Tuesday, January 1, 2013

New Years Resolution

I have decided not to make a resolution because I never stick with them.  Instead I hope to take better care of myself and to always think of others before making a decision.  These are two things I struggle with regularly.

In my professional life, I want to become better organized and to become a better teacher.  I want to work on making more time for centers.  I would love to go back and get my masters and this may be the year I start. 

What do you plan for the new year?

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Back to school already

Time to stop procrastinating and get ready to go back to school.  My grandkids are starting to get bored so I am sure my students are getting bored as well

I have been so busy shopping all the clearance sales this week.  Target clearanced out their yellow dots in the dollar section for 70% off.  I stocked up for Christmas next year. I have even managed to put away some toys for upcoming birthdays.

But back to school.  I am going to revamp my way of teaching spelling.  It needs to be geared to my students needs in fourth grade.  So I am going to use dead words and their synonyms, 5 prefixes or suffixes, and the rest will be vivid words.  This way I can start using Spelling City.com again. 

What do you use for spelling?