ORGANIZE AND CLEAN!!

Well, we are getting ready to have our parent teacher conferences this coming week.  So, on Friday we had a work day which allowed us to work on grades and get ready for the conferences.  I had been working on getting everything ready beforehand so I got done a little early in the day with everything.  

I was so excited because I actually had some time to clean some stuff up and actually organize a little bit......now don't get too excited.....I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done of course.  But, I did file away some stuff that I had wanted to file away from like August ok maybe November.  Now, my desk is clean with no stacks of papers etc.  Check it out!

I am so excited to walk in and see my clean desk first thing in the morning!  Now the question is.....how many minutes seconds will it stay clean?????  

Have a great week!

Rudolph the Red Nosed...Teacher and Common Core Grade Cards

Okay, so I look like Rudolph! I am not kidding! I have a horrible cold that has caused me to blow my nose every 2 minutes (okay, it feels like it, maybe it is more like 5). I feel a bit better today so maybe I am on the mend. And no, I will not be posting a picture!
:-)


Anyway, yesterday we had district-wide grade level meetings so Kristi and I had subs for the afternoon and we went and met with the other first grade teachers in our district. Our main focus was grade cards for next year and how they will reflect the Common Core Standards. Ugh! Quite a project...and I still don't think we are finished.


So, I'm wondering, have you had a part in revising your grade cards to reflect Common Core? If so, how in the world did you condense it down to something a parent will be able to understand and want to know!!!?!?!?!?! Do you even do a standards-based grade card?


We'd love to hear from you about how your grade cards look (and if you've made changes because of Common Core).


And by the way, it has been an awful day here. Coming back to bad reports from my "spies" about my students' behavior while I was gone makes me upset - especially when they all said they did GREAT! The sub left a short and sweet, "Great class!" But I had others watching who knew I would not be pleased. Oh, how I wish I could teach them to show good character!


Crystal