Busy...

Okay, it's kinda sad how all my posts are about school! It just seems that school is all I have done in the last month! It is getting slightly easier as each week passes, but there is still way too much stuff to do with 23 kids. My students still need so much one-on-one time to really understand and do the work, but there isn't enough time in my day to do that, individually TPRI test, individually do a couple of graded assessments on every student, do reading groups, and whatever else there is that I'm not yet aware is coming up!!! Whew...I'm tired just thinking about :)

I did go to Walmart yesterday to get a few things that will help me to further organize my way of grading. I also spent a little time thinking about ways that my team can organize our home reading program to be more efficient. I find that it sometimes requires a little extra time and effort at the beginning in order to make the rest of the year smoother. Once this initial round of testing, parent conferences, etc. are done I really think it might be more manageable.

Danny is looking forward to October because he has a 3 week break from classes. It will be nice to have all our weeknights together without school or homework :) We have been talking lately about our options for when/where to buy a house. We like the area we live in now, but we need to do some research to find out what neighborhoods are in the vicinity, what we can afford, and what we really need in a house. We probably won't do any serious shopping around until at least January, but it's fun to start thinking about :)