my biggest fears for teaching 1st grade..

1. getting lice
2. not singing the fonicks (please appreciate that) song correctly
3. not knowing the material. 1st grade was a long time ago.

I'm enjoying it so far. I've of course received many playfully mocking comments from high school students and teachers alike for moving to first grade like "Hey Mr. H, could you please teach me 1+1"...or of course the many quotes from kindergarten cop "it's not a TOOOMAAR!!!" But really, they're just jealous that they're not learning cool stuff that 1st graders learn. Heck, I'm learning (or re-learning). Like today, when I was reading the George Washington book, I had no idea that when he married Martha, she was already a 26 year old widow with 2 children and that Mount Vernon is only 12 miles from Washington DC. 1st graders are sponges, they soak up so much, the tricky part is getting them to pay attention for more than 5 minutes at a time.