Monday, June 21, 2010

1st day of being a sub!

Today is my first day to sub for a friend of mine while she is away on her honeymoon :-)
It is summer school so it is a little more relaxed. Wish I had known that, here I am in my "school clothes" and some teachers are in shorts! Ugg, oh well I will know for tomorrow! I am in a 5th grade room, but have 2nd graders. I am looking around this room and there are some things that she has that I have been thinking "hey i need one of those!"
One of those things would be a color block orginizer...aka glade wear bowls that she sorted the blocks into! She also has these really cute galvenised steel trash cans that are about 11'' tall and I want some so bad to orginize some things of mine. I have searched google and amazon and can not find them anywere. I think I am going to have to send the teacher an email and ask where she found them! Also, I need a 100's chart. That is something i need to pick up soon!! Well I have until 11:55 so I am off to try and find the cute trashcans! :-)

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Welcome

I am new to the "blogging world" but I want to give it a try.

I just finished my first year as a 2nd grade teacher. I have been reflecting over the last year and am realizing what I did wrong, what I did right and I have been finding myself praying for the kids in my class that they will do well next year on the TAKS and just be successful in 3rd grade.

The last day of school this past year I moved to a new room. I am looking forward to making a new start in the my new room. I am hoping that in my new room, I will be able to be more organized, and I will be able to prove to those who doubt that I am a good teacher that I am.

Later this week I will be headed to school to get one single box. That box is full of copies of worksheets and lesson plans. My plan is to sit in the floor and file each of those pieces of paper. This way when I need something, I don't have to hunt it, I don't have to go ask to copy something, I have my very own stock of supplies. Also, my goal is to buy a book of folder games and get those colored, and made so that my kids can have folder games to play. I will be keeping this updated as I make improvements for my classroom next year.

I am ready to get started!! :-)