-Dr. Seuss
I am no longer a first-year first-grade teacher! I'm not even a second-year first-grade teacher! I am now a second-year second-grade teacher...for the first time!! If this pattern continues (first grade is all about finding patterns), then next year, it will be third grade. I kind of hope that doesn't happen, just because it would be kind of nice to have my feet planted in one spot long enough to feel like I know what in the heck I am doing!! Plus, more than two years with the same group of kids, and they might just have to come and take me away....to the funny farm!!
All of my things (which wasn't that much) have all been moved into my new room, which is a portable classroom. I have to say, I really lucked out with my room. First of all, there is my OWN air conditioning. Meaning, I just have to push a button, and my room can have the perfect climate. That is a huge change from last year where my room was always about 15 degrees hotter than the rest of the building (or so it felt). Secondly, I inherited some really cool furniture for storage, which I DESPERATELY needed since the room is just a blank cube. Thirdly, I have all the wall space in the world to hang things....the entire room is like a giant cork board!!
True, there isn't any running water, and you have to go out into the weather every time that you step out of your room, and there isn't a Smartboard or projector (YET), but I really think that I am going to like the room.
Also, it is really sad to leave my first grade team. We have become great friends, and they are such a wonderful group of teachers that I have learned so much from. But now for the silver lining! My new team also seems to be amazing! There are a lot of really great teachers at my school. :)
During the last week of school, the cuteness factor for my kids shot up astronomically! (Maybe this was partly because I knew that summer break was right around the corner, and so I had a better attitude, but I'd like to think that I am such a ROCK-STAR teacher that they finally started to behave) :) Haha!
But really, it has only been a week since school got out, and I am already really missing my kiddos! I made a memory book for them, and also a video with pictures and things that we did throughout the year, and we watched it on the last day of school-- it made me see how fun these kids were, even though I wanted to run away from them sometimes(or most times).
Now that it's summer, I am STILL working in my room. Hopefully this ends soon, and I can focus on my vacation! Although, I still have no idea what I am doing this summer. But I want to do something AMAZING!!! And no, sleeping-in doesn't count! I really am itching to go somewhere and do something!!
 |
| My progress on my room so far. I know....it is so bare and blah! Hopefully I can change this soon though. I love my two locking cabinets and my double sided bookcases though! They make me happy! :) I am also lacking desks and student computers....just have to be patient! |
