MIA

Not that I have a massive following to notice, or anything, but I've taken a bit of a hiatus (ahem -- 8 days -- thank you Facebook for reminding me) from blogging. I have been knee deep in classroom preparation, being a mommy, and trying to create new bulletin board materials. I suppose that's connected to classroom preparation. I also had limited time to work on my room, which added to the stress and desperation.

But for my 2 followers are other faithful friends who read... don't worry... I'm still kickin ;)

Warning: this post is so pointless that it's almost comical. But I'm delirious, so let's just see it as a brain dump.

The hours I wasn't able to be working in my classroom, I was diligently working on materials to be used in my room or at Back to School Night. I've seen a lot of classroom brochures on Pinterest and used Kristen's brochure from Easy Teaching Tools as inspiration to match my classroom theme. I'm happy with the outcome and hope the parents find it useful. In the past, I'd print out and bind an entire book.  But with a class of 36 this year, and limited time before BTSN, I think this will be much easier to handle.

Tuesday through Thursday we had meetings at work where we went over our basic "housekeeping" items for school -- testing schedule, change of procedures, etc -- and then we each shared something that we learned over summer as many of us attended different professional developments. I did a follow-up presentation on Words Their Way. I think it went pretty well, but mostly because my colleagues are amazingly supportive and embrace change and new ideas.

In other news not related to school, Mr. C and I are on Season 4 of Boardwalk Empire after binge-watching this summer. We started season 1 in the spring, took a hiatus, and then continued once summer started since there's nothing on tv. It's a great show! It's kind of like Sons of Anarchy in the 1920s. 

And finally.. for my loyal 2 readers and awesomely supportive friends who read along... just wanted to let you in on a little secret. I'm teaming up with some awesome bloggers next week for a little giveaway! You'll want to stay tuned... it's a good one and I kind of wish I could enter the giveaway myself because the prize is uh.mazing! 

Look for my blog and instagram posts for your chance to win!