NOTHING!!! Ha! Three days in and, well, we went back to "life" and I forgot to snap a picture of it :) I got in to school early just so I could prepare for students again. It was a very good first day back. Especially since my classroom had been painted (again) by my wonderful family on Tuesday. I only had my phone with me that day but here are a few shots (I meant to get a "completed" picture when I went in on Thursday but that was really the furthest thing from my mind).
The room looks *wonderful*. What an improvement. Three of the kids, Tom, and I knocked it out in about three hours. I'd love to tackle the front wall now too but it will take a lot of convincing on my part to have that happen :)
The front wall is the grey-ish-white that you see behind the cabinets.
As it turns out Thursday (our first day back to school) ended up being a very late night because I had to help grade ELA {English Language Arts} state assessment tests after school. Tom calls some of my duties "uncompensated mandates" -- ha! Our 7th grade ELA, science, and social studies teachers, along with the librarian and a special-ed teacher, had a good system going and got a decent start on the 206 narrative essays we needed to grade on a 4 part, 4-point rubric. We worked for about 2.5 hours. Afterwards I went back to my classroom and worked another hour on my classroom work. Tom had picked up the kids when he got off work. . .Margaret had cheer and Frederick basketball. . .I picked Margaret up at 7 and we met Tom and the other three for dinner out. My husband is so good and understanding. . .he figured dinner out would be easier on me :)
So. . .first day back to "life". We all enjoyed our break but, being a person who thrives on routine, getting back to a schedule was a great way to start the year. Our ELA teacher showed our students this video and discussed it -- I love it!!!
~ Jenni
The room looks *wonderful*. What an improvement. Three of the kids, Tom, and I knocked it out in about three hours. I'd love to tackle the front wall now too but it will take a lot of convincing on my part to have that happen :)
The front wall is the grey-ish-white that you see behind the cabinets.
Margaret used this time to work on her research paper |
So. . .first day back to "life". We all enjoyed our break but, being a person who thrives on routine, getting back to a schedule was a great way to start the year. Our ELA teacher showed our students this video and discussed it -- I love it!!!
~ Jenni
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