My fellow teacher friends and I are at the GAETC Technology conference in Atlanta this week! I'm currently at a session with The Nerdy Teacher called Blogging: A Blank Canvas for Educators so I figured what better time to fire the blog back up! :) here's to hoping my next post won't take another year!

If you couldn't tell by the dates on my previous posts - I AM TERRIBLE AT BLOGGING. I always sit down determined to stick with it and then forget until months later. I want to try to make blogging a part of my normal routine this year.

I am beggining my second year of teaching 4th grade. I am HOPEFUL that my experience last year will make this year easier, so I might have some free time to blog instead of stress about school.

I haven't been up at school much this summer. I went a few times last week and preplanning starts Wednesday. No big projects this year - I conquered most of those last year. I will post a few things I create in the next few days like my ticket out the door chart, pencil borrowing system, and goal setting charts!

I did get the chance to revamp a VERY unloved bookshelf I found in the "free" pile at school. I wish I had taken a picture of it before! I covered the beat up edges in washi tape and covered the back in some cute mustache paper that I found in the locker section at Hobby Lobby. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out for relatively cheap ($3 washi tape that I used for other projects and $2 mustache paper!).

 

 

A FEW STARTER GOALS FOR THE YEAR:

BLOG! Stay on top of paperwork mountain... I have a tendency to let papers pile up! Become a DATA master. Take pictures of the kids and PRINT THEM to hang up in the room. Remember that they are just kids and have fun during the daily grind :) Get and stay organized!

 

 

Preplanning starts Wednesday. Kids come next Wednesday!

HERE WE GO!