Oh boy was Monday morning a crazy start, here's how it went.....I woke-up did my morning thing: take a few minutes to myself, get ready, make coffee, and start to gather my stuff to get on the road. EXCEPT, one vitally important item was missing. Any guesses? (Hint: Check out the picture below!)
Yes, you guessed correctly. My keys. They were no where in sight. Not in any couch cushions, not buried in any teacher bag, not underneath any papers. They were NOT in my house. I'll let you ponder and wonder on where you think my keys were actually located. So keep thinking on it and maybe I'll tell you at the end of this post...
I cannot contain my excitement over my agenda board letters and table numbers!!! They are going to look great up around my room.
I feel like I've been buried in books for days. They are everywhere in my room, which is a huge goal of mine. Just because I think they are in every corner doesn't mean I will stop investing in them. My theory is that you cannot have too many. However, trying to get all of these books leveled and labeled is a whole different story, fortunately though I have amazing sisters who always help. We got many labeled and organized as I start to continue into the school year I will work on organizing them even more. For now, I am happy with where they are at. However deciding on checkout procedures is a different ball game. I have used Classroom Booksource in the past and last year I chose to use index cards. My index card system simply required students to bring me their index card before checking out a new book, which lead me to the problem of books disappearing. Classroom Booksource was good, I just did not have a reliable internet connection, but the site allowed for me to have a better grasp on checkouts. This year I will have a 1:1 iPad classroom so I am thinking of giving it another go. As you can see my struggle is real. What are your thoughts on classroom library management???
Let's talk stickers and Erin Condren planners real quick. I have no comparison to any other planners except the teacher planner provided by schools BUT I adore my EC planner. It is my go to for all things planning and I'm even more excited that I have extra checklist sheets in the back this year to include grades. Unfortunately it can't hold everything (let's be honest-we have to keep up with a lot of things!). It does however have these adorably simple number stickers! I don't know if I got these in my EC planner last year. I just wrote the numbers in the tiny circles, however I have already put these stickers in all their correct places and spaces for each month, except for August. I already wrote them. It's the little things!
As I look ahead to my first week with kiddos, my brain is open to 100 tabs each hour and constantly thinking of more to do. I can go into the week ahead knowing I have at least one thing planned for the week! My first day read aloud...
Yes, I am reading this picture book to my fifth graders. "First Day Jitters" by Julie Danneberg is a fun, surprising little book that I enjoy reading with my kiddos immensely. I know they are going to enjoy this story on Monday! If you are still searching for the perfect first day read aloud book you need to stop everything now, go to the local bookstore and get this book because your search is over.
...so if you're still paying attention and still wondering, my keys were at a local restaurant, not even in the same zip code as me. Yep, that's a true real life story! They fell out of my purse during lunch. Things could have been worse and I did SURVIVE teacher plan week! If you haven't already joined in the linky fun with Doodle Bugs Teaching, you should. Wishing you all a relaxing, terrific weekend!
Your pile of books looks a lot like mine! I don't have any solutions for checkout. :(
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