Up North and So Forth

This week was February vacation, which is a new concept for me… but I like it! I grew up in an area where most of the public schools didn’t even have spring break, so having a winter break  and   a spring break is just about as good as it gets.

I spent most of the week lesson planning and becoming an official Maine citizen (finally). That was a ridiculously annoying process. Why can’t I get my driver’s license, new plates, registration and inspection at the same place?  And they didn’t actually give me my driver’s license. I got my picture taken (which of course, was   terrible…has anyone ever   had a good license picture?), but my license will come in the mail in about 30 days. I’ve never lived in a state that doesn’t print them right then and there. Nonetheless, after nearly 6 months, I am officially a Mainer. Although I do intend to continue pronouncing the "r" at the end of words.

I also saved some time for relaxing and general laziness on my couch. I take over the kindergarten classroom on Monday so I wanted to make sure I had sufficient time to relax. The calm before the storm, if you will.  I became a little too relaxed and opened my fridge today to find almost nothing- so I did have to venture out today for some groceries.  

It was a good week. I feel relaxed and ready to take on the kindergarten class. I’ve been working at the school for about a month now as an extra hand in the resource room. But I find resource rooms to be too slow of a pace for me. I have never liked small group and one-on-one instruction as much as I like the energy of the whole group. I might eat these words in a few weeks when I am completely overwhelmed by sixteen kindergarteners… but we’ll see. The teacher I am taking over for is very organized and capable and she left me 2 weeks of lesson plans and a ton of resources. I am just hoping I can fill her shoes.