Summer is here :)

I can't believe another school year has come and gone! I remember starting the year thinking to myself "I just can't wait to have a year of 3rd grade under my belt". That came sooner than I imagined! Now that the year is complete my principal came to me and asked me if I was happy with the change......the answer is YES!!!

Although I did miss my babies this year, and I am so happy with my decision to move! My biggest concern was the TAKS test and in the end my kids ended up doing an EXCEPTIONAL JOB! I hate to say it but I was planning on 5-6 out of my 35 kids not passing, I hoped they would, but wasn't confident that they could! They sure proved me wrong!!! Out of 35 students only 1 did not pass the Math TAKS! I had 32% get a commended score (90% or higher)

I love the independence that 3rd graders have and all the fun activities that you can WATCH them do! In Kinder we would have tons of fun things but couldn't do them because we couldn't be 5 places at once helping to explain it to them!

It is going to be interesting to see what happens next year, with all of the budget cuts happening. There were lots of unanswered questions at the end of the year. Are any teachers going to be cut? How many kids will we have in each class? Will I still get to teach Math and Science, or will they make me teach reading(scary!!!) Will I be moved to a different grade, or worse....a different school? For now I am just going to enjoy my summer and worry about all of that in August!!


So here are my summer plans (my list is pretty short this summer :)

Clean out closets, bathroom drawers, pantry, spare bedroom that has become our junk room...if we don't have a place for it , that's where it goes!!

Pick out fabric and have curtains made for our bedroom, living room, and breakfast area!

Organize the office, have the carpets cleaned, maybe go up to school and organize my classroom, and last but not least.............

RELAX!!!!!


I am sure there will be more added to the list as the summer goes on........

Stay tuned for more updates on what has gone on since Spring Break!!