My apologies, blog; you have been seriously neglected. But I must say, you have been missed!
We are in the final countdown to summer break now- 28 days and counting as of tomorrow! Wow! This semester had absolutely FLOWN by. And I am not talking about awkward, partially wounded bird flying! No! I am talking full on hummingbird here!
I have loved this first semester of teaching, but boy am I ready to plan for the coming new school year! It will be the first time I introduce a sparkling new (to me) classroom, the first time I start a new school year at the beginning- and I won't be a complete noobie teacher on top of that! Things are looking up!
What a trip it has been, though! I already have enough student/teacher stories to fill up a book in just a few short months (I know there are more to come!). I have made connections with my students that have surpassed all of my expectations when I started in January. And the best part is that my 5th grade students get to travel on to big, bad middle school along with me! I am so excited to be teaching middle school...
Here's the scoop on that one:
I always thought I would be a 3rd gradeish teacher. I quite confidently announced mid-college (when everyone and their mother in the education department asked what grade I wanted to teach), "3rd gradeish- definitely nothing over fourth grade," after being asked about a zillion times and getting weird looks when I gave vague answers. I didn't think I would ever ever ever be able to handle, let alone love, middle schoolers. Oh how wrong I was! Though some days I still think I can't handle it (for example, when "my" middle school boys slip off their shoes under the desk and we all slowly suffocate OR when you get hit in the face with a soccer ball or tackled by a middle schooler- again, BOYS), I wouldn't trade the awkwardness, the corny jokes, the moody, angsty middle schoolers I have come to love for anything!
So, here's to finishing out this school year with nothing but an extra growth spurt, positive thoughts and hilarious stories!
Happy almost summer!
Love,
Miss Laura
