BORING.. BUT THIS IS WHAT I DID TODAY!!!!

today we spent the majority of the time on curriculum alignment. this is where we make our plans for the whole year. and then we get all the teachers together and make sure there are not any gaps from grade to grade.

it took us all day just to write down what we are going to teach for each six weeks. tomorrow we will make sure we cover all the gaps for all the grade levels.

we still don't have our schedules or our class lists. there is never a win-win situation for these two areas of teaching. all of us want to teach our core subjects in the morning, but someone has to have music and p.e. at that time. our principal will probably lock herself in her office when she hands us these things, so that we don't all stampede her office at one time.

debra( my other 3rd grade partner) and i are going to have large classes this year. we both are going to have 19. that is large for us. i know that is very small for some of ya'll, but it is large for us.

i am ready for school to start. since we are starting later, the state has moved the TAKS test back. my students will not take the math until April 29. that is about 10 days later than usual.

this was kind of boring, but i know once school starts i will have better stories to tell. just getting my classroom ready. i will try to get some pictures so you can see what a small country school classroom looks like.

anyway i am ready for a nap, but i won't take one, so i can sleep tonight.