I just wrapped up my fifteenth year of teaching first grade. On the last day of school I sat staring at my classroom alphabet posters, my mind boggled a bit to think of how these years have come and gone and how I am continually using my summers to not only rest up and restore my tired teacher brain….but also… Read More
This week was a great week in first grade! Of course we did have to complete all of our end-of-year testing, which ate up a lot of our time, but I made sure we also had plenty of fun learning opportunities as well. We started the week by celebrating May the Fourth, Star Wars day! I find each year that… Read More
Recently I have been working with my cute first grade class on reviewing all of the math concepts we have learned this year. They have been working so hard and it is so fun to see their new mathematical knowledge really sinking in and becoming something they can apply to a variety of problems and situations! The little lightbulb moments… Read More
