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Planting wildflowers. |
Someone asked me recently where I haven been and what I have
been up to – more specifically, why I hadn’t updated in so long. Well, there are quite a few reasons
actually, so why not dive in a little bit right here. My last post came at the end of summer as we geared up
toward summer break. What followed
over the course of the school year has been nothing less than chaotic and wonderful all wrapped into a large, messily wrapped box - bow may or may not be included!
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Group reading activities. |
The weekend before school started, we moved from south of
Detroit to north of Detroit. This
means I moved away from the area I’ve know my entire life and to an area I was
only semi familiar with. The
change has been wonderful! I love
our new home and can’t wait to reach a point when we can do those updates that
we are really pushing for (that kitchen!).
Later in September, we took a weekend trip to Boston and
well – I returned an engaged woman!
I was hoping it would happen then and I was so happy when it did! I went into full-blown wedding planning
mode as I knew I wanted to get married the following summer. We set our date for July 14, 2018 and
we are doing a full on brewery wedding.
As the date inches closer and closer, I’m finding that we are taking on
more and more tasks towards planning.
I can’t imagine how people plan large, elaborate weddings. Planning something small is hard
enough.
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Osmo was a huge hit in our classroom! |
Now on to the meat and potatoes of it all….THE SCHOOL
YEAR! This year I had a classroom
that started with 16 students and is ending with 13. I know, sounds like a dream, right? Well, it has come with it’s own set of
unique challenges. I’m teaching 3rd
grade, but it’s more of an intervention style My students came to me ranging in
reading abilities from end of kindergarten to second grade levels. This required a lot of planning and
thinking of what to do and how to do it.
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We were into planting veggies this Spring! |
Now that we are at the end of the year, finishing up state
testing (which we all know is the worst), I am starting to reflect and really
think about how and why I’ve done things.
I’m beginning to build my summer reading list and collect ideas for what
to do in the coming school year. I
definitely want to implement some type of social-emotional curriculum that
supports mental health. I know
that I also need to value my own mental health and hope push myself to pull
back when I need to instead of
just trudging forward.
Lastly, I’ve had so many requests to finish the First Grade
Social Studies Bundle! I am so
fortunate to have people that support and love what I do and create. That is this summer goal – revamp and
complete! Well, and get married,
but we already know that. I
definitely want to add multiplication and division facts to my math factbundles as well. We’ll get there.
Eventually!