Two Weeks In
It's hard to believe I am two weeks into this new school year. 9 days of school. I feel like I know my students really well and they are already getting all the routines down. Yet, when I stop and really think about just NINE days, that is really no time at all. Many teachers discuss how September is a really hard month and you sometimes wish you could skip right past it. You want to have students know what to do, you want beginning of the year assessments over with, and you want to be into the routines of teaching. While I am definitely in agreement of wishing I could sometimes jump ahead to October there really is something special about September. This week I received my first picture. Hand drawn on a scrap piece of paper it had little hearts and a message of "I love you. You are the best teacher!" (I know, right!?!) Yes, elementary teachers will be gifted several of these types of notes and pictures throughout the year. ...