Meet the Teacher Night

Today was our last day of inservice!  When I walked into the classroom this morning I had some beautiful flowers on my desk.  Jen had bought some for both of our desks for "Meet the Teacher Night".  They were beautiful flowers and I'm very appreciative!  I'm definitely a flower kinda girl :)

My Beautiful Flowers!

Throughout the day we had 3 meetings, so we felt pretty rushed getting our finishing touches of the classroom done.  In one meeting I learned how to use an EPIPEN.  It's crazy to think of how many allergies kids have these days!  Even though we were pressed for time, we still were able to finish everything in time and even get some planning done :)

While preparing our classroom, Jen gave me some materials for my future classroom and some helpful tips as well.  I've already started filing some great materials and I know it'll be very helpful next year.

Birthday cards Jen gave me.

An awesome folder with multiple pockets that tell parents what work
can stay home and what work needs to be sent back.

At the end of the afternoon we planned for the next few days.  Tomorrow I'll be reading one of my favorite books, Corduroy, and will be doing an activity with the children to help them get to know each other (I'm sure I'll give more details on that tomorrow).

Of course I had to practice reading Corduroy out loud!  Maybelline = my pretend 3rd grader for the night ;)

And FINALLY, I got to meet my students!  The doors opened at 430pm, but a line started forming outside of the school an hour before that.  I was very surprised, but also very happy to see how eager the kids were to meet their future teachers.  I was super nervous while waiting for my students (especially because they didn't know they'd have an intern), but very excited too!  And finally, my kids started trickling in to meet Mrs. Arnold and me.  We showed them their desks, encouraged them to look around the classroom, and showed them their lockers.  In third grade their lockers are in the hallway and I loved the look on their faces when they learned about this new change.  The only way I can describe their facial expressions would be "Oh my gosh, I'm a big kid now..."  It was pretty adorable and I'm constantly reminded it's the little things in life that can make a child's day.  Each one of my students definitely has their own, unique personality.  I've forgotten what an awkward stage of life 8 and 9 year olds lead.  Whether it's Star War legos or jumping around the classroom like a squirrel, I've  already encountered it within the 5 min I met each one of them.  I'm loving this impressionable (and slightly weird) stage of life and can't wait to start teaching them!

Jen and I waiting to meet our future students outside of our classroom!