Things To Do

During this break here are the list of things I need to accomplish for my class:

- Make homework folders
- Kindergarten A-Z handbook for parents (this is like a parent handbook)
- Study the curriculum (Bible, Math, Reading, Social Studies, & Science)
- Long range planning (outline of lessons for the remainder of the year)
- Lesson plans for the week we get back
- Study each student's plan
- Create classroom procedures
- Incentive plans (Fry's word list assessment, Rad Readers, etc.)
..... and I am sure I am missing something!

I have a lot of work to do! I definitely have my work cut out for me!

On a brighter note my brother and I bought Lucky (the class pet) this ball that you place him into so he can run around. Well it took us like 1/2 an hour to get him out of the cage and into the ball. Let's just say that Justin and I had a kick out of it! I can't wait to show my students (on video, maybe not in real life)!

Well that is it for now...

I wish you all a

Merry Christmas!

Winter Break

One of the joys of being a teacher is having well deserved breaks!

Well first let me do a re-cap of the past few days I did not blog about...
This week my class had to perform for a Christmas program. We had two performances; one in the morning for local pastors, and one in the evening for family and friends. In the morning performance one of my students cried then in the evening performance one student did not show up. All in all it was still a success... c'mon kindergartens singing.. no matter what they do it will be cute!

Then on Friday we had our Christmas party... sweets sweets sweets equals 5 year olds bouncing all over the place. Then as I was about to go home we had a LOCK DOWN! I was bummed because I had to stay a few hours later than I had expected. Then afterwards when I was finally given the ok to leave I picked up all the curriculum books to study over this break, and Lucky the hamster (our class pet).

And now I am here on the couch watching Julie & Julia! I have been wanting to watch it so I am quite happy... watching Julie & Julia and eating a chorizo and egg burrito I made! But I am enjoying this relaxation as much as I can because after the movie is over I have to go hit the ground running...

And for some humor... kindergarten Christmas jokes from one of my students:
Q. What does the kitty call Santa Claus?
A. Santa Paws!

Q. How does the kitty greet Santa Claus?
A. MEOWy Christmas!!!

Jokes by Jacklyn (5)

First Day!

Well my first day was pleasant but definitely learned a lot! It is exciting and exhilarating! I am glad that my students... all 8 of them are brilliant considering the fact that they are receiving a new teacher in the middle of the year! They are all very sweet and welcoming students and I am very grateful for that! So I had a wonderful day today, so Praise the Lord for that!

One of the eventful things that happened was naming the class pet.. so I allowed them to all give a suggestion of a name and wrote them down and put it in a basket. We drew names and our hamster's name is LUCKY! (Pictures of Lucky coming soon, he likes to hide so it is hard to take a picture!)

As for my classroom, I am getting started to set up. I recently got suregery on my finger so I was kind of limited so Willie came to help me out! He was kind enough to move big, and heavy desks, and file cabinets! So Praise the Lord for Willie's muscles! ;) heehee! As for before and after pictures... well I didn't take any because there was so much going on but I will be sure to promise to post up after pictures soon!

After my first day of my career, I went to BIOLA with my parents and Willie for my credential banquet. It was nice and sad at the same time because I am going to miss my colleagues whom I had worked hard with over the past 4 1/2 years.


Overall, today was a great day! I cannot complain and I count my blessings! The Lord is faithful and He has blessed me immensely for this opportunity so I will be sure not to take it for granted. I will be sure to give it my all primarily to glorify the Father! This will be a fun year and I am really looking forward to it!

Prayer Request: Please pray for me as I had come down with a cold and our school's Christmas program this Thursday! Thank You!

My journey begins...

I know growing up I always said I wanted to be a chef, a baby nurse, a paramedic, an artist, a designer, and whatever else but in the end I would revert back to wanting to be a teacher! And I have been blessed to have the opportunity to be one officially! For the first time, I will officially have my OWN classroom and my OWN students! It is an exhilarating and momentous moment so I will be blogging my first year teaching and would like to share the experience with you!

As you may or may not know I have received the teaching position to teach Kindergarten at a private Christian school. With the economy and the unpromising teaching positions in the public school system, the Lord has inevitably provided me with a teaching position! I still do want to eventually teach in the public school system, but the Lord has other plans for me right now! So I am taking it! I am excited and grateful and look forward to the journey!

Currently I have been preparing as I start my new job this Monday! Yes, THIS MONDAY! I just ended my student teaching internship this past Friday, and I already begin teaching this Monday! There are definite challenges such as ample time to prepare for lessons and also my classroom, but I know that the Lord will be by my side! It has been exciting though to prepare and shopping for materials and such. As a first year teacher I have to invest in materials and decorations and my wallet is aching right now but I look at it as an investment! I know that after a few years I will accumulate materials and such. But the shopping experience is fun! It's funny how pencils, expo markers, erasers, post its, and paper can bring you so much joy! One of the things I look forward to is DECORATING! (I will be sure to post before and after pictures of my classroom!)

I probably should stop blogging now and start lesson planning! I hope that you join me in this journey! Please continuously pray for me as I begin my career!