Charter School+Me=LOVE

Ok, life has been a little crazy lately, I'm celebrating one month of employment today! I could not be happier! I'm not sure how much of it is me being more on top of things this year and how much of it is my kiddos this year, I seriously have the coolest group of kids ever! and I am officially maxing out at 20 - what a HUGE difference it makes from the 32 I had last year o___o

Stallworth is all about class size reduction, so when we had a huge influx in enrollment the first few days, we (my new teacher bestie, another first year like me) talked to our principal about our concerns and literally the next day they hired another first year grade teacher (another first year teacher too!) You have got to love the efficiency! and how receptive our principal was :)

Moral of the story....I LOVE LOVE LOVE charter schools! While we have to do more 'work' as far as curriculum <- what some veteran teachers have said to me..... hmmm... we don't have to move on until our students have MASTERED a concept! I don't feel like I am going to let any of my kids down and I love it.

Other awesomeness: every class has PE ever day, 30 minutes (the kids get their exercise and I get prep time woop woop!) We eat lunch with our students everyday (I love hearing their stories, and it's a great time to teach them those manners) We create our own assessments and have to turn in the data every Monday (sounds like a ton of work, but it really isn't and I am loving the accountability, it keeps me on track)

And now that I am settled, back to blogging! I hope to share what has been working for me so far this year and I definitely plan on giving thanks to those who I blog stalked in the begining <3

Thank you to Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations (I bought Mel D's coupons on Teachers Pay Teachers and it they have been such a huge hit with my kids! I will never buy another 'treat' ever again!) and Extra Special Teaching - who I have REAAALLYYY been stalking lately.