Jamberry Nails :)

Hey there everyone!!!!!!!

I hope everyone is having just as awesome of a day as I am.  Tonight marks the start of fall break for us here in Albuquerque, thank you Balloon Fiesta we get a four day weekend :)

I have linked up with the wonder Gabrielle over at Teaching Special Thinkers to host an online Jamberry Nail event. This is the first time I have used them but I've been curious for a long time.  And let me tell you they are super easy to apply and plus they are super duper cute :) 

On this hand I used my all time favorite pattern, Chevron :)

On this hand I just went with a fun graphic black and white. Let me tell you I received so my compliments at school today. They were so easy to put on that I did them in between cooking dinner and homework with my kindergarten son. I can't wait to get more. My son even asked me if they had dinosaur ones for him :)

If you are interested in looking at the wraps or possibly purchasing my event officially starts on Sunday October 12 and runs throuh Friday October 17.  Gabrielledixon.jamberrynails.net

Thanks for reading!!!!!

Busy busy busy!!!!

WOW!!!!!  That is the best word to describe the last month.  

First the big news: My educational assistant finally arrived and she is wonderful. It has been so nice to have an extra person in the classroom, it's also nice to have someone who notices things that I do not. It's funny though since she started I feel like I have been even busier than before, but she and I have gotten some major things done around the classroom. 

The picture above is from a project I finished before my EA started. My classroom is pretty far away from the playground and really far away from the office/nurse, so I decided I needed a playground bag. But of course I had to have one that is super cute but also functional. So off I went to Hobby Lobby. I bought a large canvas bag that zips of course and black and white iron on letters.

This is the front.

And the back.

I am super happy with how it turned out, it is so cute but also super functional.  I carry all the essentials of a special ed pre-k teacher.  I have tissue, wipes, hand sanitizer, band aides, and a mini trash bag.  I also have things specific to my students, such as noise canceling head phones for my students that have noise sensitivity issues, I have my afternoon classes lunch cards since they eat lunch in the cafeteria as soon as they get there, I also have my fire drill binder.  It has my evacuation plans for a few of my students as well as the red and green cards that tell my admin if I have everyone when there is an emergency.  We don't leave the classroom without the bag and it has been super helpful, I am no longer caught off guard when we are out of the classroom. I highly suggest something like this for all teachers.

I hope everyone is enjoying the transition to fall.  I sure am and fall here means Balloon Fiesta :)

Here is a picture from the balloon that came to my school this past Friday.

Thanks for reading :)

Super Star Flash Sale

In honor of my little man receiving the super star award in his 3rd week of kindergarten I am throwing a one day sale on my super star product. Tomorrow September 4th my ABC book will be on sale.

My students are loving this book I am in the process of printing and laminating a few more. 

Here's my little man with his super star award. He brought it home to decorate it and tomorrow they will hang it in the hallway.

Teachers Pay Teachers sale!!!

Hey all I'm out of town this weekend for a family wedding. So I decided to put my whole store on sale. Go ahead and go stock up.

Have a good and safe holiday weekend.

Assistance PLEASE!!!

So I have worked the last three weeks without an educational assistance, half of that time has been with students. I always knew my assistant was was left arm but I feel like I have no arms lately.

I walk into school everyday hoping today is the day that my new assistant will be there. 

So please do not take your assistant for granted and if you are an educational assistant thank you so much sand you are more appreciated than you will ever know. 

Thanks for reading and maybe tomorrow will be the day!!!!

What exactly do I do?

 First of all sorry for being a day late in my post. I just finished the first week with students and have come down with a head cold. I'm trying something new this time, instead of using medicine, I am trying essential oils. For being on day two of this treatment, I a feeling so much better :)

Now back to what I teach. A lot of people ask that when they find out I am a teacher, I think some of my extend family wonder that as well. The special education program I teach is called Developmental Preschool.  A student in my class is any where from 3-5 years old, they can be any exceptionality as well.  My program is structured I two sessions, a morning and afternoon, we try to keep the younger students in the morning and the older ones in the afternoon.  My students come for 12.5 hours a week and my related service provides either do large group activities or pull my students indivually.  Starting this year I have five students in each class. I can have nine students in each class but that usually doesn't happen, last year I had eleven in my afternoon class, but then they had to hire another assistant, so getting to that large of a number rarely happens. 

Well I'm off to apply my next round of oils. Thanks for reading :)

Teacher a Week: When in the Day?

Today's post is to focus on when in the day I do things like planning and for Progress Toward IEP goals.  So here is a break down:

At the school I was at for the last three years teachers were expected to be at school from bell to bell, this always seemed odd to me. Before this I was at schools where teachers came in a little early and a little after students left.  I, this year, am back at a school where teachers have to be to school half an hour before the students and stay a half an hour later.  I like this model because it gives me time to set up and clean up.  However because I am new and still without my educational assistant :( this time seems to fly by without me getting anything on my to do list done.

Also I have an hour in the middle of my day between my morning and afternoon classes.  This time is blocked off to be my lunch and prep, since my students do not go to pull outs. While I would love this time to lesson plan or work on IEP's.  I usually end up talking with my related service providers about students and what I am seeing in the classroom as opposed to what they see in their sessions.

It all ends up that I am being truly useful in my time, but I am hoping that when I eventually get my EA I will be able to do more my of planning and paper work stuff. But again I will probably feel that there is not enough time. And doesn't everyone do lesson plans on Sunday suring nap time;)

Thanks for Readin!!!

P.S. I was going to include a look at what my daily schedule looks like but it needs to be drastically changed. Ah tomorrow is Friday of the first week of school :)