Just before the students left for winter vacation, the snowflakes were taken down and given to the students so they could use them as ornaments. The border remains the same though because tomorrow we will make penguin crafts, which will be used to fill up the board and give my felt and pipe cleaner snowgirl some company. Hello there, again! .

Lunes, 7 de diciembre de 2009. One of hobbies is reading, this blog is really interesting for me. That happened to me too! It is so hard to evaluate our students and to decide who is really prepared to go to the next level. I wanted to tell you that you are a really good role model to all the teachers that are just starting like me! The Wows of Life.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014.

Monday, January 12, 2015. I personally love this time of year, because second graders are SO MUCH FUN as they transform into independent, critical thinkers.

Posted on March 24, 2018. This week I took over a 1st grade classroom for a teacher out on medical leave. In addition to the challenges of taking over a classroom in March, there was the added stress of communicating with students about their teacher being sick. There have been lots of substitutes and inconsistency because of the situation and after five full days of me, I feel like are were starting to come together. Posted on February 21, 2018.

So, in December this year I decided to have my students; complete Holiday Traditions collages. In my letter to families explaining the project, I told families to keep in mind the following ideas in completing their collages.

Monday, August 3, 2015. Speaking of word books, he loves them too.

The musings, thoughts, frustrations and funnies from a first grade teacher in Southern California! Twas a week before school started. I can wait one more day! Anyway, I still need to put my binders together! So tomorrow she and I will go and get a lot done and then on Wednesday .