Update on school

Long time, no post. Let's see- I started back to work on August 13. School doesn't start until August 24. I have been getting my room ready and had way too many meetings that made me want to pull my hair out so excited for school to start! This year, I will be teaching 5th grade science. I will have 3 classes per day, 90 minutes each.

Here is my schedule...

7:45-8:15 Kids arrive, announcements, etc

8:15-9:45 Block 1

9:50-11:00 Block 2

11:05-12:05 Lunch/Recess

12:10 -1:00 Specials (Health Fitness, Art, Music)

1:05-1:25 Block 2

1:30-3:00 Block 3

I am very excited that I only have to plan for 1 subject versus the 5 that I am used to planning for. However, it will be more stressful than last year in 2nd grade due to the Science TAKS test. The TAKS test is similar to LEAP in Louisiana. They have a Reading TAKS in March, Math TAKS in early April and Science in late April. The science is their last test so they are pretty much done by that point. The science usually has the worst scores out of the 3. It covers things they have learned since kindergarten and obviously there is not enough time to review all of that plus cover the new 5th grade material. The point is- I will be under a lot of pressure to get high scores on the science TAKS.



On another note......


Not much longer until Zoey Marie Veron is here!!

Wes and I celebrated 2 years of dating on August 9. We went to Mark's, which was very nice. The building used to be a church so the interior is very different from a normal restaurant, but it's extremely pretty and romantic inside.