Donors Choose

I have posted a project on DonorsChoose.org.  This is a site that allows friends, families, and even strangers who have a special interest in helping teachers donate to classroom projects.  Please check out this project.  I plan to implement it in the spring and would love to have all of the books.  Right now, I only need $96 to fully fund the project because a publishing house has agreed to pay the balance if I get the $96, but it is a  "limited time only" offer.  Help if you can!

http://www.donorschoose.org/melissa.parris?utm_source=dc&utm_campaign=facebook&utm_medium=tp&utm_content=teachereligibleah

Farmer's Day 2010

We had a wonderful Farmer's Day picnic today and my class was without a doubt the best lookin' bunch of farmers there! Enjoy some pictures:

Back To School Night

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I used this video tonight at Back To School Night. Thanks to all who were able to come. 11 of my 18 students were represented :)

Crazy Color Creatures

We spent the week reading Crazy Color Creatures.  We learned to read our color words, identified rhyming words and played "Build the Sentence" with the text of the book.  Today we finished our unit on color by enjoying some delicious purple slurples!  This was a great way to end the week and too cool off after a warm day on the playground.

Happy New Year!

I am pleased to introduce you to my newest first grade class.
We had a wonderful first week of class and I am looking forward to an
amazing year with Palmetto's Finest First Graders!

2010 Field Day

What a day! It rained then the sun came out and heated up the competition. We had fun and wore ourselves out completely. Many thanks to the moms who came out to help with this fun day. Enjoy some photos of the competition.

Beach Day 2010

We are closing out this year is style! Today was Beach Day and the first grade program. I was very proud of all of the first graders. We had such a fun day with the program, yearbooks, and a picnic.

I gave the kids beach balls after our program and let them get their classmates' autographs. They had a ball with them (pardon the pun). I don't have pictures from the program but if I get some from the office, I'll post them. Below you'll see Beach Day pictures.

Here's calm and well-behaved...

Here's what we are REALLY like at this time of year!

Surfer Girl