Star of the Week - Week of October 11,

Gaven Malone

Gaven Malone is our Star of the Week for the week of October 11. Gaven is a great classmate and friend. He is always willing to help out a classmate. He has good attendance and always completes all homework and classwork. Gaven always tries his best and is a good role model for others. His favorite thing to do at school is math. When he grows up, Gaven would like to be a soldier.

Star of the Week - Oct. 4,

Gavin Freeman

Gavin Freeman was our Star of the Week for the week of October 4. Gavin is a great classmate. He is always ready to help and has the funniest sense of humor. Gavin has wonderful attendance and always completes his classwork and homework on time. When Gavin grows up, he wants to be an animal doctor. We are so proud of Gavin!

Star of the Week - Week of September 20,

Cole Sexton
Cole Sexton is our Star of the Week of the week of September 20. Cole is such a great classmate and a great reprenstative for our class. He is always ready to lend a hand to a classmate and is such a kind person. Cole has excellent attendance and is always prepared for class. Cole enjoys art and science classes this year. When he grows up, he wants to be a carpenter. We are very proud of Cole.

Global Safari Pictures

Finally, I got the pictures to upload. Who wants to get close enough to the legless lizard to distinguish it from a snake? You would have to get pretty close to see its eyelids!

Global Safari

Last Friday, we were surprised with a Good Patriot event. All Good Patriots with no more than one absence and no discipline referrals were treated to a Global Safari program in the gym. We saw animals from several different continents such as an Arctic Fox, a 43 year old turtle (that's as old as Ms. Mullins), a prairie dog, a South American raccoon that's actually from Mexico, a legless lizard (it looked just like a snake only it had ears and eyelids), and even an albino Burmese Python. Our very own David got to help hold the python after he was a good listener and answered one of the presenter's questions. It was a really great show and we had such a good time. We're looking forward to the next exciting program. I will post pics ASAP. For some reason, I am having a little difficulty posting right now.

Star of the Week - Week of September 13,

Caden Flaugher

Our Star of the Week for our classroom this week is Caden Flaugher. Caden is a great friend who is always willing to lend a helping hand. Caden has awesome attendance and is always prepared for class by completing classwork and homework. Caden treats his classmates with respect and follows the expectations of our classroom. His favorite subject in school is spelling and he is proud that he most always gets a perfect on his spelling tests. He wants to be a police officer when he grows up.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Look who's in my classroom.

My students had a lot of fun creating their own personalized Chicka Chicka Boom Boom palm trees after hearing the story Chick Chicka Boom Boom. I thought they turned out really cute so we decided to display them in the pod for Open House. Don't forget Open House is this Thursday, September 9, from 5:00-7:00. I also want to remind you that I have to take my son to get another xray on his ankle and I will probably not be there right at 5:00. If you could stop by our classroom closer to 5:45-6:00 that would probably work better. I hope to see you there. I have a surprise for any of my students that stop by. Remember, this is just a time to stop in and check out our classroom. We can't discuss student progress because of confidentiality issues. You will be able to look through you child's work. If you would like to schedule a conference to discuss before annual fall conference time, just let me know.

Star of the Week - Week of September 6!

Payton Thomas

Payton Thomas is our Star of the Week for the week of September 6. Payton is a wonderful classmate and friend as well as a very student. Payton earned the Star of the Week because she has excellent attendance, always has her homework, and follows the classroom expectations. Payton says that Language Arts is her favorite subject. When she grows up she wants to be a doctor or a vet because she wants to help people. Way to go Payton!!

Star of the Week - Week of August 30!

David Hutchinson

Our Star of the Week for the week of August 30, was David Hutchinson. David was chosen Star of the Week because he has shown excellent qualities. He comes to school every day and he is always prepared. David follows classroom rules and is a very kind and considerate classmate. David is new to our school this year and it didn't take him long to make new friends and fit right in with our Heritage family. David likes to play outside and his favorite subject is science. We are all very proud of David.

