The First Day of School

Well, we have now survived 2 whole days of school!

WOW! What an accomplishment! ;)

Here are some pictures from the first day of school.


Here are our beautiful young ladies. :)

Here are our handsome young men. :)

Here the kids are with all their stuff waiting patiently for instructions.

After spending most of the morning and afternoon putting stuff away, labeling things, and listening to me talk about all the things they need to know about my classroom (which I'm sure they forgot most of ;-), I let them take some time to enjoy their new surroundings.

Here is our traditional first day of school pictures!

What a WONDERFUL class of kids! :)

Welcome to my class blog!

I would like to welcome these students to my class:

Matthew B, Luke C, Marie C, Evan D, Lauren D, Alyssa D,

Andrew G, Bennett H, Grant H, Jacob H, Hannah H, Michaela J,

Samantha K, Ryker L, Kade L, Simon M, Olivia M, Rachel O,

Abigail R, Haley R, Riley W, and Mackenzie W

I am very excited about this school year and all the things we will be doing and learning!

Through out the school year, I will be updating my class blog so that students, parents, friends, grandparents....whoever, can check in and see what we are doing. This was a fun and helpful way for me to keep everyone involved last year, and I am looking forward to continuing it this year.

Take some time and check out the postings from last school year.

I look forward to meeting you all on Wednesday!

Love,

Mrs. Crull

What I've been doing this summer!

I have had a very busy summer! It has gone by WAY TOO FAST!

Here are some pictures of the highlights of my summer.

We put together a swing set for our boys. It took a long time to finish, and we still need to put the top shade piece on. Brannon and Alex have really enjoyed playing on it this summer. Do you have a swing set? Wasn't it fun the first time you got to play on it!

The other big project this summer was a concrete porch. We are still putting on the finishing touches (like a fire pit!), but be LOVE spending time outside on it. It is SO nice to eat lunch and dinner outside. Do you and your family eat outside in the summer?

The boys and I had a great time going on "adventures" this summer too. There is a big vacant area by our house that we like to ride our bikes through. We also like to climb the big hill that is there. The last time we went, we had a picnic at the top! Another place we enjoyed going was Falls Park in Pendleton. We cooled off by playing in the creek there. Have you ever gone a crazy "adventure" where you use your imagination?

The best part of summer is spending time with my family and friends.

I hope you had a great time with your family and friends this summer! I can't wait to hear all about it when school starts!

Our Classroom

Since we are not having the ice cream social, I thought that I would let you see our classroom here! :) I know that it's not the same as walking around in it and touching stuff, but it will have to do until Wednesday. ;) The desks are not set up how they will be when school starts. I needed to get them in some sort of order, instead of clustered in the middle of the room.

See you Wednesday!

Sorry the pictures aren't too clear. I took them with my phone. :)

Last Day of School!

Here are the pictures from the last day of school. We all had a blast eating pizza and tearing down Mrs. Crull's room!

The classroom BEFORE I cleaned up the mess!

The classroom AFTER I cleaned up the mess!

I will miss you all! Check back here whenever you want to reminisce about old times, or see what my new class is doing! :)

Have a great summer and school year next year!
(ya, I know...I am posting this right before school starts, but I do hope you had a good summer! :-)

Picnic Pictures Part 1

After the Awards Program, and our class reception, we all went outside and had a class picnic! It was a BEAUTIFUL day! We all had a great time! My husband and boys were also able to come.

Here are some pictures from that special day.

I am so blessed to have a supportive family who loves spending time here at NPE. We love being a part of the lives of my students and the community!

Picnic Pictures Part 2

I think I have a picture of my class in this tree every year!
Poor Tree!

My WONDERFUL class!
I'll miss you all! :)

Scrap Books

One thing that I have been doing for a couple of years, is to have my kids make a scrap book. All year long we keep our writing projects, drawings, pictures I have taken, and so on, in a folder. Then at the end of the year, I laminate everything and bind it for them to take home on the last day of school. This year, I did it a little differently. After the awards program, I had a little reception for my kids and their parents to come back to the classroom and get their Reading Counts awards and scrap books. This was an awesome experience, because in the past, I didn't get to see the joy the scrap books bring to the kids and their parents. It was really cool seeing everyone sitting and looking through their scrap books, and remembering all the fun times we have had, and how far they have come in a year.

This was my favorite memory of this year! :)

Brannon's Day at School

On one of the last days of school, Brannon came with me to school to practice what it will be like to go to "big school". He will be starting kindergarten in the fall. Thank you to all the sweet kids in my class who spent extra time playing with Brannon, and just being his friend! That means a lot to me as a teacher and a Mommy! :) He had a ball that day and felt so big!

The Night at the Museum

Here are the pictures I took of everyone who came to see The Night at the Museum. We had fun! I just wish I had taken more pictures! :) I plan on doing this again in Oct.? when Where the Wild Things Are comes out.

So watch and see when we plan on going and you can join us! :)