And so it begins. . .

Spent the last couple of weeks going through books and materials prepping for the new school year: refreshing and improving my feel for our Language Arts program, pre-planning curriculum unit ideas and projects, deciding on learning centers, and leveling the guided reading books. This week all of us teachers from the seven iLead charter schools here in Southern California have begun meeting for staff development. We conclude Friday and then get ready to go on an annual two-day retreat to someplace different every year for team-building exercises. This year is on the Queen Mary. The rest of next week will be spent in our classrooms preparing the class for the first day of school on the 23rd! We are welcoming four new teachers at our site so that will be fun to work with them and see how we all meld together. It's going to be a fun year!