Yesterday was my first day off -- FINALLY. After working all weekend at Lowes, I have to admit... I really spent most of the day not doing anything. I did one load of laundry. I took apart the vacuum and cleaned it out, then proceeded to vac only 2 rooms of my house before losing interest... And I've spent far too much time on Pinterest lately.
I can use the heat as an excuse. My a/c is broken and we're waiting for parts to come in. Thankfully it's been in the 80s this week. We were sweltering last week when we had a couple days in the 90s (97, in fact!). Unfortunately, it's going to be climbing back up there again next week, so fingers crossed that whatever part he needs comes in soon!!
At any rate... I think I did 2 or 3 weeks of Kindergarten lesson plans so far. I haven't touched any of my EBOB books since last Thursday at school... I do have the year pretty well mapped out, however. I tried to look at what I wanted to do and tied back in with what the teachers do in their classrooms. For example, when 3rd grade teachers traditionally study Native Americans, I have 3rd grade scheduled to research Native American Games. My new issue, of course, is that I created my timeline in Word, and it isn't converting into Google Docs very well so I can share it easily. I'll probably end up just making it a PDF for download.
It's hard to actually "plan" things for the library. Did I explain this already? I have a completely "flex" schedule -- no one has a set day/time to come to the media center. They sign up on a week-by-week basis. The problem I have is that my school is VERY program-rich. In addition to EC and ESL pull-outs we have Sonday (a reading program), Fast ForWord (another reading program), Guided Reading (which is not done in the classroom here, it's small-group pull-outs where the teacher has a group, her assistant has a group, a specialist has a group, and/or a part-time tutor has a group), Acceleration (which is similar to remediation, only in reverse -- we teach the skill a week ahead of time so when the teacher teaches it the following week, it's not new information anymore), Read to Succeed, Reading Academy... Then we have our special areas... PE twice a week, Music, Art, and Guidance. Plus we have Math Lab and Literacy Lab. We have mandatory Character Education taught every day, followed by Math Matinee... And I teach Character Ed, Guided Reading, and Acceleration classes, plus I had 13 mentees this year (usually every teacher is assigned 1 student, but since I have a flexible schedule...). It's hard to make time for teachers. And first grade hogs the best days/times.
But with our budget cuts, we are hoping (again, fingers crossed!!) that we'll lose a lot of this "extra" stuff and the kids will spend more time in their classrooms. We know EC is taking a huge hit this year to their budget. The rumor mill says that we're losing a school that was nothing but EC students and that they're all going to be coming to my school next year. All I know is that she warned the teachers that many will be moving to other classrooms.
But at any rate... I was trying to keep up with individual classes, but some never come so they'd be stuck on beginning of the year material all year. My plan for this year is to have my timeline and be able to tell the teachers that THIS is what I'm doing this week. Sign up if you'd like your class to participate. Otherwise, it's on you to make sure the kids know this information. Maybe then they'll come. Especially when I have whole units planned.
I suppose I have wasted enough time this morning. I should probably get something accomplished. Back to work! After all, that's what summer vacation is for!
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