Summer School

Today marked day one of working summer school. This week we are simply planning and prepping for kids. This is my taste at actually having a class of students and teaching in a classroom style. Its kind of funny because I have one of the largest groups of students (12 kids) while the rest of the classes have no more than 8 students. I don't mind this at all, but people keep asking me if I care or if it will be too much. I can't wait to actually have students to teach and have them in a classroom setting versus a small group, re-teaching setting.

Today, I got home after stopping and grocery shopping around 2. I then spent the rest of the afternoon lesson planning and I actually enjoyed it. There is something relaxing about it to me.

Hopefully I will have more updates for you on summer school but that's all I have to say for tonight.

Book Barn

The Book Barn... let me just say this is one of my all time favorite places to go. This started as one building where books were stored, bought and sold. Now there are multiple structures and multiple locations. There are a total of three locations. There are so many different kinds of books and it makes a bookstore look puny.

My mom had some books she wanted to get rid of and the Book Barn is a good place to go. They can be pretty picky about what books they take but, they give you a fair price for your books and its better than just giving them to Goodwill, as you actually get something for your books. After all was said and done, my mom was offered a little over $16 in store credit or just under $16 in cash. We decided to look around and see what we could find for my classroom.

We were able to find about 30 books for my kids that are small chapter books on their level. I can't wait to get them labeled and onto my new bookshelves. These books will be a great way for my kids to have something just for them to read and with only having a part time librarian in the fall, it will be more important for me to have books for my kids.

My new bookshelves? Well, they are a work in progress and will need some work, but I will post all about them when I have them more completed.

Updating

I know I have been slacking on the blog lately, I am currently working on some posts and can't wait to share my newest projects with you all!