are you ever ready?

So this year I am going into my 4th year as a 1st grade teacher, I absolutely LOVE my firsties! I feel like every summer I give myself big projects to work on ...am I alone? I love perfecting my routines and procedures and even planning. Last summer I worked a lot on mentor sentences, getting to know how they work and creating a google slide presentation for every single story/week. I have to say it was A LOT of work but it was so worth it! Mentor sentences this last school year went wonderfully and I loved having everything ready to go and on my smartboard. SO worth it!

That being said this summer I have a few more things I am tackling, I have made slides for my smartboard with a question for everyday that students can slide their name over and answer....digital graphing! We need this for our Everyday Math daily activities so I thought why not! I am also tackling creating a lesson progression for my teamates and I for literacy stations (I believe I am done with that) I just will need to make the stations as we come to them, YAY! I am also working on a writing progression, one of my weakest areas I feel so I am really working hard on this and doing lots of research. There are other little things that I am doing, but these are the biggest ....but I ask myself all the time why can't I just enjoy not thinking about school or what I want to change and improve? Am I alone in this? Some of my teacher friends tell me I am crazy, just relax and enjoy summer. The reality is people ...I don't think I know how LOL! My classroom is my most favorite place to be, it is where my "good stuff" is and all things have a home and the little people are all trained to put things back where they go (why I can't get my OWN little people to do this I will never know).

SO here I am a little less then a month away from going back and as much as I do need a break I can't help but continue working for my classroom and school. Crazy? probably but oh well thats just me... never happy unless my plate is overflowing... actually lets be honest I have much bigger then a plate, more like a turkey platter full LOL 😀... BUT my heart is also full so to me thats happiness!

TTFN,

Vallee