Hi Love Bug families my name is Karin Anderson and I will be spending the year with your Love Bug. I can’t tell you how excited I am to get to know your child! This year will be packed with lots of learning. Together we will begin the reading and writing process. No matter where your Love Bug is starting their academic journey they will be challenged and find a love for learning. My goal is to make learning as fun as it can be! Your Love Bug will take ownership of their learning by making hypotheses and activating their schema. Finally, we will have lots of celebrations throughout the year to celebrate our learning. I will try and give you at least a week's’ notice so you can make arrangements to join us. Before we kick off the year I would like to share a little bit about myself. I will be learning so much about all your families and I would like you to get to know mine too! My favorite color is red. My favorite foods are sandwiches, sushi, and pizza. My favorite dessert is ice cream! My husband and I have two Love Bugs of our own! Our son Maxwell is 4 and his little sister Ali Jo is 2. When we are not at work we enjoy any and all sports! We love playing soccer, hockey, basketball, and golf! Our favorite sport to watch is football! Go PANTHERS! We love family walks, weekend trips, cooking, and reading. I am originally from New York and came to North Carolina to go to college on an athletic scholarship. I started my teaching career in Kannapolis and moved to Torrence Creek to be closer to home. My parents moved to North Carolina from New York three and a half years ago! They come in from time to time to help with fun activities and to drop off special treats to pump our brains up! I have an older brother who is a State Trooper in New York. He and his wife have two boys who I love very much! I hope they decide to move down south soon. My goals are to stay in the classroom and touch the lives of my Love Bugs. To stay current and qualified I received my Master’s Degree in Reading Education and earned National Board Certification. I am also a member of many education associations. I make sure our classroom has technology and enough resources by writing at least one grant a year. So far I have written a grant for more classroom books, a document camera, and handheld remotes that work with our Smart Board. It is important for all of us to stay in contact throughout the year. My goal is to give you bi-weekly updates on what we are doing in the classroom. I will also send out e-mails with reminders about special events happening in our room. I also like to send bragging e-mails and sometimes pictures of us working throughout the day. You will never have to check my class wiki for information I will send it to you via e-mail. If you ever need to contact me please email me at [email protected] from here I can answer all your questions and/or set up a time to meet. Please remember no question or concern is to small so please let me know so I can help or ease your mind! I am looking forward to a great year and cannot wait to get to know you and your Love Bug better!