Fun Friday!

Hello cupcakes! You know what's great about teaching first grade?! Being able to teach writing right away! This week (the FIRST week of school wow!) the cupcakes worked on Narrative writing. We are still working on saying the word Narrative. Some of my cupcakes are saying "Negative" writing, but after I explained what the word "Negative" meant, they quickly tried to fix their pronunciation! :) Can't wait to see you all on Monday so we can finish our Narrative writing pieces!

Meet the Teacher Day!

Hello cupcakes! I am so excited to see you all today! This is the first year I don't have to be jealous of the first grade teacher who got "my babies" because I AM the first grade teacher! I also have a little surprise for you. Mrs. Thompson and I will be teaching together this year and sharing our classrooms. I will also be having an intern named Ms. DiCataldo. I will have her blog about herself soon! Here is some new information...

I'm Back!

Hello cupcakes! Mrs. Dapcic just got back from a four week trip to see her family in Poland. My whole family lives there. I got to see my grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I have been been going almost every summer since I was four years old! That's A LOT of trips. ;)

This year, Mr. Dapcic surprised Mrs. Dapcic with a stop in Paris! Oh boy! I have wanted to see Paris for a long time. Here are some pictures of my favorite stops there...

P.S. I miss you all! See you in two weeks on Meet the Teacher/Registration Day! (August 14th)

 This is the Eiffel Tower. It is soooooo enormous!

Laduree is a famous pastry shop from 1862. This is where the Macaroon cookie was born. Sooooo yummy! I think had too many....I couldn't help myself!

Laduree was so beautiful inside!

The Eiffel Tower looked so pretty and glittery at night!

Summer Break

Hello Cupcakes! I hope your summer is going well! Is everybody writing in their Summer Fun Journals?? Mrs. Dapcic has been very busy getting ready for first grade. I have been making fun things for our classroom with Mrs. Thompson and have completely redesigned the Tiger Book and reading folder. We are going to be very organized next year!
If you have been writing in your journal let me know by posting below. Tell me what you have been writing about, and what you have been up to! Can't wait to read your journals in August! I miss you all very much!

Rock Stars!

We had our big end of year show today! My little cupcakes are all grown up and ready for first grade!! They shared their writing and our video yearbook with their families this morning. They also put on a super performance! Check it out below.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Part 1

We have been learning about living things in science. Our new school has a new courtyard full of milkweed plants and this month we have seen a ton of butterflies and caterpillars roaming around. We have two of the caterpillars in our classroom and are making observations daily about the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly. The cupcakes are super excited to check out how "Cupcake" and "Sprinkles" are doing every morning. Here is a clip of what happened last week...

FCAT Ready!

That time of year is here again.....FCAT season. Although my cupcakes are too young to take the FCAT, they feel some of the school changes that occur. Our daily schedule changes and we must remain extra quiet all day. Richey intermediate teachers and kiddos have worked really hard all year to get ready for this test. Our technology specialist Mr. Walker and the intermediate grades put together a fabulous video to get pumped up for the test! My cupcakes made a cameo appearance in it too! Check it our below...