The time has come!

No way this really happening!

I've been dying to get into my classroom pretty much ever since I found out I got the job and saw the class in May. Who wouldn't? I want it to be perfect. Pinterest has been great in providing ideas that I otherwise would never have thought of but it also provides false hope... seriously! It probably has more to do with I'm not very crafty, thrifty, or patient than anything else.

I see this great, fun, colorful (but not overwhelming and crazy), classroom but no idea how to get from a completely blah and blank canvas to an ORGANIZED fun environment! This is when I need all of my teacher peeps from back home! My classroom is a bizarre shape in the first place. No counter tops to use for shelving/storage but fortunately TONS of closets! HIDE THE MESS!

I got to spend a lot of time with the super awesome tech guy and it was great picking his brain and getting an insider scoop on a lot of the stuff I was never exposed to. Like needing to place "orders" for getting tech help, student log ins, my log in, access, a student's ipad. SO. MUCH. STUFF. After 4 hours of being there my brain was officially on system overload so Ash and I went to Costco and had some retail therapy.

This week I'm off from the daycare so I spend pretty much all day at the school going through drawers and cabinets pretty  much taking inventory. I need to spend a lot of time familiarizing myself with pretty much all new curriculums. I've looked them up and done some research on them over the summer but not had full access to any of them.

It's exciting, yet so overwhelming that I can start getting my hands dirty and figuring out what works and what doesn't.

I just have to remember to breathe and that I have over a month to get stuff set up!!!

Catch up!

I have totally dropped the ball on this whole blogging thing! I just don't know what to write about... All Stelly and I do is work! Correction: I work, Stelly sleeps and plays with Mo. Daycare in the day, bar at night. If I were doing some exciting DIY projects, I'd be sharing that with you! Once I get access to my classroom I'll probably start more because my hopes is to start a teaching blog for other teachers to follow with resources for what is working in my classroom. BUT I don't have my keys yet! The anxiety might kill me. I'm dying to start going through the classroom to see what all is in there, and familiarize myself with two new curriculums.

What I have started though is getting all of my IEP dates together and working on individual folders for each student. Each folder for now will have their goals, all progress monitoring sheets (reading, writing, math), and a contact form that seconds as a parent contact log. I've gone through all of the IEP's that I have and made note of the IEP that need changing due to part time K's going into First; so mostly extending the time they'll be receiving services. Staples need to have their penny sale and teacher day sale ASAP, I can get more done when I have that stuff!

I've also been trying to work on a letter home to introduce myself to parents and welcome students but that is going very slow because I hate talking about myself.

MOMMY WILL BE HERE TOMORROW!!! 

Yup yup. Mom and Daisy left yesterday and are taking the long way from UT to WA. She'll be here for 4 or so days and I'm excited! I've got Tues-Thurs off to spend some time with her and D. Stelly will be happy to see D, I probably can't say the same for D. She loved being an only child when Prairie passed before I got Stelly. So far no plans!