Back to School

Today was our first day back for Teacher Inservice. I was pretty undecided to be back. I am excited to see my co-workers, but MAN this Summer was over too fast. I'm very nervous to get this new crew of kiddo's. Jeni and I seem to be very different teachers from the Third Grade team. They are DYNAMITE educators, but just different than we are. I am nervous the students won't like us. I'm nervous that they will expect the year to be the same as what they left. Just nervous!

Today was pretty unproductive. We spent most of the morning visiting and setting our vision and framework for the school year. It felt like I'd start one mini-project and immediately get sidetracked! I walked from task to task without really finishing anything! ...like the bulletin board that is half way done, or the labels that are on half the cubbies...Adult ADD?

One of the many things I love about my school is that our Principal really values our time. She let us have most of the week to work in our classrooms! SO AWESOME! We did have a celebration in the afternoon because our MAP Scores were AAAAAMAZING. We ROCKED it this year! What an awesome validation for our hard work! For our Back to School Celebration we did one of those painting classes led by our fabulous Art teacher. It was a blast! As usual, I failed to pay attention and missed some important step so my painting came out quite a bit different than everyone elses'. Oh well.. artistic I am not. We are going to make a gallery wall with them, so I'll add a picture when we get it completed.

I have many hopes for this school year. I hope to relax and enjoy teaching again. We placed a lot of stress on ourselves last year. I just want to have FUN and get my confidence back. Hopefully this year is less work? 15 hour days just aren't doable.

I saw posts about traditions for the school year. I don't really have any, but I'd like to come up with some fun ones for this year. Ideas:

1. Breakfast the First Day with Kyle. Donuts maybe???

2. First Day of School Selfie :)

3. Mani/Pedi!

4. New outfits are always fun. I have two new dresses that I can choose from.

Day 2 tomorrow. Here's to being more productive with a To-Do List!!!

Katie