Super Improver Wall

Wow! We are starting our second week of school. I have 16 boys and 8 girls! I'm so happy I've fully implemented WBT this year. It's helped to get their attention and the rules have been a success so far. However, with 16 boys I definitely need to keep them up and moving. We are doing a lot of brain breaks which has helped but with our second week starting I feel it's time to implement the Super Improver Wall. I know it's going to help my most challenging students with behavior and staying on task. As I explain this tomorrow I hope they will be as excited as I am! They each will have their own goals to work for. As they earn ten mini stars onto their colored star, they'll move up a level. Their overall goal is to become a legend in my class. I already know I'm going to have some legends and I am looking forward to encouraging my students to work hard. This is all new to me too so here's to improving along with my students!

Emotional Roller Coaster

Well, teachers reported back today for my district. It's always an exciting feeling but sad that summer is over and it's time to get back into the groove. This will be an exciting year for me as a teacher because I'm fully implementing Whole Brain Teaching. I've been working all summer reading, writing and preparing for the upcoming school year. I have to admit, I am nervous. I want to make sure I implement WBT effectively. I'm blessed to have an amazing mentor, Farrah Shipley, to encourage and guide me. I hope to one day mentor other teachers in WBT! So, I'm excited about this new teaching adventure officially starting next Monday!

Next Monday will not only be exciting but a tearful day as my 4 year old, Landon, will start PreK. It's amazing to me how fast kids grow. It was just yesterday I was holding him in the hospital with his older brother, Ethan, looking down at him with excitement. It will be a tearful day as I walk my baby into PreK with his Batman backpack proudly worn. He's ready but I'm still trying to hold on to my baby! I'll then head upstairs to walk my 3rd grade son, Ethan, into his class. He'll probably tell me to go he's got this. He feels pretty cool to be upstairs with the big kids now.

Anyway for me it's been an emotional roller coaster with school starting again. The excitement of  new students. The tears of my babies growing up. The excitement of starting WBT. The tears of waking up so early again! But most of all the excitement of teaching which is my passion. Building new relationships with students and families that hopefully last a lifetime.