The End Is Here :(

I literally CANNOT believe that this is the last week of school!!  It is bittersweet in so many ways... I am going to miss these sweet babies SO much, and the thought of not being their teacher anymore seriously brings tears to my eyes.  The only sweet part about it for me is that I get rejuvenate.  You see, the thing about teachers (and if you are one then you already know) is that we MUST have a break in order to continue thriving as educators.  Next year will be my third year as a classroom teacher (fourth year teaching total) and I am so thankful for all I have learned from this year with your children - I feel comfort in knowing that I will be a better teacher next year (and years to come!) because of them :)  And lastly, I want to thank you - for being such wonderful parents to your children and supporters of me as their teacher.  I consider myself extremely lucky to have not only had your child as my student, but YOU as a partner :)

Enough with the sappiness!!  Here is our final (I know I said enough!) newsletter for the year :(  But on a happier note, here are some pics of the memory tents they created :)

We will continue with our camping theme until Tuesday.  And on Tuesday, we will be creating solar ovens to make s'mores in!  I don't know who is more excited about this - me or the kiddos!! :)

Enjoy your week!!

-Ms. Cothran

Better Late Than Never!

Sorry for the late post - a very close friend's dad passed away and I found out Sunday evening that the funeral would be yesterday, which caused me to be absent yesterday and just off in general.  But, here is this week's newsletter!

Last week was a very exciting (and exhausting!) week!  We had Field Day, the Boosterthon Fun Run, AND Statham Stampede - but I know for a fact the kids really enjoyed it :)  Here are a few pictures from our crazy, fun week:

Enjoying some water games on this hot Field Day in their bright orange :)

Mr. Hammarlund getting pied in the face (I couldn't resist posting!)

Another hot, hot day at the Boosterthon Fun Run - sorry for the disoriented photo (camera phone problems!)

I hope you all have a great week!!

Busy, Busy Bees

I will start with providing you with this week's newsletter.  We have a very busy, but exciting week ahead of us!  Monday (tomorrow) is our field day - as mentioned in the ClassDojo message, students will need to dress appropriately for this - gym/play shorts, tennis shoes, etc.  Please DO NOT send your child in jeans and/or flip flops - we will be outside in the heat all day and running around so they would be miserable :(  Students will be allowed to change into their field day shirts when they arrive and then return them to me at the end of the day so I can take them home to wash and bring back for the fun run on Thursday.  This is to ensure all students have their shirts for both events and then they will be able to take them home :)  For field day, I will provide sunscreen and a snack, but if you could send a towel and a water bottle with your child, that would be great!  Also a change of clothes wouldn't be a bad idea either ;)

Tuesday and Wednesday should run as normal.  Thursday will be the Boosterthon Fun Run.  2nd and 3rd grade will run from 1:15-2:45.  Friday will be the Statham Stampede which will begin at 9:15 - students MUST have a permission slip in order to participate.

On another note, last week students took their math and music SLO assessments as well as their end of the year DIBELS assessment and I am very proud of their hard work and their improvements because of it! :)

I feel like I am forgetting something so I may post again tomorrow... bear with me!!