Hi from Glacier National Park!

We got to go to Glacier last week. We camped and hiked a lot. It was so fun! One of the best things we saw was all of the mountain goats. Here is a baby jumping across the rocks on a steep cliff!



They were right next to the trail we were hiking.



This was on the trail going down to Hidden Lake.



This was at Grinnell Lake. It ended up not being our favorite hike because there were lots of mosquitoes!



This deer was so pretty. She followed us on this trail for a few minutes.

I hope you are having a great summer!! Thanks for leaving comments!

I will see you all in just a few short weeks! Wow! Remember, keep reading reading reading!!!

Happy Summer!

Hi my friends! I did not forget you! I am glad to hear from some of you! It is fun to hear about your summer!

Here is some of what I have been doing! Please leave a comment below about what you have been doing!


Here is a picture of one of our windows after that big hailstorm. Did your house have any damage?


Here is my husband and I at a wedding. (Thanks Lois for the hairclip; I love it!)


Here is a picture of a trail we hiked.


See the bug we found? (It's a stonefly I think.)


Here is a moose my husband saw!


I am babysitting my nieces two days a week, and we go to the park when we can! Maybe I'll see some of you there again!


Sophia said this park was the most fun!


That's what Cowboy and Skippy said too!



The dogs love the cold water on a hot day! Do you have dogs that swim? Skippy and Cowboy like to wade, but they do not like to swim! How can I teach them to swim?


There's Olivia in the tunnel.


Look who we saw there! Then we got to over to their house and see the new gerbil!

I have also been doing some camping. Have you camped this summer? I am working on a few craft projects, too! Next week my husband and I are going to Glacier National Park. Have you ever been there?

I hope you are having a great summer! I miss you as always!

I Miss You!

School has been out for one week. I miss you! What have you been doing?

Last weekend I got to go visit my friends. They live in Walla Walla, Washington. We drove nine hours to get there. The weather was hot! The flowers were blooming. There is also an aviary in Walla Walla. An aviary is a place where birds live. It's almost like a bird zoo. Here are a few pictures of my trip!

This is a picture of my friend's dog looking at a female albino peacock at the aviary.


Here is a male peacock with his tailfeathers up. Peacocks make strange noises.


Here are some roses we saw.


Are you going on any trips this summer?

What Do We Do the Last Few Days?

A lot! While some teachers do not much look forward to the end of the year, I think it is the best time ever! The kiddos who came to me as mostly kindergarteners turn into second graders, and that is a big jump! While most of them cannot read what I write on the board at the beginning of the year, by the end they are completely independent. They started off the year as strangers from most other classmates and they end as best friends. We have inside jokes and sometimes can't stop laughing and other times we share sadness as we read a serious book or learn history. I LOVE this time of year. We are more family than friends, and I HATE to let them go! (But I will, don't worry.) So what makes these last few days so fun besides everything I already said? The culmination of a year of learning! Below are some posts with pictures of the fun projects we have been doing.

Reading Buddies and Garden Plot!

Our reading buddy party was a great success! Despite all the rain, we also started work on our garden plot on Friday. We will plant this week!

Reading Old Writing

We spent some time reading our writing from the very beginning of the year. You should have heard them all reflecting on their writing from the beginning!


They showed each other their best and their most surprising pieces.



Most students came to show me something they would fix now!

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Some things were hilarious! They showed me things like spelling "was" "wuz" and "puppy" "pupe." It was great to hear them say how far they have come and laugh at some of their mistakes.


He had written, "I wi sh I wuz at hom" He told me he really did start liking first grade later. :)



The kids spent almost 30 minutes looking at their writing with friends.



Good writing for the beginning of first grade!



We had a couple students who were not with us at the beginning of the year. They teamed up to read what they had written since they came.

This was fun! I would encourage you to do this with your child when I send their writing home this week.

Field Day...Slippery Soap and Wet Sponge

We won!