The Life of a First Grade Teacher

 I am going to have to give this week a 4 out of 5. I found out that one of my students who had moved was going to be coming back. I am so excited about that. However, just as I found out he was returning, I learned that I am loosing one of my girls. She has moved out of district. This breaks my heart for her. I had my 2nd COVID vaccine this past Saturday. Everything went well. I did experience a headache that evening and a sore arm but that was the extent of it. I am so happy about being vaccinated. I feel as if a weight has been lifted. My lessons went very well this week. We are learning about Earth's materials in science and did an experiment with soil. My kids loved that. Since we are learning about Earth materials, we did a nature walk to talk about what we see. They were so excited to see all the changes in the outdoor classroom. I did have one of my students take off running because he saw a bee. He ran all the way across the playground to where the 5th graders were playing...

 I am going to give this week a 5. It was a great week. Our board decided on Tuesday to send all students K-12 back to school four days a week beginning the day after our Spring Break. We are still going to have Fridays to help those students who are struggling which I am thankful for. Tomorrow I get my second dose of the vaccine. That will be a welcome relief.  I was excited about the lessons that we did this week. In science, we started on Earth materials. My students loved learning about the different properties of rocks. Unfortunately, I was unable to do the property station with my Cohort B students due to the remote learning day Thursday because of the threat of severe weather. I look forward to doing this next week with them at the end of the day. We finished out poetry unit in reading. My students really enjoyed finding how the 5 senses were used in the poems. I am so proud of how my kiddos are catching on to tens and ones in math. It can be confusing for them to under...

 I am going to rate this week a 4 1/2 out of 5. This was a short week for my district as the end of the 3rd quarter came on Thursday. I only had students in person for 3 days this week. Thursday was a remote learning day for all students and today was a teacher workday and no school for students. It is hard to believe that 3/4 of the year is over and we are entering our last 9 weeks.  The only assessment that I had this week for my students was in math. We reviewed what they had learned during the 3rd quarter and then they completed an assessment on those concepts. Over all my students did a good job with the assessment. We will need to work more on telling time to the hour and half hour. This is a hard concept for students to understand. The majority of my students struggled with the half hour more so than on the hour. I am already planning to have my students review telling time in their morning work. I took both groups of students outside to our outdoor classroom this week ...

 I am going to rate this week a 5 out of 5. Even though it was very hectic finishing up edTPA and making sure everything was in order, it was a rewarding week because we SUBMITTED. At around 4:10 on Thursday when I pushed the button to submit, I felt such a relief. I am sure everyone else felt the same way. The process went very smoothly. A large shoot out to Mrs. Suttle, Dr. Lord, Dr. Betts, and Dr. Wesson. You ladies rock! Reading Across America week was a lot of fun. My kiddos loved it. Our superintent was unable to come by due to an issue, however he promised to stop in another day. Lookin forward to his visit. Tuesday was wear your favorite color day and Wednesday was wear a college shirt or dress for the job you would like to be when you grow up. Thursday was crazy hair and/or wacky socks. My students wondered where my crazy hair was and I had to tell them that I was leaving early for an appointment and I didn't want to scare people with my crazy hair. Yes, I worked half a da...