I'm beginning to set up the classroom for my new class coming in. Little do they know what their second grade year will become for them! As I set up the writing materials and reading area I am seeing it with "new eyes." How will this be for my exchange partner when she arrives? Does this set up make sense to someone else?
What will she think of my bright orange bulletin boards, my palm tree over the squishy couch, and my eclectic CD collection? She'll no doubt recognize many of the books and be able to enjoy reading aloud with the children. She'll get to use my atlas' and the rock collections and the Double Dice!
This year I bought extra glue sticks because I know they will run out and/or dry up by January when she arrives. I need to order more black felt-tip markers and scissors. You always need more Kleenex, too.
Can I leave my precious classroom? My domain? My Space??
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Who's idea was this?
This has been a dream of mine for a very long time. It's fascinating to me how other cultures live, and I'm always interested to see what elementary schools look like when I'm traveling. I've peeked in the windows and marveled at children's artwork on the walls in France and New Zealand. I've been known to drag my son and his friends up to an historic one-room school house in the California Gold Rush country just to see the outhouses in the play yard with the different leveled "seats."
The timing is right both professionally and personally. My school here is very positive and supportive. I know I'm giving my exchange partner a great place to come to every day. She will be welcomed with open arms both by the staff and by the families. My older children are in college and working, so they are very busy for the next year. Our youngest will be a sophomore in high school, so he can work his course schedule such that he meets requirements he'll need for graduation and beyond.
My husband is more excited than any of us! He has been supportive since the idea began percolating a few years ago, and now that the deal is sealed, he's all but packed to go!
The timing is right both professionally and personally. My school here is very positive and supportive. I know I'm giving my exchange partner a great place to come to every day. She will be welcomed with open arms both by the staff and by the families. My older children are in college and working, so they are very busy for the next year. Our youngest will be a sophomore in high school, so he can work his course schedule such that he meets requirements he'll need for graduation and beyond.
My husband is more excited than any of us! He has been supportive since the idea began percolating a few years ago, and now that the deal is sealed, he's all but packed to go!
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