A year of Firsts

I have decided that I want to start blogging again.  This time however, not about myself or about weightloss, but about my year of firsts, literally.  I have accepted a position as a first grade teacher and I know that everything will be a first.  I want to have a place where I can reflect and learn from my mistakes as well as my triumphs.  First grade is very new to me and I never saw myself teaching the primary grades. I am excited about this new adventure though.  Hopefully I can gain some insight into myself, my students, and my teaching style by writing about it.  I will share funny stories from my day with no names of course and will upload pictures of cute projects and decorations.  Here are a few to start.  I finished my classroom management board and most of my door yesterday. I am doing Owls as you can see from my blog title.  I am getting ready for the year.  I plan on doing different leaves on the door tree as the year goes on to keep with the seasons.  I will post more pictures tomorrow after I finish my room which right now is a disaster!!!!

Thought this was cute:

Everything I Needed to Know 

Everything I needed to know, 
I did not learn in Kindergarten. 
Everything I needed to know, 
I DID learn in first grade. 
Everything I needed to know, 
And some things I didn't, 
My students taught me, 
When we shared first grade.

-       Debi Landrum