Sunday, July 29, 2012

My First Blog Hop - First Day Jitters!

Fierce in Fourth is having a Blog Hop and I am giving it a try. This whole blogging thing seems to come with a new language I need to learn... linky, favicon, button, etc. My head is spinning, but in a great way.

My first week jitters:
1. I am waiting to see if my principal is going to change our lunchtime to create a more manageable schedule for supporting the many combination classes our school has next year. I don't feel like I can make solid plans until I know what time I go to lunch for how long I am will have 40 kids in my class.
2. I hope that our new N-Computing system will be installed by the first day of school since I unhooked all of my computers yesterday to clean and move tables. If not, I guess I will be signing up for the computer lab a lot. :)
3. This may seem like a strange jitter, but I am a little lot OCD so it is a big deal to me. I hope that I will like the changes I made to my classroom including getting rid of my teacher desk and a table I had in the back of the classroom for small groups, parents helpers and one-on-one aides for some of my friends, moving my computer tables (they now block my second whiteboard, but I can still post things on it), and my new classroom theme - owls. I am pretty sure it will all be okay, but these are the things that keep me awake at night.





4 comments:

  1. Thanks for stopping by my blog hop! It's so nice to see someone else starting out blogging.

    I started blogging just a short bit ago... but I did some web design prior so I have most of it figured out.

    Did I read that you will have 40 kids?!?! Wow!

    Can't wait to see more!
    Ashley @ Fierce in Fourth

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    1. Hi Ashley -
      I am having fun with the blog hops!

      I will have 40 kids for part of the day. We have a 3/4 combination class. The fourth graders have a different lunch time, so I will cover some of the kids while the teacher is at lunch. I will also take them for science and PE. For the rest of the day I will have 32 kids.

      Our classes have been that big for quite a while. It seems like the new normal. Isn't that kind of sad?

      How big are your class sizes?

      Julie

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  2. 40 kids!!!! Whoa! You deserve a medal! I don't have a medal for you, but I did nominate you for a blog award. Stop on over to my blog to pick it up:)
    Carrie
    The Common Core Classroom

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    1. Thank you Carrie!

      I only have 40 kids for part of the day. I cover for a combination teacher during her lunch. There are just more kids to love. The rest of the time I have 32 kids. It's a lot, but it's manageable.

      Thanks for the award. I feel so special!

      Julie

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