I'm so excited that February is almost here! One, I finally get a payday again since December (whoop! whoop!). Two, my birthday is in February. And three, I love celebrating Valentine's Day at school. Plus, it's on a Friday this year, which means our Valentine's Day party will be the very last thing of the week. Sounds good to me! I'll have all weekend to recover! Anyway, my firsties really ... Read More about Valentine Journal Writing

I'm excited to have this Friday night in after this week. Even though it was a four day week, it still felt kind of long to me for some reason. Anyway, I have the opportunity to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five For Friday! My very first time! Yay!     Tuesday morning, my team and I met with another school's first grade team for some collaboration time. Therefore, my ... Read More about Five For Friday!

That is me right now. Actually it wasn't me this morning. I love having the extra day off. I always manage to wake up early, immediately start laundry, and just start cleaning. I get so much done before noon and I always think to myself, "Wow! I'm awesome!" And, that all really happened today. Then, I sat down to work on my graduate school work.  Then, it happened. What happened, you ... Read More about Procrastination At Its Finest

In a nutshell, here was my day: I don't think I need to elaborate. I think you all probably know how I'm feeling, but I'll tell you with one little word: exhausted. Anyway, back to the real point of the blog post, right? Because we are all tired and no one needs to hear my whining.  We've started opinion writing in the first grade! Woo! I'm kind of excited because I love giving my ... Read More about In My Opinion {Let the Opinion Writing Begin!}

In first grade, the big push is teaching them to become fluent in their math problems. Our district is using Math Expressions for the first time this year. It's really nice to have a math curriculum where you can follow along through the book with lessons that make sense! At the beginning of the year, I create a "Roll the Dice" game called Math Mountains. I decided to revamp it and you can pick it ... Read More about Finding Math Partners & Valentine’s Day