Damien...

Okay, we have this pretty awesome toilet in our apartment. I couldn't ask for a better toilet....N.O.T. I've officially named it Damien (like in the Omen) Let me tell you about Damien..
-Damien likes to not flush, sometimes he stops working for hours!
-Damien likes to suck all the water out of him making everything difficult
-Damien especially loves to growl. He growled at Mary this morning for like 10 minutes. 
you really never know what Damien is going to go next. I think that I may like the toddler toilet (it's not really a toddler toilet but it's practically on the floor for my kiddos) in my classroom better than Damien. At least he keeps life at the apartment interesting...

Today, I was able to work in my classroom for a majority of the day. I've worked in there about 6 and a half hours so far and I might even go back after I'm done with this. There is just so much to do that right now I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get it done. Thankfully, I was pretty focused today so I think that I've gotten a lot done so far. I think that I've gotten most of my centers set up and ready to go. I have a lot of stuff in my room that I'm not exactly sure what to do with. I'm thinking that I'll interchange them throughout the school year so that there is something new every week. 

I definitely have some more work to do. I'm making a list of things that I'll have to buy at some point for the room. 


Many teachers here are doing themes with their classes. I haven't decided if that is something that I'm going to go yet. At my school, they have Cup'ik immersion. So I'll have an AM group and a PM group. For half of the day they'll be taught in English and the other have of the day they'll be taught in Cup'ik. I'm trying to decide how I'm going to differentiate between the AM group and the PM group. Well see how what I come up with. 


Tomorrow if the first day of professional development. I'm sure that I'm going to be bombarded with fun facts and information! 


Hopefully, I'll get to post pictures soon! : )