Today, I received the keys to my classroom. Well, actually I wouldn't really call it a classroom quite yet. This place need A LOT of work in order to be identified as a place where one learns and gain experiences.
As I stepped in today I began to realize that this place is going to be where I spend the majority of my time. I decided right then that this place needs to reflect who I am. With that being said safari print came to mind. I cannot imagine my second home not feeling a little like my first home and not being a reflection of my style. I think I was born with an attachment to safari print. It can be zebra, leopard, or giraffe but anything with those prints always seems to grab my attention, so I thought why not make my classroom the same.
Next, I thought how my classroom needed to reflect what I want my students to accomplish throughout the year. Now, here comes the tricky part. I know I want my students to learn the curriculum and some life lessons that are crucial to the real world, but how I am going to accomplish this is the root of all my apprehension. Organizing, and decorating I have no worries about, but when it comes to deciding how my students are going to learn something or what they should learn (aside from the standards), and to what depth they are going to learn makes me one anxious new teacher.
This new blog is going to be a reflection of my days, weeks, and months of being a first year teacher. I am positive there are going to be some good days and not so good days, some challenging days and some days when I think I am the best teacher ever. I am hoping this is going to be something I can look back on years to come and make changes to the way I teach and the way I reflect.
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