Awesome 2nd Grade!

Wow! Day two is already in the books! I can tell we are going to have a FaBuLoUs year! All of the students are wonderful and eager to learn! Just like I like it :). I am going to attempt to set up a Twitter account to send information out that way. I'm also going to post important dates as they arise on this website. So make sure you check back often as things are constantly changing! I am so excited to spend time with your child!!

This was my classroom when I saw it for the first time. I am not going to paint the walls this year because of time constraints, but I believe I'll be painting next year. I also can't decide if I want a "theme" room or not...if you know me, you know that I am very here and there and a little unconventional. If I have a theme room it will have to be something that is not done very often, and to put it as easy as possible, I haven't found that or dreamed it up at 3 in the morning. Right now I have zebra curtains, but I plan to make some different ones with Mom if all goes well!

Summer, Week 2

So I received my "official letter of employment" from the board this week. That didn't mean I could relax for the summer...no, it meant time to get to work!! I went to look at my classroom on Tuesday and have been thinking about it ever since!! I am hoping to start decorating on Thursday of next week. I spent Thursday and Friday in professional development classes. Let me tell you, these classes really gave me some insight on important aspects of the classroom. Don't worry, I'll be sending home letters, notes, and anything else to help with the ways of Mrs. Holemon's second grade classroom. I absolutely can't wait to meet each and every child that will become wonderful learners in my classroom and it's only June!! Imagine the anticipation by August...

Checking books out of Mrs. Holemon's Library

Students will be assigned a clothespin with their name on it. Once he/she has found a book, they will clip their clothes pin to the basket. This will help each student learn how to care for the books and the library. Students will also have book sacks to store a chapter book and/or a few picture books. This will also help with nightly reading since students will read only library books at home...hopefully they will choose books that they will be eager to read :) This is the first of many posts of "summer ideas" that I hope to come across!!

The BIG News!!

On Tuesday, I received a notice that I would not be teaching the following year in the same school because of funding. I immediately started working to attempt to secure a job. I interviewed at Brookwood on Friday, and received a call with an attempt to hire that afternoon!! Finally, a semi-relaxing summer with the job hunt behind me!! Now on to the fun stuff...planning for my classroom! I have slept less now then when I was searching for a job simply from EXCITEMENT!!! I have thoughts of themes, lessons to create, decorations, etc. etc. running through my head constantly! I just hope the students are as eager to be in my classroom as I am :). I can NOT WAIT to meet these students!!! This will be my first official full year in a single classroom as I spent 6 months at TPS as a long-term sub in second grade and 11 weeks as a full time teacher at VES in second grade the previous year. I am so excited to see what we can learn and achieve in a WHOLE full year together!!!