to Mrs. Melssen's First Grade

Hello! For those of you who don't know me, I am Mrs. Melssen. This is my fourth year teaching at West Burlington. In the 2004-2005 school year I started by teaching Title 1, in 2005 I started teaching First Grade and have been there ever since. I received my B.A. from Upper Iowa Univeristy in Fayette, IA. I also have endorsements in Reading, Early Childhood and English/Language Arts. I currently live in Burlington with my husband and 2 dogs. On this page you will find many things including information on Fluency, AR, Strong Hearts program, a list of sight words, my classroom rules.