Another month

Well once again, I make one post in the month of June and neglect the blog the rest of the time. Here we are in July. Seriously?! JULY?! Ugh. Where has this year gone?!

A little update with my teaching stuff. Ever since I "landed" this job, I have been wondering how I would start off the year. Sure in grad classes they tell you how to plan lessons and how to manage a classroom...but they don't actually tell you how to start off the year. The only thing I know about starting a new year is "Be very tough the first two weeks...otherwise, you will be trying to control the classroom the rest of the year." Alright, check. Be tough. I'm not worried about these kids liking me. Some will...some won't. So I guess I'll just be tough and hope for the best!

I've been meeting with my old 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Gruss. We have only met twice but I am already more relaxed and ready for this school year to start. She has given me so many science labs to use throughout the whole year. If I wanted to, I could literally sit down tonight and plan my entire school year...labs and all. Naturally, you have to be flexible so I will try to plan a few weeks out...and see how things go. Mrs. Gruss and I haven't even started talking about teaching math. I enjoy math, and I like to think I am good at it...but I am still a little nervous. Sure the science is easy...it's like second nature...but the math...hum, will be more of a challenge.

Now that it is the month of July, I can FINALLY meet with my principal again and get keys to the building and my classroom. With that, I can start planning my classroom layout, start hanging pictures AND get my hands on the textbooks. Thats right...I haven't even seen my textbooks but I am still confident I could plan out the whole year with what Mrs. Gruss has given me. Talk about an awesome lady!

Bruce and I are packing up the dogs and heading to Salina for the weekend. It will be a nice little vacation before my real work begins! I hope to meet with my principal next week...but I'll keep you posted! And just because I hate posting without a picture...here is a shot of me and Bruce at the Sporting KC game on June 9th. Opening night! They tied...but it was a GREAT game and awesome environment!

MB