First Grade
Welcome to First Grade at Bigfork Elementary School
First Grade Supply List - 2026 - 2027
Your student will need the following supplies. Please label all of your supplies!
Mrs. Leisinger, Mrs. Ahles & Ms. Lockman
12#2 Ticonderoga pencils (pre sharpened preferred)
1 watercolor paints
1 set of colored pencils
2 sets of markers
1 pink eraser
1 bottle Elmer’s Glue
2 packages of Elmer’s glue sticks
1 box of 24 crayons (Crayola)
4 dry-erase expo markers
1 small hand-held pencil sharpener (with shavings catcher)
1 Fiskar-style scissors
1 pocket Folder
1 pencil Box (zippered preferred)
1 box of tissues
1 water bottle (optional)
1 backpack
1 pair of headphones (not wireless) labeled with name
1st grade IditaREAD challenge 2024
Our first graders have been working hard on our reading challenge this spring – which follows the Iditarod race in Alaska. Every first grade class worked to reach checkpoints by reading at home and returning a reading log to their teacher. Each class had their own stuffed dog that they took care of at checkpoints and a map to track their progress. Just before Spring Break, they made it to the finish line! All of first grade celebrated by pulling a sled across their “finish line”. The students were the dogs and they were hauling books to the end of the gym. They also got to watch Balto as a celebration of their achievement!
We also watched Balto and celebrated our hard work of reading.
We had the kids be the dogs and haul books to the end of the gym.
We had the kids be the dogs and haul books to the end of the gym.
Every first grade class worked to reach checkpoints by reading at home and returning a reading log to their teacher.
Each class had their own stuffed dog that they took care of at checkpoints and a map to track their progress.
Each class had their own stuffed dog that they took care of at checkpoints and a map to track their progress.