5 Day Thanksgiving Break

Yes, I feel very liberated right now. It feels wonderful knowing I have the next 5 days off from teaching. I can do whatever I want at whatever time I want. Like right now I am still up at 1:50 a.m. Crazy hour, but if I had to work tomorrow I would not be able to do this.

I will definitely enjoy my days off. Spend time with family and do some Christmas shopping!

New School Year-4 Months Late

I actually forgot about this having this blog. I'm was just sitting here relaxing at home and all of a sudden I remembered the blog. This may sound hard to believe; however, with teaching and personal issues going on this blog fell out of my radar. Better late than never!

This school year (2010-2011) is my third year teaching 4th grade and my sixth year teaching. It has been a bit of a challenging school year for me with the increased demands of the job. There has been various occasions I just wanted to walk out of the classroom and leave teaching for good. The main thing that kept me going during the last two months is the students and last, but not least; the time off. I would definitely miss it. I think the district I teach in is shifting in a new direction so this could be the increase of demands. I will ride it out, but I do believe I have to look elsewhere for another teaching position at the end of the school year. I have been at the same school for six years and this year the dynamics have changed to where I don't feel comfortable anymore. So in the meantime I will start working on that resume and cover letter. Of course, also give the best I have to offer to my students.

TAKS Is Over!

Yippee!!! I am so relieved that TAKS testing is finally done for me. These last two days have been very long. The constant walking around the classroom to monitor my students made time drag. I would look at the clock and only 5 minutes had passed. Talk about boring. My feet are suffering for now and I feel worn out. Looking forward the the weekend to recuperate my energy and normal feeling to my feet.

Last Week Before TAKS Testing

This is the last week before the TAKS test for Reading and Math is administered next week.  I am ready to get this testing over with. It has gotten monotonous; doing one math warm up after another. Working on building the students' testing stamina has also gotten tiresome. I can just imagine what it is like for my students if I am overloaded on teaching to the TAKS. This week so far has consisted on working intensely with students in small groups. I'm surprised I haven't started having nightmares about fractions, word problems, or measurement. Thank goodness for that!

Last 13 Days Before TAKS Writing

13 days left before my 4th grade students take the Writing TAKS on March 3.  The 13 days on counts the actual school days and not the weekends.  I am very confident in their abilities.  I have been pushing these students to go up a notch.  It has been difficult but I am seeing the results.  I am very confident in them that they will succeed on March 3! Yippee!!

Back to My Blog

Wow! I somehow forgot I had this blog. I have been neglecting it. I guess with being busy at school and still coming home and doing some work is time consuming. I definitely need to keep up with this blog.