First Grade Blog

I chose to follow the blog "How Beautiful You Are". It is managed by a first grade teacher in California named Mrs. Puglisi. One of the main reasons that I chose to follow this particular blog is because I'm interested in becoming a first grade teacher. I love that she posts pictures and actually quotes what the students say. It seems to be updated frequently so that I will be able to follow what the students are doing week by week and what progress they're making. 

I think what she has been doing with the children is wonderful. The most recent activity that the students did was making a portrait of the new president, learning what a "president" actually is, and having the students communicate what they thought a president's job was. For MLK day, the students got to journal about why they thought MLK was important and why they get a day off from school. These two things helped me realize how important it is to keep children connected with what's going on in the world around them. They need to know about important historical moments and what exactly it means for them and their country. I would love to do activities like these in my classroom. Many of the responses from students I read were fabulous. Children know a lot more than we think, but we still need to use activities like this to help enrich their education.