I'm Back!

Oh my goodness, Ireland was absolutely amazing! I am still a tad jet lagged and am hoping that next week gets much easier for me. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from my week I got to spend over there. 

Even though school started back up on Monday, my kids have not seen me since before Spring Break! Monday I was still traveling back from the break and yesterday and today I helped with a STAAR Camp for our 8th grade students. We had 16 different sessions, 8 math and 8 reading, that the kids rotated through over the course of 2 days. I was leading the Author's Purpose and Point of View Workshop. I had mixed feelings about the whole thing. I think it is a great thing for our at risk and below level students, but our gifted and above level students were bored because the material was more geared towards the bubble kids. 

I also got great news on Tuesday! I had a contract waiting in my box for the 2012-2013 school year!!! Yeah for getting to stay on my campus and work for my amazing principal. I was not too worried, but I was not going to relax until I had seen it and signed it. Now I just have to wait and see what exactly I will be teaching next year. Fingers crossed that I will get to stay in 6th grade! 

Over the break I also finally joined the Hunger Games craze and read the first 2 on the plane. I am about halfway finished with Mockingjay, but I do not want the series to end. What am I going to read next when it is all finished??? Any good suggestions?

I have a few literacy games in the works and cannot wait to share them with you all! Be on the lookout for them early next week.