I do love having one class all year but as far as prep work goes, it is not that fun. This way I only have to worry about planning and prepping for two classes each day. It does make it a little easier especially since 4th graders have 3 STAAR tests to take. I can really focus in on having meaningful math lessons to prepare them for the STAAR this year.
I am jumping a little ahead of myself right now because the new year hasn't even started yet and I am still working on getting my room ready for the year. It has been a little busy because all last week we had professional development off campus. It was great and I learned a lot that I am going to include in my classroom for this year but it has meant limited time in my classroom so far. Luckily, we are at our school all week so I should have more time to work in my room for the kids to come next week.
I have been quite busy at home this year getting things ready. I am determined to be much more organized this year so I have been working on putting some binders together to help me with that. I only have a few so far and I'm hoping it is enough to make it through the year but if not, I will just have to add some more.
These are only a few of them for now and they are pretty empty right now but I am sure I will fill them up as the year goes.
I'm also trying to get things ready for the first day/week of school. I know that I am not teaching reading but I still think that it is really important. I have ordered some books to give to my homeroom as a welcome back to school gift. I am teaching at a Title I school this year and I am sure that a lot of kids probably have very little if any books at home. I hope that they will appreciate the gift.
This has been a long post back. If anyone has some ideas for the first week back at school, please let me know. I really appreciate any advice.
Christina
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