Already October?

Wow! Time flies! I can’t believe it is already October. School has been going great. Our themes have been butterflies, apples, and letters. Technology has really helped me because I was able to find butterfly PowerPoint’s and pictures on line, and play them on my classroom tv. I also collaborated with the other 2 kindergarten teachers to show interactive internet sites with the team board. I can’t wait to have one of my own! Our school has nettrekker.com it is an awesome search engine that has allowed me to find lots of lesson plans and age appropriate websites.

I have been taking a lot of pictures in my classroom and the kids love it. I download them onto my computer and play a slideshow on the tv. The kids are silent, and are so excited to see the pictures right away. I have also made some pretty neat newsletters to send home to my parents that show what is going on at school, instead of just telling. I have gotten a lot of positive comments from the parents.

This week I have a field trip, a release day, and grandparents day. It is going to be very busy! I have found a literacy website that I LOVE. Carlscorner.com has tons of free printables, center ideas, and lesson plan ideas. I have been busy copying everything off this year, and filing it so that next year I won’t have to go and investigate to find everything again.

My classroom is still coming together. There are lots of little organizational things that I still have not done, and I know I will feel much better once I do. I feel like I spend a lot of time there, but there is still so much to do. At least I enjoy every minute of it.

My home computer is still broken, and I am lost with out. I miss my color printer most. How sad is that? I like for all my binders to have nice covers, and the black and white just isn’t cutting it for me. I am glad my parents aren’t too far away because I can come home and print when I really need to.

Classes are going good, but they are picking up. I need to get working on my journaling and get ready for parent teacher conferences. I have been keeping a lot of my kids work so I think that will help guide my conferences.

Other than that, not much is going on. I am always busy, but that is the way I like it I guess. I am going to Columbia next week for the Mizzou game so I am excited about that. But, I also know I have to get a lot done at school this week so I don’t feel guilty about leaving for a whole weekend.

Hope everyone is doing great! Kindergarten is going good. Happy fall!