Goal!!!!!

So this week is the first week of school. I really thought I would be nervous and lost, but thus far everything is going according to plan. We are getting procedures and routines down faster that I had imagined. I love just saying "Turf Time" and they know to go to the carpet and get what ever pillow they are assigned that day. I am working on getting them to do it quietly, but that is a work in progress.

I am still getting used to our daily schedule. It seems the kids know it better than I do. We were late to specials today, because of me. I totally lost track of time. The PE teacher was not happy, and that was evident in her body language. Her old, frail, 50+ year old body.lol She is someone you don't want to cross. She could use a lesson in "nice words" and "respecting other people's feelings 101". I think I will invite her to my class when I teach those lessons.

I have a cute little container in the front of the room for kids to write note to Mr. Sosa. I told them they can write anything they want for me to know or any suggestions they might have. I told them that on Friday we would vote on a new desk arrangement. Needless to say the notes to Mr. Sosa container was over stuffed with extravagant plans for desk arrangement that not only defied the laws of physics but the laws of spacial geometry as well. I think one layout had 1 teeny tiny desk for the boys and 50 desks for the girls. Which would work if I had 1 teeny tiny boy and 50 girls instead of the 11 boys and 11 girls I do have. I did get a few other notes. 1 said "You are the best teacher ever!" It is now framed and hanging up above my desk. Then there were 2 other notes that said we needed a clock. Actually one of those notes said, "What time is it? Oh wait I don't know because we don't have a clock." A. We do have a clock, it just doesn't work, and B. You are 8 years old small child, loose the attitude. You don't learn that until middle school. It's true, we do need a clock though. Maybe then the kids will be able to line themselves up without me even having to say a word. That is a goal I have.

Speaking of goals... All this week we have been doing getting to know you activities. Me posters, drawings of self, thinks that I like, and a goals paper. The goals paper has a soccer ball on it and in the white hexagons are 5 different goals they set for themselves. The goals are: Math Goals, Reading Goals, Writing Goals, Behavior Goals, and Another Goal. I told them that another goal can be any type of goal. It can be a goal for this year or a goal for the future. I want to share some of the goals my students have for themselves. I will spell them exactly the way they wrote them. You can interpret them anyway you like, I suggest phonemically.
Goals:
"work harder"
"I will try my best kicking hard at kick ball"
"I want to make video games when I grow up."
"do your BEST!"
"Good job"(It's either to do a good job or find one. I don't know.)
"to be in the olimpiks"
"Be in the olympics."
"I want to be a swimmer on the olypics."(Not in, but on. There is a difference.)
"Become an authour and illustrator."
"I want to get better at soccor"
"I want to be presadent."
"I want to be a better student."
"I will try to be a scinecetis/ashrownot."
"I will try to do all of these goals!"(pertaining to all the other goals on the soccer ball)
"To become a movie star."
"I like spelling"(Really? Is that even a goal? Nope, it's a statement)
"Go in the olympcys"(Go number 1 or number 2 in the olympics?)
"To be better at cub scouts"
"To be in the olmicis"
"To win all my soccer games"

My goal: To help these kids either reach their goals or give them the confidence and knowledge they need to reach them. That and teach them spelling and punctuation.lol