Lesson Planning

    Listen up first year teachers lesson planning does get easier!  Unfortunately, I spent a majority of my day going over for different curriculums for this upcoming school year.  I’m very thankful for my hoarding tendencies to keep all curricular materials in designated boxes with labels.  It is always OK to use teacherspayteachers.com to look up lessons that you struggle with.
      I spent some time setting up my classroom, enjoying towns with my coworkers, and getting organized.  Apparently, I over organize and have too many labels and too many boxes to the point I’m going to have to downsize.  I was so nervous for the first couple teacher workdays, that I forgot my keys phone and wallet at the house.  Being on able to open any of my cabinets was completely frustrating!  You know you’re becoming a veteran teacher when you have full folders filled with lesson plans from past years and you still have a hard time deciding what comes first.
     
  
     The big guy above me in the photo decided to almost make me late for work! The elk around here seem to rule the roads as well as the land.  This particular elk took 15 minutes of my time to gracefully walk across the road, and beeping the horn did not help the issue at all.  As I gaze out my classroom window, I can see all the potential of this upcoming school year. I just hope all the help decide to not be on the road before 7:30 in the morning. Talking about the life of the party, I can’t even seem to get into a routine the school year. It’s official folks I will be 30 in October and my midlife crisis must be happening right now at this moment. Do I get up earlier to get to work earlier or do I wait and chance being late. Do you think they will except an excuse of elk on my way at work?

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