Mrs. Kari Wells Messages

cookies and milk

Kari Wells — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:51:29 GMT

big cookie

Kari Wells — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:50:42 GMT

boy eating sweets

Kari Wells — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:49:53 GMT

lollipop

Kari Wells — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:49:01 GMT

ice cream cone

Kari Wells — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:48:06 GMT

Educational Websites

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:15:30 GMT

Math Sites

Triple A Math

Reading Sites

Kaboose Language Activities

Vocabulary Builders

Sites with Games

Crayola Site

backpack

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:10:51 GMT

books

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:09:58 GMT

dinosaur

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:59:35 GMT

planet

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:58:36 GMT

Penguin

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:56:29 GMT

Polar Bear

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:52:10 GMT

tropical fish

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:50:13 GMT

numbers

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:49:03 GMT

baseball diamond

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:47:53 GMT

airplane

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:46:14 GMT

Happy Birthday

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:45:12 GMT

U.S. Flag

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:41:47 GMT

girl coughing

Kari Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:40:18 GMT

February

Kari Wells — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:54:36 GMT

Cover that Cough

Kari Wells — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:00:48 GMT

October

Kari Wells — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:13:12 GMT

August

Kari Wells — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:10:53 GMT

Mommy Teddy

Kari Wells — Fri, 05 May 2006 17:02:23 GMT

May

Kari Wells — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:34:11 GMT

April

Kari Wells — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:05:18 GMT

Kari Wells — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:04:31 GMT

The Home Field Advantage

The First Grade Newsletter
Date: Dec. 19, 2008 Published by Mrs. Wells

This Week with our Team

        Our theme this week was, of course, Christmas! We read lots of holiday stories and discussed how other people celebrate this time of year. We packaged Christmas gifts for our parents and even had a holiday sing-a-long, led by our music teacher, Mrs. Stelling. Our Christmas party was so much fun today. Special thanks to the moms that helped provide the goodies for the party--Kathy, Karen and Linda! We all appreciate you volunteering to help.
           We completed our Wants and Needs unit in Social Studies. After spending most of the month talking about needs, we spent this week discussing what a 'want' is. We decided that a 'want' is something that we don't need to survive, but is a lot of fun to have. For instance, toys, computers, and games are tons of fun, but we don't really need them to live. For a jolly ending to this unit, the kids wrote letters to Santa and told him their 'wants' for the holiday. You will find the sloppy-copy of this letter in your child's mail, but the final copy is on it's way to the North Pole!
           This week the class achieved a goal that they have been working toward since August---a full compliment chart! As a reward, the entire class got to have lunch in the classroom on Thursday! The kids had a great time 'picnicing' in the room and I learned 2 very important lessons. First, I learned that I need to check the menu before I tell the kids we can eat in the room. Spaghetti was not the best choice!!! Second, I learned that something as simple as eating in the classroom can mean more to a 6 or 7 year old than you might think. I even heard one student say to another student, "This is the best day ever!" I love learning things from my first graders! Merry Christmas!

A Peek at Next Week

Monday- Go ice skating with Harper's class

Tuesday--Eat lunch at school with my kids

Wednesday-Christmas Eve with my side of the family

Thursday-Merry Christmas!!!!!

Friday-Christmas with my husband's family

March

Kari Wells — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:42:29 GMT

January

Kari Wells — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:46:40 GMT

December

Kari Wells — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:58:22 GMT

fall gourds

Kari Wells — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:39:46 GMT

November

Kari Wells — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:28:56 GMT

Basket Books

Kari Wells — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:10:49 GMT

Classroom Check-out System

          Starting this November, your child will be able to check out books from our classroom that are at his/her guided reading level. At conferences I spoke briefly about these reading levels (A, B, C....I) and may have shown you the baskets on the shelf where I keep these books.
          Each day, your child will have the opportunity to pick out a book from his/her basket and take it home. The next day, your child can do this again, as long as the book from the previous day has been returned! I will have a sign in/sign out sheet available for the students to use, and I will be monitoring this every few days. Your child is welcome to keep a book for several days, but if the book is not returned in a timely manner, I will send a note home. If the book cannot be found or is returned in poor condition, I will ask for a $4.00 replacement fee. I trust that my students will be responsible with my books and return them without any trouble.
        If for some reason you would rather not have your child participate in this classroom checkout system, please visit with your child about it and explain to them that he/she is not supposed to take books home.

                                                                                                                         Thanks,
                                                                                                                         Kari Wells

Recipe for Literacy

1 relaxed child, bathed, fed, and at peace with the world
1 book of colorful pictures and/or good story
1 accommodating parental lap, complete with owner who enjoys the book and shows it in his or her face, voice, and whole self
To be combined and enjoyed every evening with NO interruptions allowed
Michigan State Board of Education

Welcome Fall

Kari Wells — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:45:21 GMT

Indian

Kari Wells — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:55:19 GMT

ABC's

Kari Wells — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:58:49 GMT

Little Blue Fish

Kari Wells — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:23:52 GMT

telescope

Kari Wells — Thu, 12 May 2005 17:00:09 GMT

Africa

Kari Wells — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:39:18 GMT

walking dinosaur

Kari Wells — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:03:26 GMT

flowers

Kari Wells — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:13:39 GMT

cart of books

Kari Wells — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:04:34 GMT

Uncle Sam

Kari Wells — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:56:06 GMT

Penguin

Kari Wells — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:55:17 GMT

Snowman Skiing

Kari Wells — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:54:06 GMT

Storm Report

Kari Wells — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:45:12 GMT

Logann Worley

Amy Worley — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:24:46 GMT

vampire

Kari Wells — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:56:23 GMT

ship

Kari Wells — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:56:41 GMT

putting out fire

Kari Wells — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:49:49 GMT