Currently . . .

My goodness.....has it been a busy start to the school year! Between trying to implement so many of the ideas I learned in NY and adapting to the changes in my school - I feel like its been a whirlwind. But a good whirlwind! Some of my current projects include:

- Hosting an intern - whose eagerness and passion is contagious
- Developing a new reading program with my amazing 1st grade team
- Assisting my literacy specialist with the training of DRA 2, Comprehension Toolkit, and Writers Workshop
- Diving into Word Study
- Researching Masters' Programs - torn on what I want to pursue - Administration or Curriculum?!?
- Learning how to use my new Promethean board
- Going DOJO for behavior management - thank you to my teammates Alexa and Doug for pushing me into it!
- Trying to tackle my ever growing professional to-read list - thank you to my literacy specialist Christy for continuously bringing new texts to my attention. I think we need to get our next book study up and running!

Phew! This is definitely the most rewarding kind of exhaustion. I am absolutely loving my job right now but it is keeping me from blogging as much as I'd like to. So in attempts to keep my readers updated on what I'm doing and get me to blog at least once a month, I thought I'd share my "currently's". "Currently" list what you are into a the current moment. My mentor found some adorable templates on Oh'Boy 4th Grade's Blog and I had to snatch them up. So here are mine for August.

Please join the conversation by sharing your "currently"s each month in the comment section. If you want to get your students in on it you can download the adorable templates I use at Oh' Boy 4th Grade's TPT store. ,