First Grade Award Ceremony

Rachel's First Grade Award Ceremony was on Monday. She was so excited to have Ian, Audrey, and I there to watch her receive her awards. Rachel's done an awesome job this school year. She's learned so much. Her handwriting is amazing, she aced every single one of her spelling tests (and we never really worked on her words at home), she loves to draw, and enjoys writing as well. She's done a great job learning her math facts this year. Rachel LOVED doing science experiments in class. She got all S's on her report card throughout the year. You either get an S (satisfactory) or an N (needs improvement). Next year we start receiving letter grades. Rachel had two teachers this year. Mrs. Jha taught spelling, reading, and writing in the morning. Mrs. Blackwell taught science and math in the afternoon. Rachel favored Mrs. Blackwell, but definitely enjoyed both of her teachers. Overall I think it's been a really good year for Rachel. 

Here's some pictures at her award ceremony:

Good Writer Certificate:

Awesome Attitude Award:

Outstanding Music Student (the music teacher chose 2 students out of every class):

First Grade Completion:

Mr. Goodbar Award - For always being a good friend to classmates:

 

Rachel's class did something I thought was really cute. Each child was assigned another child in the class who they had to make an award for. Alex (a very quiet boy) was assigned Rachel. Here he is presenting Rachel her award:

 

Rachel with Mrs. Jha and Mrs. Blackwell:

One last picture of Rachel on the last day of school, June 6, 2013:

Our sweet girl is already looking forward to 2nd grade!