Maybe a little over a month ago I was offered a position to teach at a private school as a first grade teacher. All of my previous school experience has been in public school where there are classrooms pushing 30 kids, limited supplies and para-professionals to help with the difficult students. The school I was offered a position at is the antithesis of the environment I am used to. I am the sole teacher, helper, and aide of the room. I will have less than 20 kids and I can teach with my very own, personal SMARTboard installed beautifully at the front of the classroom. So, needless to say I accepted the position and I am so excited to finally have the key to my very own classroom! I think I literally jumped up and down when I got it! In the weeks that have gone by since that moment I have felt the whole spectrum of emotions, including feeling like I'm never going to be prepared enough to teach the fragile little kids coming to the "big" school for the first time!
While I have been fruitlessly planning in my spare time for this wonderful classroom of mine I have visited many other teachers' blogs to get inspiration and ideas. I found so many great things that I decided to start a blog of my own. I am going to share my thoughts, ideas, experiences, and failures on here for other teachers to learn and grow from as well. I hope that my blog is able to help somebody the way that others have helped me. And, if nothing else, I think it'll help me reflect on my own experiences as I journal my way through my first year as a Bobcat (our mascot)!
This is what the room looked like when I first went to visit it:
Stay tuned for the transformation that will soon be taking place! I am thinking grouped desks, work areas for centers, and a "Swinging in to First Grade" monkey theme!
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