Reflections on classroom community, relationships, and the routines that mattered most during my first year teaching first grade.

A humorous look at life in a first grade classroom, where spiders, tears, random chicken nuggets, and unexpected conversations somehow coexist with reading, writing, math, and learning.

A first grade teacher reflects on child development, classroom expectations, and the daily challenge of teaching children who are capable of incredible things and still very much six years old.