Each day this week we created a hands-on graph to get to know one another and at the same time...had a lot of fun!

our first birthday of the year! I first want to say that I have nothing against birthdays...I really don't! It is OK to bring a birthd...

peeking into PP's busy book! We have black/white composition books that we lovingly call "busy books." When the children have ...

1st day self-portraits We are so happy to have 3 friends in our classroom new to Mark Twain...Kobe, Joseph and Haven!

Today I felt brave enough to start our reading groups and job routine! I have not tested all the new kids yet (I have the ending year score...

MM lost a tooth!

Have you heard the news? I hand out "surprise treasure." The kids NEVER know when I will give it out...but I am always looking! I ...

I told the kids about Prince today. Kids have a lot of tattles/stories to tell...and I am not always available to hear them! I told them t...

The spider climber is very exciting for 1st graders because they are on the "big kid" playground now...and that means playing on ...

We had our fire drill today. For once ALL the students felt in their heart it truly was just a drill...there are always a few that will thi...

We had a GREAT 1st day! We read several books...one of their favorites, Bono Goes to School ...was about a monkey that had all sorts of pr...

Our Essential Agreements Welcome to 1st grade! I am thrilled to be teaching your child. The first grade team has planned many fun and excit...

- Watch more free videos I went to a IB conference this week. I really enjoyed talking with other IB teachers in our feeder pattern and lea...

I hear Ethan experienced some really neat things this summer! Ask Ethan how to snap green beans...his cousin and Grandma Patty showed him ho...

Elizabeth spent the day at the Bellaire Aquatic Center and it looks like she had a great time!

Jackie proved you can have LOTS of fun sticking pretty close to home!

Three girls I know redeemed their "Bash Movie Pass with Mrs. Phillips!" We saw Kit Kittredge: an American Girl and loved it. Ne...

Maggie and I went to an old school house in Virginia City that was open from 1876-1939! The students were in grades 1-12...all in one small ...

Here is Ben horseback riding in the San Juan National Forest. I hear his horse was named Radar. I was told he has a muzzle on his mouth not ...

This is a picture of Ben in an old house in a ghost town called Animas Forks. The town was way up in the mountains and was an old gold and ...