Mrs. Thompson

Back to School/Curriculum Night Presentation

See main 1st grade page for video.

2023-2024 First Grade-Thompson

7:45-8:20 SEL/Read Aloud

8:20-8:50 Foundational Skills

8:50-9:50 Math

9:50-10:15 Grammar/Writing

10:15-10:45 HMH Whole Group

10:45-11:25 Recess/Lunch

11:30-11:50 Read Aloud/Math centers

11:50-12:45 Small Groups

12:45-1:00 Recess

1:00-1:40 Science/SS

1:40-2:25 AMP

2:25-2:35 Clean-up/Dismissal

I have been teaching at Westridge Elementary since 1997. I enjoy learning with my students each day. They are so fun and full of information! We have three classroom Russian Tortoises named Samantha, Hibiscus, and Sequoia.

Kindness has been a rock of mine, my entire life. A few years ago I completed my masters in integrating the arts in the elementary classroom. For my thesis, I created a website for teachers to help them integrate the arts with an emphasis on kindness.

On the first day of school, I explain to my students that we have one rule in our classroom; treat others as you want to be treated. Every year we have a class poster signed by all of the students, and they make their own smaller poster for a bulletin board that stays up all year. I love it when the students notice examples of this in the books we are reading and characters that are not following this rule.

I have been married for 27 years and we have three wonderful children, Eliana 19, Silas 17, and Adyel, 10. We live in the mountains near Conifer. My family and I enjoy hiking, running, and wrestling (my son and husband are the wrestling fans), jumping on our trampolines, and reading. We have two cats, three birds, and lots of dogs!!