Day 16 of summer break...

It's been a little over 6 months since my last post. I'm pretty good at the bloggin' thing, right? A lot has happened in that 6 months. First and foremost, school is out! I SURVIVED my first year! And with mo major injuries! I also waited about a week before I started to fix all of the things that didn't work this year. So I will have lots of free stuff posted to TPT as soon as I can get it transferred from one computer to the other. So stayed tuned for that, or ya know, comment and send me emails telling me to hurry up and post stuff!!!!

That's all for now! See ya in a few weeks when I post again on the anniversary of this blog!


<3 Sam

P.S. I love this new look for the 4th!

Time flies!!!

As I sit here working on grad school stuff and updating my phone, I realized that I haven't posted here since July. So here I am, exactly six months later posting about school. It has been a crazy, amazing, and exhausting six months.

Let's just rewind for a minute.

August....I almost didn't make it to the second day of school. But I did make it to noon before I cried on that first day. And I'm sure I would have made it until the end of the day if someone hadn't asked me how everything was. But I persevered and went back that next day.

September...is a blur. I can't really remember a whole lot that happened that month. Other that we read a book on the rules at school and the rules at home for the entire month, and that today the kids still remember those rules!

October...the first month that I felt like a real teacher (shhh don't tell my parents that!) I planned out the entire month around farm animals. As a SpEd teacher I get to choose when we learn about certain things, I don't have a regular curriculum to follow. We had out book character dress up day on the 31st, and we (me, Mrs. Ashley and Mrs. Nancy and the kids) dressed up as Charlotte's Web, hence the farm theme for October.

November...We were all about that harvest. No summer. (Try and not sing it, I dare you.)

December... Frozen. I think it's safe to say that EVERY kid loves Frozen. On December 1st we started to turn our room into a winter wonderland and it culminated in a Frozen themes Christmas party. It was delightful. (And really I was just trying to make it to Christmas break, because DISNEY! Yep, my family spent New Year's in the most magical place on earth. And who can concentrate when you're getting ready for Disney!)

And now here we are in January... I'm still getting the hang of things, but I think we (me, Mrs. Ashley, and Mrs. Nancy) get better everyday. The biggest thing about being a SpEd teacher is documentation. It is something that we have struggled with since the first day of school. And while I'm sure we could be better, we finally have a system down that we ALL know how to use! So yay for documentation!

I have some pretty low kiddos in my class so I'm having to get creative with variations on activities. So while I was checking out TpT the other day I saw a set of flashcards, and thought, 'hey I could make those!' So...I'm in the process of working on some pretty fun stuff!

So stay tuned!

24 days...

There are 24 days until I can get into my classroom. I know most teachers are savoring these last days to relax and spend time with their families. I am partially with those teachers and partially excited to get into my room and set it up. I have spent most of the summer planning as much as I can out. But the last couple of weeks have been spent buying stuff!


First off I got a rug for our circle time area. It's from IKEA and goes perfect with the wreath one of my co-workers gave me. (There's also a little helper showing the size of it!)

 

Then came the pink chairs! (Also from IKEA!)

 

A chair for me, Mrs. Ashley, and Mrs. Nancy! (I'm going to paint our names on them too!)

   
Then there was the Target dollar spot.


Okay, maybe I am more on the excited side.

Hi! Hola! Ni Hao! Hello!

Wasssssup! Okay, maybe that one was a bit much... Anyway... I am so excited to launch this new blog! If you've passed by Fun In PPCD then you already know me. (Hi!) If you've never heard of Fun In PPCD, then, Hi. My name is Sam. [waves]

I am so excited to undertake a new role in the classroom this year. TEACHER! I signed my contract on Cinco de Mayo! Yep, I am going to be  teaching (as the TEACHER) SUCCESS this coming year. I was a teachers aide for 10 years. I worked in an autistic classroom for 4 years, then moved to PPCD for the last 6. I absolutely love working in SpEd! This will be first time in a life-skills class, but I am so excited.

I will have tons of great ideas to share with y'all just as soon as I practice them with my kiddos. I hope you guys will stick around on this new adventure with me!