2 More Letters

Thank you Makaya and Gary for writing a second letter to me this summer! Also, Thank you to Mrs. Owens for sending me feedback on my presentation for my grad class!

Back to School Savings

First, I want to thank Jamia for writing me a letter about her summer vacation. Also, thank you Mrs. Miller and Ms. Smith for sending me feedback about my presentation. It was very helpful!

I found a 3 minute video today about back to school saving tips. It found it to be pretty useful. Enjoy!

Updates

Thank you Matthew for writing me your 2nd letter this summer! It was great to hear from you!

Also, The other day I posted my presentation I put together for my grad class. Please take a minute to check it out and give me some feedback. Was the presentation helpful? What might make it better?

Excellent Exhibition Presentation

Excellent Exhibitions Presentations

Here is the presentation I posted about earlier this week in the blog. Click on the triangle play button below to view the different "slides." It should take about 5-7 minutes to read through the presentation. Be sure to give feedback and comments after, either by posting on the blog or e-mailing me. Let me know if you learned anything new or if there was anything you would like to share with parents about exhibitions. Thanks again for all your help!!! Let me know if you are having any troubles viewing the presentation.

I need your help!

As part of one of the grad classes I am taking this summer I am putting together a presentation about what exhibitions are for parents. Although, I know all my parents are exhibition pro's, I need parent feedback for my project. In a few days I will be posting my presentation on the blog. It shouldn't be too long to check out. I would appreciate it so much if when you receive it you take a minute to look at it and either e-mail or post some feedback. Thanks a ton and let me know if you have any questions!

Summer Writers!

Wow! It has been so fun to check my mail box each day! Thank you Jeremiah for writing me a letter about your summer!

Great Educational Games Website

I just heard about this great website from Ms. Demsky. It has games in all subject areas and rave reviews from her students. I added it to my linkables website for easy access! Enjoy!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com

Also- yesterday I received a letter in the mail from Gary! It is so great hearing about everyone's summer vacation!

5 Tips to Help Kids Retain School Skills

I found this great article from Click On Detroit about fun ways to keep your student's brain going strong over the summer. Unfortunately, many students show a loss of knowledge in the fall from the spring. Keeping active with the suggested ideas in this article will help keep your student on track.

5 Tips to Help Kids Retain School Skills

Another Letter!

Thanks Jalen for writing to me about your summer! I am excited to write back!

So Many Letters!

Wow! Today I received a letter in the mail from Matthew and another one from Javon. I also received an e-mail from Jordan! It is so great to hear all about your busy summers! Keep writing!

I'm an Aunt!

I promised the kids I would let them know when this happened so... on Thursday, July 7th at 9:32 my first niece was born! Her name is Olivia Lucille! She weighed 6lb 7oz and was 19 inches long. Olivia and my sister are both doing great!

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!