Feeling Blessed

Today was my birthday and I was completely spoiled my class and my family! 

My husband and girls sent the most beautiful flowers to school this morning. Then my class surprised me with an afternoon party complete with cake and balloons! My class was so sweet and they all went in together to get me a gift card to Disneyland (our very favorite place to visit) wrapped in the cutest little 1-2 Buckle My Shoes theme! It was a perfect day spent with my most favorite people in the world and I could not be more thankful for all of those who went out of their way to make me feel special today. Thank you!

I Want To Learn About...

Our class is in a unique position this year because we don't really have any set themes or units to follow. We have the freedom to pick and choose what we would like to study and learn about! 

I gave each child a piece of paper today and let them write down at least five things they would like to learn about this year. Our top three class choices were ocean animals, outer space, and farm animals, with volcanos as a very close fourth. I have already begun to create some units around these themes and I am excited to tie in some of the less popular list items as well. 

Here are few of my favorite lists from today. :)

Ready for Day One

It's been a long time since I worked all Labor Day weekend but I was very thankful to have the extra time to get my room ready for the first day of school. I am SO excited to see my kiddos tomorrow and to have the whole day to enjoy our new space together. It's been a great summer but now's the time to get back in the swing of school. Classroom is all set, first day notes are written, lunch packed and I'm off to bed! Here we go first and second graders....it's going to be an awesome year!!!