Yikes!!!

Thought you guys might enjoy these photos. Mr. Costello found this baby snake on our back porch when he let Bishop out. Luckily Bishop did not even see him....isn't he cute?? I wanted to keep him as a pet, but Mr. Costello let him go in the bushes.

Dog Days of Summer!

Thought you might enjoy some new pics of Bishop and Rusty. Rusty is busy chasing lizards in the backyard and on our daily walks ( he ends up pulling me down the sidewalk!). Bishop just finished his first training class at Petsmart ( he will be taking another one!). Bishop likes to bother Rusty, swim in his pool and steal things out of wastebaskets in the house! Yes, I am still trying to teach him some manners!

Are You Reading???

We miss you guys so much! Remember to have fun this summer, but please find time to read. Information was placed in your report card envelope on how to access the Summer Math and Reading Technology Program this summer. Many of you already visited Destination Success during the school year. Summer activities are now loaded for you to complete. Here is the link to Destination Success. Your username is your first name + last name + 208 (no spaces). Your password is your 2 digit birth month + 2 digit birth date (ex: March 5th = 0305).
Also, you can continue to access online book through this link to eduplace. Your username is: kinnacostelloclass. Your password is: student. Feel free to read books from any of the reading groups.
Have a wonderful summer!

Slideshow of Our End of the Year Celebration

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Reading Awards

We wanted to give special recognition to all of the students in our class who were invited to the Reading Celebration this past weekend. We had 22 students that received certificates and 21 students that received either a bronze, silver or gold medal. Way to go......room 3 has some awesome readers! As a special bonus, Olivia won the grand prize drawing at the celebration....a Visa gift card for $100.00 !!! Now that's something to celebrate!!!

Three More Days!!

Wow! We can't believe this is our last week of school! Remember, our party will be this Thursday. Some of our activities will take place outside so please dress your child in cool, comfortable clothes. They may also wear a hat if they like. The first grade teachers have many fun activities planned and we think the children will have a blast! Today they had fun getting their classmates to sign their autograph books. These will be sent home later in the week.


Your child will also be coming home on Thursday with a DVD that contains five different slideshows with over 200 photos taken throughout the year. The students have had a "sneak peak" at it already and they really enjoyed singing along and seeing themselves on the big screen. It is our gift to you and we hope your child will enjoy having this special keepsake from first grade. Send us an email and give us your feedback on it...we would love to hear what you think! We will try to keep posting on the blog this summer ( watch for party pictures over the weekend), but of course next school year will bring a brand new set of first graders to room 3. Feel free to still visit our blog for any school information or links to sites.
Thanks for all of your support this school year and have a wonderful summer!