Welcome to First Grade

Hello from Ms. Diaz

My name is Karina Diaz and it is my
pleasure to welcome your child to my
1st grade classroom.

About me
I graduated from Raritan Valley
Community College and obtained my
associates. Then, I transfer to Kean
University and graduated in honors and
received my bachelor’s in education k-
12. My goal is to go back to school and
receive a master’s in education.

I absolutely love children and teaching

them new concepts every day is such a
joy for me. I love watching children
grow in knowledge.

I know this school year would be a

success for us all and I look forward in
helping your child succeed.

Life outside of School

I have one son name Isaac who is in
Preschool. I own one dog. My favorite
color is purple. I lived in New Jersey all
my life. I speak Spanish. My favorite
animals are Penguins. I love food and
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sports. Football and soccer are my
favorite sports. I root for NY Giants!
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School supply list:
1. Backpack
2. Student scissors “Don’t give up. I believe
3. 24 pack Crayola crayons in you all. A person’s a
4. 2 student pocket folders
5. Glue sticks (10) person no matter how
6. Pencil box small”
7. 12 pencils sharpened
8. Box of tissue, Clorox wipes -Dr. Seuss
(optional)
9. Highlighters
10. 2 composition notebooks and 2
regular notebooks
What your child will learn? 11. ***Extra clothes with name on
each item. (in case change of
Contact Info
This school year your child will be clothes is needed)
introduce to new material and Please feel free to contact
knowledge. We will be building on you me at my:
child reading skills, as well as their
writing skills. I will provide a writing Email-
journal for your child and he will dictate
about stuff he has learned in science kdiaz@westendschool.edu
experiments and in math problems. We
would work on addition and Phone- 907-556-3214
subtraction skills with the use of math
tools such as blocks, tiles, and different
(please text anytime
shapes. We would have plenty of FUN before 7pm)
with science experiments and field trips
to the library and The Liberty Science I’ll answer as soon as I
Center. Our last field trip would be to
Jenkinson’s Aquarium (parents are
can. Thanks parents!
welcome to come) and we learn about
our sea friends and get to feed
penguins.