Election Day and a New School Year

This year there have been a lot of changes this year for me. My fiance Eric and I officially set our wedding date! We're getting married July 26, 2014. I was asked to be the maid of honor for my best friend Lindsay's wedding in May. I finally have my very own classroom. I have 7 students this year... yes I know it's a SMALL class. My old co-teacher is now the 2nd grade teacher. I am still teaching at the year-round private school in Washington. Manetta and I also are sharing an assistant, Mr. David. I haven't posted anything this year, because I've had a hard time finding free time. Our internet is spotty again this year. Our school hasn't moved to our new building yet so I have a very cluttered classroom right now. I'm quite embarrassed >.< Manetta's classroom is half the size of mine so a lot of her stuff is being stored in my room too. I will be very excited when I get my bigger room with cupboards and more shelves. Today was election day so my students voted on who they thought would be a better president. Yesterday after reading Grace for President and Duck for President we had a great discussion about the responsibilities of a president and discussed which character would be the best fit.

Today with our voting booths set up by the ballot box the students voted for a president. Suprisingly after all the discussion of how the boys wanted Duck and the girls wanted Grace, Grace won! This year I have implemented Math Workshop and my own version of Daily 5 into my classroom. Both are working wonderfully. I'll post later with what I used to get started and show you my rotation board.