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What are you wearing?

My children love the song What are you wearing, What are you wearing, What are you wearing today today! We sing it at the end of each day and it is also one of the songs I use for the children to get their backpacks and line up for carpool. I loved my skirt today so I thought I would share it with you. Overall, I am loving my class. I have become extremely busy since school started with creating a lesson plan for each child, calling all the parents and preparing materials. My feet actually hurt at the end of each day! When I get home all I want to do is lay in bed and go to sleep :) But  I end up staying up too late because of my after school nap! But all that matters is that I am so happy and I wouldn't change where I am currently for anything!

Record Keeping

So yes, school started and I am loving every second of it! The first week I only had the kindergarten students and the second week the 3's and 4's were phased in on separate days. This past Wednesday all of my students were at school... all 21 of them! I was not sure how to go about keeping record of all the lessons I give. Before Friday, I had a calender that I recorded which lessons I gave on each day. I realized very quickly that this is not very effective and I had to start recording all the lessons in a better way asap! During training, my trainer provided us with a record keeping form. I filled it out with all the children's names along with the lesson I gave to them. I know I must also keep a form in each child's file so that I can keep track of how they did on each lesson, as well as presentations that I need to follow up with and those that need refreshing. Teaching is hard work. Keeping up with twenty one children's progress takes being organized and precise. Below is a picture of what the sheet looks like. I have highlighted all the presentations from week one and two in pink and the lessons I give next week I will highlight in a different color. So far it's working great!


Also, I found this amazing book with index cards and I love it! I am so happy that I bought two of them! I am using this one to record songs and cultural stories.

My Attire

At the school I work at, I am only allowed to wear long skirts or dresses, NO PANTS!!! It was really hard for me to adjust, but now I am comfortable with it and I actually love my outfits :)

PS...Excuse my tacky lunch box..hehe and the fact that it is falling out of my hand :)

Goodnight! Oh yeah.....