs. Gilde's Class
                                                    107 East Maple Street
                                                    McBain, Mi 49657

Remember that this is a secret!!!  Please do not tell your child about it!  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!


Fun to Be Fit is right around the corner as well.  This is another exciting and fun day!!  We will be running on the track this year, unless it rains like it did last year!  It will be a blast to see all of us out there running for fitness!!  If you would like to come and run with us, please feel free to do so.  It will be from 1-1:30.  I will be asking for some specific snacks later.


Special Person's Day will be May 31.  This is another special day where your child will invite a special person in to our classroom to share some of the things that they have been reading and learning about this year.  We will be making an invitation in class for your child to give to their special person to come.

In June we will be having track and field day and are trying to plan a field trip as well.  The rest of the year has a lot of BIG events!!  A great end to a great year!!