Now my room doesn't feel so barren. Heather helped me put up some butcher paper to cover my walls, and Linda gave me some border. It was the right price, free. Hurrah. Don't know if that is the final configuration, but I don't have to think about it right now. Double hurrah!
Now I have some color on my walls, I can visually see progress, although that isn't my #1 priority. I just feel more prepared than I was before. There is so much to do, I can't focus. I keep writing lists, where are they all? Now I have to keep them together.
I have some good ideas for initial writing assignments (thank you Heather!) Some things to help assess the students' previous knowledge. Big words like that make me feel like what I have planed is like what a real teacher would do for the first days. Heather said, that way I can spend time that week(s) figuring out what my PLC is doing and begin synchronizing with them.
Starting this stage in my life makes me feel like I have to make adult decisions now. Which makes me sad. But the decision making had to start so quickly, maybe I'll have time to look back and mourn my irresponsible in between time in the summer. Next summer seems so far away, but I feel like September was last week and I am already behind. Crap.
Everything is going so fast, and I don't think that is bad right now. If it was happening slower, I think I would have time to obsess and freak out.
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You still have time to obsess and freak out, you just have to multi-task. ; )
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