Our season has definitely changed since last year. When I sit to think about it, my mind is kind of blown!
Josh is officially over halfway through dental school. When the heck did that happen? He has passed his 2 year boards and now works with patients on a daily basis. This guy is really becoming a dentist, not just studying science 24 hours a day. I am so thankful that he is finally getting to do what he has been working so hard for, for so so long. He is loving it and I haven't been up to the clinic but I have a feeling that he is doing awesome. The things he (and others) say that patients say about him are so nice, but he is a pretty likable guy.
My summer break has come and gone. Like really gone, gone. I worked on school stuff a decent amount this summer. I really enjoy having that time to prepare some things that just can't be a priority during the school year. An example of this might be cloud mobiles to hang above all of my tables, thank you HGTV. So I had my first grade brain ready to roll!
Then, the first day of school came and those little kiddos were so sweet. We had a great first day. After that, the second day of school came. *Insert duhn duhn duhn sounds* We realized that our numbers in our school were a little crazy and that some splits were going to have to be formed. *major duhn duhn duhn*
Sooooo... guess who has been working on making her first grade brain and world a first and second grade brain and world?!?! This girl. Talk about a mind blower. But, I was happy to take on the challenge and when I got 9 of my kiddos from last year back I was so extremely excited!
My second graders have been such awesome helpers and it is so neat to get to do some review with those kids and also get to challenge my first graders by giving them some second grade exposure. We spent quite a bit of time working on creating a joint classroom community and now I hear first and second graders talk about being best friends and even forgetting who is in which grade.
They are such a neat mix of kids and I am learning so much about differentiating, classroom communities, the common core, and classroom management. We are wrapping up launching reading, writing, and math workshop and next week we take off. Say a little prayer, I am going to be small group and conferring my face off, in the words of my team mate :)
I felt like the first thing I needed to do was get a grip on second grade standards and to really study the differences between the first and second grade standards. It was such a challenge to compare the two when I couldn't find a document that would allow me to have them side by side, so I made a First/Second combined checklist. All first grade standards are in gray and the corresponding second grade standard can be found right below.
We haven't been so school focused that we haven't done anything else though.
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| We got to see Jeff Dunham at the KY state fair for my birthday. |
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| Lucky to have my sister-in-law in the same city with me for a weekend! |
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| Go Tops! We headed down to Nashvegas last weekend to see the tops beat UK. |
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| We couldn't return to Louisville before Josh had a chance to get his dove hunting in. Don't you like the get up? |
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| The best thing lately is DEFINITELY that my newest niece, Eleanor joined the world! She is so, so sweet. The cutest newborn around, but I might be a *little* partial. :)
We are busy busy, but isn't everyone? It'll always be busy, it will just be what is keeping us busy that will change. We are loving Louisville and the life we have here, so even though I do miss our family that is not here and I am looking forward to what our future holds, I am so thankful for this season.
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