About Me:

My name is Karen Ristau.  I have been teaching for 19 years.  My first year I taught at Children's Care Hospital and School.  After I got married, I moved to Chamberlain and have taught here ever since.  I love teaching. I get to work with some of my favorite people every day...children!

I have a great family.  My husband is Jim. We have 5 kids. Zach (10th grade), Jessie (8th grade), Gunner (4th grade), Garret(4th grade), and Jade (3years old).  Can you guess who they are in the picture?

We also have 3 dogs named Leksy, Leksi and Mojo and 4 cats named Boo, Basil, Bear and Mona.

In 1st grade you will learn so many new things.  You will learn how to read or read better, add and subtract and write lots of stories.  In Science you will do a lot of experiments and in Social Studies you will make a timeline and get to interview someone from your home.