Good morning friends! It is 4th of July weekend and I am just sitting here on this quiet Sunday morning, looking out my deck doors at the beautiful sunshine and reflecting on life. It is not often that I stop long enough to have time to notice the blessings around me, but I want to make a conscious effort to do that each day. I am even going to start a blessings journal and begin writing in it each day. During the school year it is so easy to get caught up in the mundane day to day tasks that we all have - lesson planning (though that can be quite fun and exciting, yet sometimes a chore as well), meetings, behavior concerns, academics, politics, paperwork, testing, testing, and MORE testing... It's so easy for me to become discouraged, down, and dwelling on the negative. I've decided that to change that I need to make a conscious effort each day. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that feels this way from time to time. We all have struggles. That's life. It ha...
Good morning sweet teacher and non-teacher friends! I thought I would post some pics of my classroom at the beginning of last school year and then you'll be able to see the differences when I set up for 2017-18. I am transitioning my theme from owls to pineapples. I just LOVE what pineapples symbolize - hospitality. Our classroom motto will be "Stand Tall. Wear a Crown. Be sweet on the Inside." What great character traits for an elementary classroom! These go along GREAT with our School Wide PBIS system as well. Be Safe. Be Respectful. Be Responsible. I always want students, parents, and visitors to our room to feel welcome and comfortable. I also want to be comfortable in my home away from home. Let's face it. We spend most of our waking hours during the school year in our classrooms and they have to be a pleasant place to spend our time or it's not a very nice place to be. So...here are some pics from LAST year's (2016-17) tour... This is my cubby ar...