Utah's Newest First Grade Teacher...

...is me!

Yup. 

I accepted the job I was offered last week!

First Grade, here I come!

I can't wait!

Also.

I'm scared out of my mind!

Setting up a classroom? Making sure I have all the supplies I need? Planning thousands of lesson?

AHHHHH!

But it will all work out. 

You know how I know why?

Check out my secret to less stress in my last post here.

But still, if anyone wants to help out, PLEASE DO!

Any teachers out there? 

What's the best way to set up my classroom? 

What do I do on the first couple days?

How do I set up management?

Yes, I knew all these things once, but somehow a wall has been built in my mind and I can't remember anything!

Also- non-teachers!

Do you have any first grade level reading books? 

Please please let me know if you want to donate them to my classroom!

If you didn't know, teachers have to buy a lot of their own supplies, and books are a huge part of that.

I want to make sure my kids have a big selection to read,

as well as some fun books I can read to them!

Let me know if you can help!

Thank you!

Current Read

On my sidebar I added a button for what I am currently reading. I plan to read a million books this summer, so if you are looking for a good book to read check that often! If you click on it it will bring you to a webpage about the book.

Warning: Many might be children's books [no, not picture books]. I just took a children's literature class and I have a list of about 100 that I really want to read! But I've read a few so far, and I'd recommend them to anyone, adults included!

"A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face.  It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy."

  ~Edward P. Morgan

"Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book." 

~Author unknown

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."

~Groucho Marx

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