No Ryan Gosling here, but it is me and I'm back...not for good, just yet. It's that really crazy-busy time of year for me right now. Closing down the classroom, tying up loose ends, finishing up report cards, baseball, baseball, baseball...and of course blog stalking, just not much bloggING.
I'm amazed at teachers who are in the midst of tearing things down and are already thinking ahead to next year?!?! For real? I don't know, I'm sort of a one-day-at-a-time kinda gal right now. Keeping my head above water, so to speak. Organizing next year's classroom won't become front and center until, say, ummmmm....August? Mid-August? Late August. I hear our school is going to be one of the last to be cleaned, and they are stripping the floors this time...so we won't be allowed to come in until a week before school. That's both a blessing and a curse. Come August 1st, when my mind automatically transitions to "school mode" I'll be stressing...so I'll need to remind myself "This is a blessing"...and enjoy more days in the sun!!!
GaDzOoKs! So what made me think ahead this time? I haven't the faintest...but I did find myself making some numbers for our "bookshelves". Okay, actually it went something like this:
{The kids were busily working on something, probably Cara's Memory Book, }
I was being stealthy while putting things away {for some reason I feel a little guilty about tearing things down in front of the kiddos....I think it might make them sad!?!} when one of my little girls, who has this uncanny way of actually getting her work done, but knowing my every move and is all in my teacher-business at every minute of every day, said "Mrs. W. why didn't you ever put a number on my bookshelf this year?!?"
That's how I roll people - remember, there's a lot of good, bad and UGLY going on in Room 8!
To avoid this next year {because, truth be told, this is the second year of "missing number 15"} I made some numbers for our bookshelves. Thought you may want to use them too...numbers come in handy for a NUMBER of reasons..{ordering, comparing, calendar pieces, math center labels...}blogland has been such a good influence on me! Hee hee!
3 1/2 more days...
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