Hooooooray! Now to really start planning

I had an interview last Thursday at a small charter school about 30 min from home. The interview went so well! --a special thank you to Mrs. Wheeler at mrswheelerfirst.blogspot.com) whose 5 finger Retell came in handy for my demo lesson--



Well, I am happy to report that I got the job!!!! Oh HAPPY DAY! I happened to be at Sea World with my family at the time, people must have thought we (my hubby and I) were crazy jumping up and down after we got the news!

So now, I am happily in full blown planning mode - today's tid bit: The rules, the rules, the rules of the class...

I made these little posters for my class rules. I really fell in love with the whole brain teaching rules, there are just 5 of them and they cover everything in a simple and fun way - my students last year loved the song/chant and moves for each rule. Ps. I tweaked the rules a little to go with my sports theme next year - well, I just changed keep your dear teacher happy to keep your dear team mates happy and added MVP to all of my clipart - because I am going to make a HUGE deal out of being the Most Valuable Person.

Get your own copy of the rules HERE and check out the song HERE

Out Of The Box Goodbye Song

I used to watch Out of The Box waaay back in the day, let's just say I am ten years older than my younger brother! haha.

The Goodbye Song came back into my life in my classroom last year. At the very end of the day, about 10 minutes before the bell rang, I started singing this song to the class.... meaning:

1. Clean up your reading center
2. Walk to our closet and get your backpack
3. Walk back to your seat, stack your chair and wait for your exit ticket
4. Once you have your exit ticket, you may line up by the door

By the end of the year, the kids were singing the song with me :)

Click HERE for a printable version of the lyrics