End of Week Three!

    Yes, it is Saturday morning and I'm about to leave my home to go to work. I'm not going to school. Well, not now. I'll do that at 5:30 this afternoon. When I leave in a few minutes, I'll be going to my part-time job!  My husband asked me how long I planned to try to keep this up? My reply, "Why do you ask? Don't you think I can?" Well, what a trick question..... The actual answer is that I'm not sure. I'll do it as long as it doesn't interfere with my teaching job.  I only have a few minutes and wanted to give an update on the week.

    Yesterday, Friday the last day of week three, was a GREAT day. Did I get everything done I had planned? NO, I didn't. However, I saw a lot of improvements with the sound level in my room and the transitions from center to center. I was able to meet with three of my reading groups in one day which was also an improvement. I may still have to adjust the groups and try to reduce the number of groups because I don't think I'll be able to have six groups. I'm still working on that.

    How do I feel? I'm still really physically tired and sleepy. This week, I have stayed late everyday and when I say late I mean I have stayed at school until after 7:00 pm every afternoon except for Monday and Friday. I had to leave at 4:00 pm to get to my part-time job. On the other hand, mentally, I'm totally pumped. I love thinking about my students and seeing changes that are already occurring. I absolutely LOVE going to school. I have 25 students and I DO have several who are very active and do things they know that they shouldn't do. However, I know that I can be consistent with my behavior management and they will learn the rules and consequences. Even with some demanding students, I am so much happier in this classroom than I was in my previous position. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely LOVED teacher training in technology integration. But I wasn't doing that everyday. If I had been doing that everyday, that would have been my dream job. Next to that dream job, this is Heaven on Earth for me!

    Check back and see how week 4 turns out!