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I have one more day off. This is awful. Vacation ended so quickly, it seems. Here, then gone. I guess it is that whole "time flies when you're having fun" thing, and I had such a great time off, but it has been so great that I want more! Just another week would be perfect, and then I'd be ready.
I have done not much to get ready for going back to school, but I know little about the students, not even most of their first names, and really need to see their IEPs before I can plan much of anything. I also need to see my classroom before I can design too much for my classroom. I made bulletin board signs, but that's it. I don't know what size to put anything. Friday will be a very, very busy day and night.
Luckily, as far as curriculum, I just have to plan some assessment activities for the first week or so, because thanks to my curriculum, I already have an outline of what I would like to teach this year. Unfortunately, I have not worked on my curriculum much over break, but I think I needed a break from all of it, really. Mercy, teaching, curriculum work, all of it. I did nothing much of anything for the past two and a half weeks, and I feel all the more relaxed and refreshed because of it.
In non-school anxiety-anxiety news, Dan took me to IKEA and bought me things for my apartment for my birthday. It was such a nice, nice gift, and I feel so much better about my apartment! It's a place to relax and unwind and feel comfortable now, with everything organized and where it belongs, as well as bright and colorful!
We got a new chair that is way more comfortable than the one I had, a new desk wth storage, some pillows and blankets, new curtains, and little things here and there. We still have to get a new desk chair and bookshelves, and a curtain rod --- as well as some frames for my artwork. We thought we found a bookshelf, but there was no way to fit it in the car, so I have to go somewhere and get two little bookshelves instead. I also got new art for my room from D.C., and picture frames, and it just looks so much better. Once all those things are done, I am going to take lots of pictures and post them up, because it looks so nice (gracias gracias gracias mi amor) and I want to show it off!!
I have done not much to get ready for going back to school, but I know little about the students, not even most of their first names, and really need to see their IEPs before I can plan much of anything. I also need to see my classroom before I can design too much for my classroom. I made bulletin board signs, but that's it. I don't know what size to put anything. Friday will be a very, very busy day and night.
Luckily, as far as curriculum, I just have to plan some assessment activities for the first week or so, because thanks to my curriculum, I already have an outline of what I would like to teach this year. Unfortunately, I have not worked on my curriculum much over break, but I think I needed a break from all of it, really. Mercy, teaching, curriculum work, all of it. I did nothing much of anything for the past two and a half weeks, and I feel all the more relaxed and refreshed because of it.
In non-school anxiety-anxiety news, Dan took me to IKEA and bought me things for my apartment for my birthday. It was such a nice, nice gift, and I feel so much better about my apartment! It's a place to relax and unwind and feel comfortable now, with everything organized and where it belongs, as well as bright and colorful!
We got a new chair that is way more comfortable than the one I had, a new desk wth storage, some pillows and blankets, new curtains, and little things here and there. We still have to get a new desk chair and bookshelves, and a curtain rod --- as well as some frames for my artwork. We thought we found a bookshelf, but there was no way to fit it in the car, so I have to go somewhere and get two little bookshelves instead. I also got new art for my room from D.C., and picture frames, and it just looks so much better. Once all those things are done, I am going to take lots of pictures and post them up, because it looks so nice (gracias gracias gracias mi amor) and I want to show it off!!