1st Day Jitters

To this day I still have that excitement in my stomach when the first day of school approaches.  Now granted, I have been teaching summer school and making changes to my classroom as well as attending the famous "we didn't make ayp" meetings since last week.  However, the first day of students returning is an entire different level of excitement.  Except it didn't happen this year.

Instead of greeting all the new little faces this morning, I sit at home sicker than a dog and wondering how it went today.  I'm sad because I couldn't be there but am *hoping* I will be able to go tomorrow.  This nasty bug has gone thru all our family and even little miss ninth grader missed her first day of school as well.  (She is currently snoring on the couch next to me with little groans every once in awhile.  Poor baby.)  And to think we spent so much time figuring out her first day of high school outfit last night!

I'm so looking forward to meeting everyone on my class roster!  My head is spinning (literally.....ouch) about what I want to do this year for my 4th and 5th grade gifted students.  I just ordered a copy of Old Yeller for each student and plan on emerging our little minds into the complexities of that book.  Love me some 'yeller.  The book has 18 chapters and I plan on creating quite the enrichment needed for these bright kiddos.  However, I'm still debating on next semester's book........help!  I was thinking about doing  Where the Red Fern Grows and then doing some comparing/contrast to the two books by the end of the year.  OR, maybe Hatchet?  Got any good suggestions??

I'm also on planning to allow my students to BLOG this year!  Yippee!  We were able to purchase laptops for every student in my class and I'm thrilled that I can incorporate some technology into my lessons.  So looking forward to all this.........

Back to get some rest.  UGH.