And She's Back!

I'm back from a lovely long break in which I got to see my family and my closest friends (except for Lauren, what's up with that?) and I am ready to see my kids again. That does not mean that I am ready to teach them, to turn in their grades, or to rock house yet, but I lost the dread about two days ago.

To be completely honest, I thought I was going to be so happy for the break and get lots done and I didn't get lots done (although I was happy about the break). I also thought that I would be quicker to miss my kids, and I wasn't. I missed them when I told people about them. The truth is that I adore each and every one of them SO MUCH. I'm going to figure out how to teach them well and then I'm going to do it.

My college roommates and I graded their reading tests together in Starbucks one day and the class average was almost an 80%, which is fantastic. I amready to really get them reading, though. One think I am really psyched to do is administer the mid-year standardized reading (phonemic awareness, phonetic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, reading comp) tests (we use DIBELS for the first three components and have just gotten in Peabody Picture Vocabulary and a reading comp one I have forgotten the name of for the other two.

I also got a fantastic camera for Christmas from my Dad and Anne, so expect more pictures and videos of my little terrors soon.