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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Some New Things
This will be a quick one today:
Check out my TpT store for new anchor charts for the classroom, with more on the way as I get them together
Check out my TpT store for new anchor charts for the classroom, with more on the way as I get them together
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The End of Summer: Reflection
Where did the time go? I hate that even with a longer break it still feels like I need more time.
I spent most of June resting after delivering my son and coming to terms with losing him. There is a lot that will remain unanswered but the confidence of my doctors that something like this will not happen again has calmed my mind. My body has healed and the rest of it will come together eventually.
A lot of my mentality at the beginning of the summer has remained. Call it a delayed 7-year itch as I start year 8 of teaching. It just wasn't the best experience I could have had with my students last year...all personal things aside, I've lost a lot of inspiration. Somehow I'll find a way but I don't know how. Building a music program isn't easy, and I'm beginning to wonder how long it will actually take to do so.
This is the first year that I'll not have to do any drastic revisions to make to my planning which takes a ton of stress off of me. I want to be calmer this year and be able to get my students working at an independent level on just about everything. That is going to take a lot on my end but I'm determined to make it happen.
Definitely one of my more disjointed posts. I think with so much to prep for and so much that I have been absorbing over the summer my mind is definitely thinking about too much all at once. I have one week of freedom left and I hope as the year starts up I can maintain calmer composure for the sake of my own health in making decisions on where my future in education lies and the challenges I will face in my personal life.
I spent most of June resting after delivering my son and coming to terms with losing him. There is a lot that will remain unanswered but the confidence of my doctors that something like this will not happen again has calmed my mind. My body has healed and the rest of it will come together eventually.
A lot of my mentality at the beginning of the summer has remained. Call it a delayed 7-year itch as I start year 8 of teaching. It just wasn't the best experience I could have had with my students last year...all personal things aside, I've lost a lot of inspiration. Somehow I'll find a way but I don't know how. Building a music program isn't easy, and I'm beginning to wonder how long it will actually take to do so.
This is the first year that I'll not have to do any drastic revisions to make to my planning which takes a ton of stress off of me. I want to be calmer this year and be able to get my students working at an independent level on just about everything. That is going to take a lot on my end but I'm determined to make it happen.
Definitely one of my more disjointed posts. I think with so much to prep for and so much that I have been absorbing over the summer my mind is definitely thinking about too much all at once. I have one week of freedom left and I hope as the year starts up I can maintain calmer composure for the sake of my own health in making decisions on where my future in education lies and the challenges I will face in my personal life.
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