I seriously just lost an extremely long post...
I will try to retype it. OMG that hurt...
Well, if anyone is actually reading this, KUDOS! I have succeeded in not posting for almost a year, but I have a good excuse, grade level change nightmare (eee, eee, eee Psycho sound inserted here!)
At least that is what I thought when I heard about and was forced to make the unwanted, and I think unwarranted change.
However, it has turned out to be great! (not where I want to be, but still not terrible.)
I got some of my old students back, which helped tremendously because I knew their strengths, and weaknesses in academics and behavior. Plus, I knew their personalities already. Also, I knew many of the other second graders (YES, THAT'S RIGHT, SECOND GRADE) so it helps at recess and other time to be able to call out actual names. (And it catches them off guard ;)
I have been in a time crunch all year, which explains the hiatus, because it seems I have been doing things at the last minute. This is because everything I had previously made and organized, became obsolete with the grade change. However, I am feeling better about it now because I have gotten some much needed rest and time to refill my "teacher tank." (We had to have grades posted by 12/20 this year, so this greatly helped in freeing up Christmas Break.) I have gotten the chance to stalk pinterest and TPT and find some great things, that I might actually get printed and/or laminated!
The best thing I found was this organizational binder set from TPT. It is by Haley O'Connor and it ROCKS, seriously!
I will link it here...
If you purchase this, you will have to be organized!
It cost only $5.50 and with Teks included was a true bargain.
I ran to the office supply store to print it off at an outrageous printing fee, when I could've waited to print at school, but it was that good!
I am going to link her store too, because I am sure there are other amazing buys to be had!
I also bought Teks "I can" statement posters and strips, so that I could hang the posters in the classroom and use the strips to organize files and figure out what the heck I am teaching in each CSCOPE...
OOPS! I mean Texas Resource System unit. What a terrible error to make, TRS is nothing like CSCOPE.
(#sarcasm)
Well anyway, the posters are awesome...
I will link the store that sells these because there are too many flavors to choose from!
It is called Teachin' Little Texans.
And as for these strips, I printed them 2 pages per sheet to put in my planning binder so that I could tab each of the Teks I am meant to cover in each ELAR and Social Studies unit...
P.S. Did I forget to mention that our school is now departmentalized, and I now have the joy of only teaching ELAR and Social Studies to 40 children?!?
Oh, I must have been so overjoyed that I blocked it from my memory...
(#sarcasmkills)
Well, "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are right?"
I am seriously scared this post will get lost again if I press any buttons...
I did okay on the redo, not as funny as the first try, but you will just have to trust me on that!
P.P.S. I am forced (ahem... I mean) awarded the privilege of doing Saxon Phonics. To make them less boring to teach (the lessons, not the students :) I have made Powerpoint (the newest Microsoft version) slideshows for each lesson. I did not include the history lesson about the Celts and Anglo-Saxons and what-not (super boring) but the majority of the rest of the lesson is included. It makes them easier to follow and a bit shorter. I did not do a slideshow for the assessment days either (days that end in 5 or 0.) However, that being said, would anyone be interested in buying these from TPT? They have a fair amount of work put into them and have many animations that keep the students attention. (If you have watched a Saxon Phonics lesson being taught, even on youTube, you will see a fair amount of yawning, and leaning, and laying down of heads... Take that as you will.) If you or someone you know has to... I mean gets to teach Saxon Phonics, and would be interested in purchasing these if available let me know by comment or email.
Well, I guess that does it for now...
Oh, one more thing, my new year's resolution is to stay up to date and informed on the bajillion websites I belong to and stalk,
What's yours?
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