Excited for Next Year

I am so ready for next year I have to remember to stay focused on this year.

Why?

Next year we are getting some brand new buildings in our district and I get to teach at one! We had our first staff meeting for next year on Friday and let me tell you what, I am so very excited. We got a lot of questions asked and picked out our rooms on the floor plan :) Our grade gets to share a "pod" with the third grade and we got to see what the insides look. Each classroom has a sink with drinking fountain and beautiful locked teacher storage and the students have lockers with doors (all I can think of is how nice it will be not to have coats all over the floor and the spreading of little itchy things...you know what I mean...I don't even want to say the word or y head will itch).

There are also a lot of unknowns but I feel bad because I have a wonderful class this year but I am so antsy for next year already...

I promise to post pictures of this amazing new school once I have them :)

Nail Wraps

Have you ever wished you had more time? I know as a teacher I think about all the things I would do with more time… one of these things has always been to go to the nail salon to get my nails done. I have a lot of issues with getting nails done MOSTLY time and money. That was until I learned about Jamberry Nails. They can be done at home and are not nearly as costly as salon nails.

I have recently become a Jamberry nails independent consultant and I would love to share Jamberry with you. If you are interested in a sample please let me know by filling in the following form. 

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I just applied this design today J

Do you have questions? Feel free to ask them here or by email natgunderson@yahoo.com.

2015 is almost here

I joined Stephanie from Mrs. D's Corner for a fun linky about our goals for 2015!

Personal: 

I used to have a pretty solid work out plan two years ago and last year it fell by the wayside (due to exhaustion from a rather difficult class to handle). I’d like to get back to my 30 minutes minimum 5 days a week.

Professional:

I have been selling on TpT for two years now but only began to take it more seriously this summer and the difference has been AMAZING! I want to continue to focus on my store and creating products that I need and will use in my classroom. Last year (much to my dismay) I could not attend the TpT conference in Las Vegas because I was on my honeymoon. I am going this year! I plan to make the most of the experience and really work to make connections with other sellers like me.

Planning:

I am getting better every year with planning but I hate the actual act of writing out lesson plans. I use planbook.com and I love it because I can copy and paste the base of my plans and can work from home on my lesson plans. I love that when I’m done I just print them out. The problem is that I actually have to finish them sometimes.

Organization:

Organization has never been my strong point (at school or at home). I am hoping to get my monthly teaching papers and books organized and give each month its own box and label it appropriately as well as throw away some older items that I don’t need anymore.

I also really want to take the time and organize and sort through the books in my classroom library. My students keep wrecking it because the system I have is just not working for us to organize them. I am thinking about putting circles on the front so the kids don’t have to open the book to figure out what bin it goes in (this extra step seems to take a lot of time for them).

Students:

This goes with my desire to better organize my classroom library…I want to start an AR program for my classroom. I did this at a former district and I loved it and the kids loved it. It helped with comprehension and the incentives helped them want to do well. I had hoped to get this started earlier this year but outside forces didn’t allow. I’d like to get organized and start this out with this year’s classes so I get off the ground and running right away next year.

Motto:

Even on the worst days I try to remind myself to stay positive. No matter what happens the next day will be a new day…

What goals do you have for 2015?