First Week of School

I survived my first week of teaching!! :) AND enjoyed it too. :) I love my class! I think I've got a great group of students this year, which is good! 2nd graders are so awesome - they can think! and work together! and work independently!! (you know you've done kindergarten too long when. . .)

For example, on Wednesday we needed to design and create our class flag for the Second Grade Olympics next week. These kids came up with ideas, voted on them, and figured out how to accomplish the design with MINIMAL help from me!!! They worked together! Kindergartners can't do that very well. I was astounded. In a good way. :)

Also our flag is the cutest of all the classes. There is a large star in the middle and multi-colored stripes behind it. THe star says, "Who I Am Makes a Difference" because I make them say that every afternoon as they leave my classroom. :) So cute!

We tie-dyed shirts yesterday for next week and when I washed out mine today it looked awesome! I hope all of theirs look as good as mine. :) Our class's color is blue and it worked out great!

Oh my goodness. I love them all. so much.