Welcome to the jungle!

This week we have been studying animals/non-fiction literature. Therefore, students did a report on an animal of their choice. They turned out amazing! I'm so proud of their hard work; their reports are wonderful! We started with a brainstorm KWL graph (what I know, what I want to know, what I learned), then composed a first draft with a topic sentence, and finally wrote our report after a self-edit, peer-edit, teacher-edit. In other words, it was a great week for writing! Off to eat pizza and watch 30 Rock with the hubby. T.G.I.F!

New to Blog Town!

I've finally jumped on the Blog Wagon! I've been pouring over teaching blogs/Pinterest, and decided I wanted to do it for myself. Where to begin... well, I absolutely LOVE teaching! I live, breath, eat, drink.. you get the picture. I currently teach first grade, and truly adore what I do. My kiddos are the reason I get out of bed in the morning, and I am blessed to teach at the school I do. I just got married (YEAH!) to thee single most amazing man on this planet. I couldn't have asked for a better husband; he is my soul mate! He is so supportive of my job, another hubby-quality I love. At least once a week he is helping me glue together projects, cut out shapes, color, set up science experiments, etc. I fully take advantage when he actually comes into my classroom! "Can you fix this blind?", "Oh, that shelf is a bit wobbly", "Can you hang these windmills?". Basically he is the ultimate handy man, and a behind-the-scenes necessity for my classroom.

I also work with the most amazing team! They are my home away from home, and I've learned so much from them. I can't wait to share their ideas along with some of my own :). Off to bed! It's the Friday before Spring Break, and I'm so excited for our honeymoon to Mexico, but I will miss my Firstie babies!

-Mrs. T