PlanbookEDU Giveaway and Meet the Teacher Night

First, The Caffeinated Teacher is back at it - this time, she's offering THREE free one-year subscriptions to PlanbookEDU. I haven't personally used this site, but Raye has a great step-by-step guide on her blog right now. I much prefer to do things on the computer, especially since I change plans around so much. If this sounds like something you could use, go over to her blog and put your name in the drawing!

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Tonight was Meet the Teacher/Kindergarten Orientation at my school. It was great to meet the kids and begin to put names to faces. I will have 13 kindergartners in the afternoon, and so far, their parents seemed helpful and friendly - which is good because I am REALLY hoping they'll send in dramatic play toys. We need more of those! The kids were excited and enjoyed looking around the room. It made me even more excited to start the year! I'll see them again Monday when they officially start kindergarten.

Tomorrow is our Staff In-Service Day. I have met a few of the other teachers here and there while setting up my room, and I am looking forward to meeting everyone else tomorrow. So far, my coworkers have been extremely helpful, especially the kindergarten teacher. Love that!

After care starts Thursday, and the kindergarten teacher and I will be assessing individual kindergartners Thursday and Friday. Summer is officially over...but I have to say that I'm ready to start. This was an awesome but crazy summer, filled with moves, thesis writing and research, weekend trips, weddings, and bachelorette parties. So many amazing memories, but so little down time. I think getting back into a routine will be good for me.

To everyone starting soon, good luck! Here's to 2012-2013!