School's Out For Summer!

My big sister just finished FIRST GRADE today!!   We can hardly believe that she is soon going to be a second grader.  Charlotte did an amazing job in first grade.  She earned 5 out of 5 on every report card behavior assessment the ENTIRE YEAR!!   She is an amazing reader and earned "advanced" on all of  her report cards for reading and writing.  I hope I do as well as she did when I am in first grade!

Here is Charlotte before she left for the last day of school.

 Here she was on the first day of first grade - she looks so much younger!

 Right before she walks into school as a first grader for the last time - isn't she cute?

Both Charlotte and I loved her teacher, Mrs. Koehnke.  I hope she is my teacher when I am in first grade!

At the end of year class party that Mommy planned yesterday, the class presented Mrs. Koehnke with her gift.  It was a booklet filled with gift cards.  She loved it!   Mommy asked her to read the story (inspired by the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" books) to the students.

"If You Give Mrs. Koehnke a Summer Vacation..."

                                                  

 
"She'll want to rest her tired feet and enjoy a pedicure."

"The pedicure will make her sleepy, so she'll get a coffee to wake herself up."

"The coffee will make her feel warm, so she'll want ice cream to cool herself."

"The ice cream will give her a brain freeze, so she'll want to rest her brain by going to see a fun movie."

"Seeing a movie will make her want to read a book, so she'll go online and order one."

"Reading a book will make her think of school, and chances are, even if Mrs. Koehnke is on summer vacation, she will miss her 2011 - 2012 first graders!"

  Congratulations on having a phenomenal year in first grade, Charlotte!!  We are SOO proud of you!