So Winter Break is almost over 🙁 These days always go by so fast!  Time with family, friends, food, a good movie, warm jammies, hot chocolate, cold weather, Christmas decorations, reflections of the past year, resolutions for the new year…..   and then back to work! I still LOVE this time of year, because you can incorporate a theme into all… Read More

It’s coming a day late, but just wanted to say: MERRY CHRISTMAS!! AND…. For us Texas folks, we got a very sweet Christmas present….. SNOW!  As you know, we don’t see snow here that often, and DEFINITELY not on Christmas day!  In fact, the last time it snowed on Christmas day was 37 years ago (this is what the news… Read More

CHRISTMAS!! Can you believe that Christmas is just 16 days away!  Where has the time gone?!  I absolutely L.O.V.E this time of year not only at home, but also in the classroom!  This past week, we dove straight into our Christmas activities!  Starting with one of my favorites…. THE GRINCH!  I always like to take a theme and run with… Read More

WOW!  I have been nominated for the Liebster Award!  This award is for new bloggers with less than 200 followers and helps to find other new blogs with less than 200 followers!  Thank you to 2 Super Teachers for this nomination!! Here are the rules: 1. You must post 11 random things about yourself.2. Answer the questions that the nominator… Read More

Happy Thankgiving!  I have so much to be thankful for this year. In the beginning of 2010, we began trying for baby # 2. When nothing happened in the first few months, we began to wonder, “will this ever happen?”  A few more months went by, and each month became harder and harder to face knowing that our oldest son… Read More

Happy Friday!  So, I started my new literacy centers and rotations this week!  Centers are awesome for our kiddos, but it does take a LONG time to get everything organized! This is how I have done mine for this year…. I have my class divided into 5 groups, based off their independent reading levels.  There are no more than 4 students… Read More

Happy Friday!This week literally……FLEW BY!  We did all of our parent conferences this week and had a lot of testing, so it was stressful at times, but very productive! We also celebrated ELECTION DAY (and the 50th day of school already!) We did many of the activities from my ELECTION DAY packet, which was a best seller for 4 weeks! (Thank… Read More

So now that it is November…..I couldn’t wait to start all of our Thanksgiving activities!  With the holidays so close together, I want to be able to use as much as I can throughout our units! Today we became thankful firsties!  We shared our ideas of what we were thankful for and wrote them down for all to see (at… Read More

Whew!  This week has been jam packed with so many things to do (both at school & home!)  It didn’t help throwing Halloween smack dab in the middle of the week either!  Although the kids are SUPER excited…….us teachers would much rather have it on a Friday!! On a positive note, we get to have tons of fun with our… Read More

T.G.I.F Nothing says Texas like 85 degrees one day and 48 degrees the next day! Thanks to this wonderful weather, and I am sure a few first grade germs, I officially have LOST my voice!  But, that doesn’t stop a good freebie from coming your way!  This week we have been sequencing some our favorite fall stories, including “There Was… Read More