Does anyone else every feel like they’re working on five
hundred projects at the same time? I
think that’s definitely the role I’ve taken on since we returned from Christmas
break (I know, that’s a long time ago).
I have about five different units I’m working on ranging from first
grade social studies to the water cycle to money, but I can’t seem to get
anything completed. I really need to
work on solving that problem. It’s
difficult to get things completed right now.
I’m wrapping up my third semester of grad school and our end
of the semester projects are stacking up.
I am working with a partner on a literacy project that is centered around
urban farming. On top of the paper, we
have to grade a 5’x3’ poster that will be presented to the undergrad students
(no pressure!). Thank the lord for
Creative Clips – she makes designing this poster so simple! The downside, it’s printed from a computer on
campus, so I can’t use any of my awesome KG fonts. It has to be windows compatible – yuck!
Thankfully, we have our Easter break coming up and a short
week ahead! This week the first graders
will come to my classroom for a little sneak peak at what 2nd grade
will be like for them next year. Since
social studies is my passion, I’m using my block to create a tiny activity for
them to work on. This will be pretty
interesting since we only have 20 minutes with them! We also have a Bunny Hop dance for the kids
on Thursday and a dress down day (we usually wear uniforms). Basically, this week will be chaotic and
crazy, so I’m using it as a time to review a lot of what we need to brush up
on. We completed a few different units
last week, so there is no sense in starting something big before the
break. Perfect review opportunity and a
chance to change things up a little bit.
The goals for this week are:
- · Authors Purpose
- · Regrouping Review
- · Money Pretest
- · Fraction Hands on Review
- · Opinion Writing
- · Talking to Our Text
I’m sure that there will be a few other things that I will
add on to that list as the week goes by.
This year has felt very scattered and disorganized. I had a set flow last year and this year our
school began using the Success for All (SFA) reading program and our world
changed. Everything we worked so hard to
create and build was washed away. Now,
as an educator and someone working towards that reading specialist endorsement,
I will say that SFA is not my personal favorite. However, I’m following the script and doing
everything I can do outside of our reading block to assist my students with
what they need.
Things change so much from year to year! I’m already planning for next year. I really want to break apart standards this
summer and dig deep into ways to work with them so that all of our students
needs are met. But that’s the summer and
it’s not even April yet and I still have a million things to finish. See what I mean? So many ideas and so little time!