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I don't know about you, but I'm not one for setting New Year's Resolution goals come December 31st. Never have been!
But!
At the start of every SCHOOL year? I definitely set resolutions and goals for myself. So in honor of the first official day of school today, here are a few that I'm working on:
* Sending home a weekly newsletter. I especially feel this is important for my kindergarteners. I plan on using the free (and super cute) newsletter templates from The Mailbox. To access them for yourself, sign up for their "my mailbox" program for free!
* Writer's workshop. I hate teaching writing - I'm too easily overwhelmed by it. I'm hoping that organized mini-lessons and conferencing one-on-one will make it easier to handle!
* Daily 5 and CAFE. (This is a reading program structure.) I've done Daily 5 for the past two years and now it's time to add the CAFE component. Lucky me there are so many resources online to help me get good at it!
* Social- emotional vocabulary. This year we have a 15 minute window scheduled in for morning meeting. This will be a great opportunity for language learning for my students with hearing loss!
What about you? Any goals this year?
4 comments:
My resolutions are structure, structure, and structure. Oh, and follow through. I feel like I had really good intentions last year, but slowly lost the structure that I had wanted because I failed to follow through with my staff. I have a really good bunch of aids assigned to me this year so I'm excited... nervous, but excited.
LAst year, I started sending a weekly update by email and it was the biggest DUH WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS EARLIER???? Parents were happy to know what went on and what would happen the upcoming week. It's a problem when you don't have a parent's email address,a nd I debated printing and mailing to those who don't, but it would have been way too expensive. And middle school students wouldn't bring home a paper for a parent, if their lives depended on it! I think you will see how great it is soooooo quickly!
Might be able to help you with the writing. I've been running a very successful weekly challenge called 100 Word Challenge for children under 16. You can see the sort of thing it is here
http://www.theheadsoffice.co.uk/category/100-word-challenge/
Children love it. I'll be starting again when we go back here in the UK so could add you to the list. I'd love you to join in!
Oh man I never thought of back-to-school resolutions. BUT leaving myself and the kids some extra time in the morning would be a good one!
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