New Year, New Job

I know that I have been absent for a while, can't believe that three months have gone by since the last time that I blogged.  I have been busy subbing daily and started a new job back in November.  The good news is that I no longer get woken up to phone calls asking me to sub.  I am now a fifth grade teacher assistant for a student who has behavioral issues.  Some days are more challenging than others.  It took me a while to figure out what my role in the classrooms were, at the school that I work for, fifth grade teachers block, so I move around with one class all day.  Some rooms, it seems that I just sit there because they don't do much in those classes.  Some rooms, I am a part of the lessons and have my own group that I will work with.

I have been busy trying to find time to create new items for my TeacherpayTeacher store.  This has been hard to find time to do since I my school hours are 8:00-3:30 so I don't get home until 4:00.  Sadly, I used part of my winter break to create some new items for my store.  I have been busy creating some beginning digraph sorting activities that could also be used as write the room activities.  So far I have created l digraphs, h digraphs, and I am trying to finish up r digraphs.

Also on my to do list is to work on a reader with comprehension questions for February.  I have to decide if I want to do a Valentine's Day theme, a Groundhog theme, or a President's Day theme.  Right now I'm thinking about the February holidays while creating new products.  My goal for this school year is to work on items that could be used during the upcoming month.  I've been looking at my lesson plans from last year for inspiration.

I have also decided since February will be my 1 year anniversary on TpT, that when I post a new, paid item, that it will be on sale when it gets posted.  I haven't decided if it will be for 1 or 2 days yet.

Stay warm, this is my second no school day because of the extremely cold temperatures, With the wind chill is in the -20s, I've been second guessing my decision to leave NC and move back home to Illinois.

Amber