An Official End to Summer!

This is our behavior poster. Students will change their colored cards based on their behavior. All students begin each day with a while smiley card. Then if they receive warnings they have to change their card to pink. There are five colors over all. The poster will travel with my homeroom when they go to Mrs. Simmons for math and science.

Since my outside bulletin board was dedicated to the growth of our classroom, or Lions' Den, I decided to put each student's name in my homeroom on the door, so when they arrived on
Thursday night they would know where to go.

I copied the idea I used for Ella's first birthday party for each of my colored teams. I have five colored teams. (pink, blue, teal, orange, and green) Each team has a matching tub and set of polka dots hanging above their team.

This board will be for my special students of the week. I will select one student to highlight for my homeroom and one for Mrs. Simmons homeroom per week. This board will eventually have picture frames on it.

I love this polka dot pillow for my rocking chair that my friend Teresa thought would be perfect for me!

Today marked the official end to my summer! I had to begin work at 7:30, which was much earlier than I normally woke up this summer! Today was a productive day mostly working in our rooms. I did get a few things done in my room, so that made me feel a little better. Overall, I felt like I got more accomplished on the days when I went to work without being paid. I met with my new fabulous team and had a short meeting with both the principal and assistant principal. Tomorrow will be our really LONG faculty meeting. Of course, I am absolutely EXHAUSTED after working all day! It is definitely going to take my body awhile to adjust to this new change. I love my new school and the teachers I work with! I am very excited about the upcoming year. I can't wait to meet my new students that God has hand-picked for me on Thursday night!

Today was supposed to be Ella's first day at school. I called Brian to check to see how she adjusted, but when I called he said he was just leaving the doctor's office. She has had a runny nose, but this morning woke up with a runny nose and a pretty bad cough. Her official diagnosis was an ear infection and mild croup. Ella just decided she was not quite ready to begin school just yet! She wanted to spend a little extra time with her big brother and Grammy.