Ahhhhh! Summer! That time of year that a teacher can take a breath and be ok. That time of year when  a teacher can drink two cups of coffee and not worry about making it till lunch time or special! LOL The end of the year is bitter sweet. We are so ready for summer. The kids are too! The thought of saying goodbye after all those days together is still sad - even after 26 years! I can't even believe I have been teaching that long! Where does the time go?  I can't believe my kids are almost all grown up! The DD will be starting her teaching career this fall. OMG! She will be moving to a new state and everything. When I walk by my living room right now, I kinda can't wait. I know when the day comes, I will be crying like a baby! I am so happy and excited for her though! She has worked so hard to get to this point! Super proud!  It will just be different that she will have her own place and not come home for the breaks! Another new. The DS will be a sophomore. That is goin...

Looking forward to a fun week of winter activities! Doing lots of fun things - well I hope they are fun for the kiddos! My goal this week is to take pictures of the fun activities so I can link back to the great people and show them their products in use! Goal #2 is to take some before and after (which means I would need to do something)pictures of my teacher desk for #teachersgetorganized2015 Goal #3 do some decluttering at home - 15 minutes each day. How can it be January 11th and I haven't done that yet?!?! Goal #4 - which probably should be first goal - is to make my student teacher feel welcome in the classroom! Can't wait! I love having another person there to bounce ideas off of and laugh together at the kiddos.  Well, here's hoping for a two hour delay on Monday - a girl can hope! It might be a wintery mix...;-) Well - a small post, but a post! Trying to keep that goal of blogging once a week. I know it's nothing thrilling, sorry, but it's a start! Hopef...

2015? How did that happen? I can't believe it! I know we say that every year, but really? Time really flies!  So I thought I should start the year off with good intentions and write a blog post. Thank you Jessica at  http://www.firstgradenest.com/ I would love to bump up the small group instruction - both guided reading and math! How to get those math groups started? Finding the time, the energy, the support to get them going! I would love to them set up.... Here's hoping!  Ok what I would REALLY love to get done this year is to get my new classroom organized! I moved into the school in August. I was suppose to have two extra weeks to unpack, but since there were little creatures living in our school that needed to be removed! So I didn't get to unpack and organize it the way I wanted to! So I'm hoping to find/make the time to organize the cupboards and closets and drawers in my classroom. I am soooooo tired of looking for something and not finding it...