October 3, 2012

         Wahoo, it’s hump day! Today went very fast and I was very busy all day. When I wasn’t with the students I was running around making copies and running errands to get things done for the second half of the day. Mrs. Irvin stayed in the classroom until 8:30 last night running all of the worksheets and dittos that we need for the next two weeks. It was awesome to walk into class this morning and have the room set up and being prepared for the next two weeks. It relieved a little bit of my stress, since I am usually accountable for those responsibilities. I have learned some amazing organizational skills from Mrs. Irvin that I definitely plan to incorporate into my future classroom. Today was yoga day - and if you couldn’t tell I needed it! I am just a little stressed and could use a good day or two to hibernate. However, I am looking forward to teaching my “first planned lesson” for our kiddos tomorrow! It will be fun and I know our students will enjoy it because there is candy involved, and who doesn’t love candy during the school day!

         My highlight of the day today was when one of our students, a girl, during calendar time in the morning asked me why I was wearing my pajamas. I responded by asking her what she meant by my pajamas. She answered by pointing to my pink dress pants (pastel pink) and said they were pajamas. I asked her why and she said because they are pink. This little girl happened to be wearing pink leggings so I asked her why she could ware pink pants but I could not. She said I couldn’t wear pink pants because I am a teacher. So, I think I am going to be incorporating some fun colorful (professional) outfits in the future. Just to prove to my students that teachers can wear fun colors too!