Pinterest find: Classroom Organization

So I haven’t been writing in my blog this summer. What have I been doing? (You know, besides drinking cold chardonnays in the evenings, reading books, sleeping in, and organizing my house a tiny bit each day?) I have been PINTERESTING. Man, I am in love Read More...

either I’m very lucky or I’m some sort of genius

On Friday we had a visitor who was there to observe one of my students, who is being assessed for possible special ed services. She sat during centers time and watched and took notes. The art center was full of kids making ants out of black paper and Read More...

all the ways in which I suck as a teacher

Monday rolls around, and I often don’t have my lesson planning done, so I have to wing it. I don’t keep changing the centers activities to match our theme; it’s so much work and I don’t have the time. Okay, sometimes I do. But not nearly enough. Sometimes Read More...

the coming week

Tomorrow I will try to get up early and get to work early, because I have lots to prepare. We are done with Under the Sea (almost — I forgot to give everyone a real shark tooth to take home, so we will probably read a shark book at story time and then Read More...

what we do all day

Here’s a typical morning in my classroom: At 9:15, Miss Slinger arrives, and she puts the sign-in book (a spiral notebook numbered on two pages 1-20), pencils, and tub of journals on the sand table, which is right inside the door. She also moves all the Read More...

snapshots of the day

*Cherry and Chutney got bus write-ups last week that showed up in my mailbox only this morning. They were defiant to the bus driver and refused to sit down on the bus. And Cherry called Chutney the B word. *Plum showed up after two days at home and burst Read More...

what needs to be done before school starts

I met with the afternoon teacher — I’ll have to think of a good nickname for her — and she’s great. Down-to-earth, sensible, articulate, friendly, mellow, self-confident, interested and interesting. So phew, no more anxiety dreams! She has lots of teaching Read More...