Today was my third day of pre-planning and we finally got the last box unpacked today! YAY!!! I'm SOOOOOO TIRED of unpacking boxes. I hope to never have to do it ever again...okay realistically I will probably have to but hopefully not for a LONG time!
Things are coming together and looking like our classroom again...yay!!! There's still things to do, but hopefully between tomorrow and Friday we can get it all done so I won't have to go up there over the long weekend!
I SWEAR my classroom is bigger than the one I was in before. I would be willing to put money on it! But I will take it because everything fits! I will finally be able to use my awesome pocket charts that I have for a center this year because there actually is a place to put the big "chart holder" and I am VERY excited about that!
I have a big change in my schedule this year and at first I wasn't sure how it was going to work, but I am very excited to try it out. We have to have 75 minutes of Math, and usually I would do 30 minutes of Calendar and the rest of the time would be broken up into Math small groups. Well, this year in order to do most of my Math in the morning I had to change things around. The new plan is 55 minutes of calendar. I know that sounds like A LOT and it is, but this way I can also get in songs, whole group games, Math read alouds, etc. and I am really excited about it. Plus, I usually go over 30 minutes in my calendar anyways because we just have so much to do and the kids really get into it. Then after that in the afternoon we will do 20 minutes of small group, but instead of changing groups, I will only see one group a day, my para will see one group a day and the other 2 will go to centers. This way each group is getting 20 solid minutes of small group instruction and the ones at center can actually have partners to play games with! I'm really excited to try this change. I think it will work great and I bet my student's math scores will increase! We will see how it goes!
I think this year is going to be great! Whether it really is or not, I will hopefully stay as positive as I am now and make it great no matter what! :)
I'm moving
14 years ago
I wish my kids were in your class:)
ReplyDeleteAwe, thanks!! I'm not the "best" Kindergarten teacher but I do love my students! Your girls could come back to Kindergarten if they want to! LOL!!
ReplyDeleteI think the Lord has given me another awesome class and parents again this year. I just hope that I stay reminded of staying positive when things get a little stressful. It will be a good year!