Summer Letter Writing

I'm so excited because today I received my first letter from Makayla! She wrote to me about all she's been up to over summer. I look forward to checking the mailbox to see if I get any more letters!

Electric Company Song

I just heard another great song from Electric Company I know the kids would love! The song is about making new a new word using another word. Click on the link below to watch the video!

Slide & Drop

UPA High School Students on Flashpoint!

Today on NBC's Flashpoint 3 UPA Juniors were interviewed about graduating in Detroit. It was a great interview to watch! Here is a bit that is posted on line.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/28272215/index.html

Last Day of First Grade!

We had tons of fun on our last day of school!

Making Memory Books!

Playing with Shaving Cream!

Recess!

Last first grade lunch!

Saying "Bye" to Fluffy!

Zoo Fun

We had SO much fun today at the Toledo Zoo! What a great way to end off the school year together! The kids saw SO many cool animals.

At the zoo there was a 12 day old baby elephant! He was so cute!

Two Huge Rhinos!

We were SO close to this sleeping polar bear!

Thank you to Ms. Brown, Mrs. Miller, Ms. Smith and Ms. Havard for coming along with us!

Today's Slide Show

Below is the link to Ms. Ritter's video of the first graders sining their end of the year song. I also added the slide show I put together of the whole Lighthouse Village. Thank you to all the parents and family members who came today. I hope you enjoyed your time at school with us!

http://www.ellenthompsonmusic.blogspot.com/

Field Trip Reminders

-Tomorrow the bus leaves at 8:45 so it is very important to get to school on time.

-Students may wear free dress and comfy shoes.

-Students need to bring a bag lunch that can be thrown away on the trip.

-We will return to school at 3:00.

Carnival Fun

Even though it was raining outside, we had a blast inside! As I ran the fish toss game, there were bounce houses, the cake walk, bowling, food, cotton candy, face painting and so much more! I hope everyone had tons of fun! Thanks for supporting UPA!

More Super Exhibitions

Sawyer did her exhibition about triceratops on the Smartboard!

Jeremiah told us all about WWE!

Tristan taught the class what he learned about elephants!

Jamia learned about fashion design and even made an apron with her grandma!

Joseph told the class about Michael Vick!

Tylor learned all about cars!

Matthew told us about China and Japan!

Jude presented about John Cena!

Jaden told us all about different sports cars!

Summer presented about Hawaii!