Sunday, November 16, 2014. I am dipping my toes back into the world of blogging with an exciting new feature in our house. Do you remember what our dining room looked like the day we moved in? Dark, dated and a bit sad. We spent many months brightening and livening-up the space. So we decided to add some character and excitement with a new and whimsical chalkboard wall.

Sunday, August 16, 2015. Welcome to First Grade! My name is Miss Steimel and I am looking forward to meeting all of you, my students, and starting this school year! Now, here are 10 things to know about me. I come from a large family. I am the youngest of five children, and I have 3 nephews and 2 nieces. My youngest niece, Emma, is starting 1st grade this year! My favorite animal is a horse. Someday I will have one of my own. I enjoy the outdoors, and like to go walking and hiking often.

Sunday, March 1, 2015. Our amazing 1st graders are on their way to becoming experts at Addition and Subtraction. They are learning to make their thinking flexible in order to show their fluency with number operations. Add and subtract to balance an equation. Balance an equation with more than one equal sign. And they can do all of this with the confidence to tell us how! This unit focuses on the Associative and Commutative Property. Monday, February 23, 2015.

Here are a few things about me! I have a very big family and friends who I love to spend time with. Christopher will be in 3rd grade this year and Alexander will be a 1st grader! Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013. We are learning about the open ocean! Check out this amazing shark! Tuesday, March 12, 2013. First Post of First Grade. Bright - Welcome to Room 200! Tidbits from Room 221. Oceans of First Grade Fun.