Check Out Our Classroom

Just a few pictures from our classroom. I hope you can tell from our pictures that 1st grade is a "jungle of fun."

Newsletter - Week of Aug. 16.

We have made it through our first two full weeks and are getting ready to start another one! Things are going pretty smoothly and I have been pleasantly surprised at how ready the students are for first grade. I am so excited to see what all we will be able to accomplish this year.

I just want to remind you how important it is for your child to read and complete their homework assignment each evening. I will send home a weekly reading sheet each Monday. This will have listed all objectives for the week as well as nightly homework assignments. Your child will also be expected to complete Side B of their math sheet each evening. If you would happen to lose your reading sheet, it is listed on our classroom website. Go to www.carter.kyschools.us, school webpages, Heritage, classrooms, Mullins.

If your child brings home a behavior reflection, please sign and return it the next day. This is to keep you up to date on any unacceptable behavior by your child. I am trying to stay on top of any discipline issues from the start in order to keep our classroom learning environment as pleasant as possible for all students. Not only do disruptive behaviors disturb other students, it takes away from learning time when I am having to reprimand students.

Please help your child to remember their lunch #, which is the last four digits of their SS#. When we have to stop and look up numbers, it takes away from the time they have to eat.

Upcoming Dates:

• Sept. 3, - No School - Professional Development
• Sept. 6, - No School - Labor Day
• Sept. 7, - Book Fair begins
• Sept. 8, - Grandparents Day (1st grade - time tba)
• Sept. 9, - Open House 5:00-7:00
• Sept. 30, - No School - PD
• Oct. 1, - No School - EKEA

Thanks for everything you do!

"All a child needs is a little help, a little hope, and someone who believes in them."

Magic Johnson

1st Grade Supply List

First Grade Supply List

• Pencil box to keep their things at school
• 10 boxes of 10 pencils (brands like Alcott and Lovett do not sharpen well)
• 4 packs of pencil cap erasers (hopefully, will last entire year)
• 2 - 4 oz. bottles of glue
• scissors (put name on)
• 1 pack 24 count crayons- Put name on box. (I would buy several boxes while they are on sale. First graders go through crayons quickly.
• 1 pack of 2 EXPO dry erase markers (Students will use these on personal dry erase boards for various activities.)
• 1 highlighter
• 1 pack 100 index cards
• 1 box of ziplock baggies (sandwich size - these are to keep their math cards in and for other activities.)

Our class would greatly appreciate a donation of hand sanitizer, Kleenex, baby wipes

Almost there!

Hey guys,

I have been working really hard to get our room ready for the new year. I am slowly, but surely checking things off of my beginning of the year list. I hope you guys are getting excited. We have a lot of fun and learning ahead of us. Enjoy your last few days of summer vacation!!

Ms. Mullins

Welcome to First Grade!!

Hi Everybody,

Welcome to first grade and the 2010-2011 school year. I am very excited to get to know all of my new students and their parents. I hope each one of you is as excited about the new year as I am, though I will admit that saying good-bye to summer is always hard. It's my favorite season of the year.

I will have high expectations for your child both academically and behaviorally. I hope that we are on the same page with that. From my experience, children will work to our expectations. But we need to work as a team toward one goal, preparing your child to be successful in his/her academic career. My first priority is to keep your child safe and then to prepare them to be ready to go on to second grade and be successful.

I will work closely with you throughout the year to keep you up to date on the progress of your child. We try to send home weekly newsletters as well as notes throughout the week if needed. However, if you have any questions throughout the year, please feel free to contact me at school during my scheduled break time or after 3:10. I will let you know my break time as soon as I do.

Your child will receive a supply list and classroom information on the first day of school. They will also have several papers that will need to be filled out and returned as soon as possible. Please get these back to school in a timely manner.

Enjoy these last few days of summer and I will see you and your child on Wednesday, August 4. Remember, our instructional day will begin at 8:00 this year. I will be in my classroom ready to greet your child at 8:45. See you then.

Ms. Mullins