School year has started for me and I am in my element! But also exhausted. I love prepping the classroom, designing the first few lessons, meeting students for the first time, telling them about me, learning about them. I do not love all the paperwork we have to do… Benchmarks, SGOs, etc. I just want to teach and have fun doing it.
Since this year I have my own classroom, I created a theme for myself and students – “growth”. That is why the classroom has many shades of green and is decorated with eucalyptus leaves pretty much all over. I tried making it cozy by bringing a table lamp and hanging a string of lights. Also, I ordered postcards on Amazon which went on bulletin boards, too. Picasso, cats, and landscapes of Mexico.
I have a great feeling about this school year. I know I will probably feel differently sometime in March or May when everyone is running out of steam but right now I am enjoying being back with students and colleagues.
I am very much behind of Feedly blogs but I did finish my Trinidad book this morning! Feels like an accomplishment, that book was 300+pages long!
This week my head is swimming a bit in spite of many things being positive. When I get back home from work, it’s making dinner, playing with the kids, and trying to have some kind of legible conversation with T. Then baths and teeth, more playing or drawing or role playing or magna tiles, then books, songs, and by 7:30 (the latest) the kids are sleeping. I usually grab a book and inhale as much as I can then fall asleep. Next day, rinse and repeat.
By the way, folding laundry is out of control again.
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