Fire Safety Week...

Every year the Bagley Fire Department comes to the school to talk to the Kindergarten and First Graders about fire safety. They also like to come so the students are familiar with them in case they ever have to respond to a fire at their house.

I think it is great that they volunteer their time to come and talk to our students about Fire Safety. It always reminds me to be thankful that these firefighters are willing to put their life on the line to keep up safe in the case of fire or emergencies.

The students learned about how the truck and firemen manage the water that comes in and out of the firetruck. The students were given the opportunity to see just how heavy the end piece of the hose is that the firemen carry. They even received a complete tour of all the tools and gadgets on the truck. It as a great visit as always!

I LOVE Surprises!

It was a normal day of checking my mail box in the office as the students went to PE. I had this interesting brown package that felt like a book sitting there in my box. My name and school address were hand written too! I rushed back to my classroom and could barely make it to my table to open the package.

To my surprise it was a a signed book from an AUTHOR himself! He had randomly selected a few classrooms across the country and my classroom had been chosen! I am sure most of you aren't aware of this, but I NEVER win random drawings. It's just a bad luck thing I have going on. So, hopefully my luck is changing.

Anyways, I am a leery person and quickly googled this author. I found out that he is a true author and has a great platform and passion for helping our nation's students become healthy and active. He is an author, speaker, and fitness expert. He has been featured on national TV and has written articles for many magazines including Fitness, Woman's Day, etc.

 

 

 

Here is the note he included for our class.
 
The class was SO excited about this. They loved the book too!
 
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So, I have planned for the class to write letters to the author in response to him sending us a copy of his book.

 

http://www.steveettinger.com/