Hello! It’s been a minute since I’ve posted. School has been crazy. Really, everything has been crazy. The weather has been warmer than normal and I think the kids have spring fever! Concentration and focus have been out the window or some of them. My kids have been going through a lot at home too between medication changes and diagnosis of various kinds. It’s been a long couple of weeks!

I will be having surgery in June. Outpatient, minor surgery, but still alot happening. In the summer, I fall into a kind of funk. When I don’t have a class and school to go to, I tend to lose my purpose I guess you could say. So I made plans to keep myself busy this summer. I have started writing letters, penpals. There’s a Facebook group for people who want to become penpals. I joined and have received several letters. So that will keep me busy some.

I also have a new curriculum to learn for next school year. For the past several years I’ve not had curriculum.. I created a standards based curriculum map that I use in my class, but I find or create all the resources I use in my class. (Teacher’s pay teachers is a life saver!) The new curriculum my director ordered looks amazing and I can’t wait to learn more about it. I’ll be traveling with my husband as much as I can too. And learning to incorporate the smart board into my teaching more for next year too.

Every year I also do a virtual conference called Elevate. I’ll be doing that this summer as well. And I have an assistant next year in my class so I’ll be working with her to incorporate more crafts into our days.

So I think this summer I’ll be busy enough to not fall into that funk I’m normally in. I hope so anyway. More later!