January 9

So winter break has come to an end and it's time to get back to the routine.  It felt more like summer vacation, though, thanks to the warm weather.  At least I have 50 snow globes in my classroom to remind me that it really is winter!

(I love teachers who freely share ideas and resources...this one is from: http://firstgradeblueskies.blogspot.com/2011/12/label-it-space-and-snowglobe-writing.html)

January 10

Seeing my first graders' smiling faces today made me smile.  We all missed each other and were happy to be back, at least for today.  Since I can't post a picture of their cute little faces, I decided to take a picture of something else that makes me smile in my classroom: our word wall.  It's coming along nicely and I really like the cute owls, trees and tree stumps.  I've gotta find more reasons to use my Cricut!