Today we said goodbye to this sweet girl as she moves away from Katy and into her new home. Goodbye my little blue jay, I’m so glad I got you for your entire kindergarten year and part of your first grade year. You are so loved and will be greatly missed. 💙 Golbowtweets

A little late in posting, but here are my November birthday blue jays. Two of them, we celebrated earlier this month and the other will be over Thanksgiving break. Golbowtweets

Today, my blue jays and I started the 12 books of Christmas! For the next 12 days, my classroom helpers will unwrap a Christmas read aloud for me to read during community circle. Golbowtweets

Math is more fun when it involves playing with food! My blue jays absolutely loved making 2D and 3D shapes with toothpicks and marshmallows. Golbowtweets

My December blue jay of the month! Carly Wilson Golbowtweets

Happy 7th birthday to these two blue jays! Glad to celebrate these two before leaving for the holiday break. Golbowtweets

Happy 7th Birthday to our January blue jays!! We celebrated 3 before the snow days and 2 after. ❄️💙 Golbowtweets

Happy 101st day of 1st grade!! Golbowtweets

So proud of this girl!! She definitely persevered in her school work to be January blue jay of the month. Golbowtweets

We love library 📚 day!! F. Fernandez Golbowtweets

My February blue jay of the month. Love seeing this sweet boy’s creativity in his writings and drawings. Golbowtweets

Happy Spring Break and Happy Birthday to these two blue jays!! Golbowtweets

March blue jay of the month! Golbowtweets

The chick eggs are here!! My blue jays are so excited that they wanted to write a class poem about the chicks. Love how they wanted to combine our poetry writing unit with science!! Golbowtweets

We are learning about measurements in math. Yesterday, we skipped our afternoon restroom break and had a little too much fun measuring each other with classroom supplies. Golbowtweets

My April blue jay of the month! From being the new blue jay that came in October, to making new friends, to volunteering to answer questions and participate in class. So proud of how much this sweet girl has grown and showed courage to be herself. Golbowtweets

Saturdays are for watching my blue jays play soccer! ⚽️⚽️⚽️ Golbowtweets

From substituting for my friend Jasmine Sharifi ‘s team member at McElwain Elementary (2021), to being Christina Nguyen ICS para at Bryant Elementary (2022), and to teaching 1st grade at Golbowtweets (2025). If you can’t tell, I love this unit! 🐣

We had so much fun with this chick unit! Also, when a class gets TEDed, I get to share this moment with my former kindergarten students! 💕 Golbowtweets

My blue jays had a fun library day learning all about Osmo from our new CTD! Golbowtweets F. Fernandez