A Wigdout trip report, DISmeets, Flashing Jelly Rings and Manpris, Oh MY!

[MagicShell]

That is a great bulletin board. I love those animals. Thanks for sharing.

 

[manntra]

That is a great board!!! Your students are lucky to have such a great and creative (and Disney minded) teacher!!

 

[cjackearl]

Great bulletin board, Wigd! I love the 3D touches.

 

[DreaGirl]

I love that bulletin board! So cute.

I do not miss beginning of the year stress. I do miss beginning of the year room decorating though.

 

[jenjolt]

Between you and MeMom I'm starting to think I need to Disneyfy my room LOL!!!! I'm going to have to find little ways to include my Disney obsession LOL!!!!

Love the bulletin board it is way too cute!!!

 

[wsushocker]

It's high stress right now, we have meet the teacher today. Also a few entry level conferences have been scheduled. We work from 12:00 / 8:00. I'm going in at 10:00.....

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[MeMom]

I just wanted to share my little bit of classroom Disney happiness![/I][/B]

That's just cute! I like the elephant with the binoculars the best.

I hope your evening with parents goes/went well!

 

[micandminforever]

Great Disney bulletin board, thanks for sharing.

 

[DreaGirl]

How did it go tonight?

 

[Charleston Princess]

So, how was open house tonight?

Your AK bulletin board is very cute! I did my Celebrate Reading! bulletin board during my planning today (from an idea by MeMom). If our schools only knew...

 

[kschafer]

Then he started calling out for the family from Iowa to please come back to their table, he was waiting to meet them!

OK, catching up finally after vacation and found this comment. I hope he knows this family from Iowa is wating to come have breakfast with him, unfortunately he may be waiting for awhile

I see you are back to work now. Hope all is well! DH goes back tomorrow and the kids start next week. Mom is ready for them to go! I used to dread August when I was teaching, now...not so much (I guess that's a sign that I wasn't meant for the profession!)

 

[kschafer]

I love Minnie and Mickey's houses. They crack me up, although I wish Mickey would finally finish his kitchen already....

I feel the same way about my house We remodeled our kitchen 8 years ago and there is still a missing section of moulding on top of the cabinets (just a 2 foot section, the other 15 feet are there!)

 

[lmillercrew]

So does Baylor not ride the big roller coasters? What about Aerosmith? Huh, I thought he had riden EE with you before. Anyway, that's nice that he's old enough to wait for you two to ride.
I thought of you tonight, when at my son's football meeting. I saw a man with manpris on that were SO baggy, that from the side it looked like he was wearing a skirt!
Your bulletin board it WAY cutie! Nice job teach!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

That is a great bulletin board. I love those animals. Thanks for sharing.

I thought it turned out pretty cute myself! When you add Mickey and Minnie you have a sure fire winner! Thanks!

That is a great board!!! Your students are lucky to have such a great and creative (and Disney minded) teacher!!

I have a few more Disney boards in mind thanks to MeMom!

Great bulletin board, Wigd! I love the 3D touches.

I did a jungle board with a life size Steve Irwin holding a crocodile, the palm trees from Oriental Trading Co. were a part of that, I love to recycle items for my boards!

I love that bulletin board! So cute.

I do not miss beginning of the year stress. I do miss beginning of the year room decorating though.

My favorite part is the decorating!

Between you and MeMom I'm starting to think I need to Disneyfy my room LOL!!!! I'm going to have to find little ways to include my Disney obsession LOL!!!!

Love the bulletin board it is way too cute!!!

Jen, I think you should too, I think the big kids would love it!

That's just cute! I like the elephant with the binoculars the best.

I hope your evening with parents goes/went well!

Wow, it was a tiring evening, we probably had 80 people in the room. I loved the way the board turned out. I found the safari set at Oriental Trading...

Great Disney bulletin board, thanks for sharing.

Thanks, I love having Mickey and Minnie in the room!

How did it go tonight?

We had a full house, and then were mobbed by the parents afterward...

So, how was open house tonight?

Your AK bulletin board is very cute! I did my Celebrate Reading! bulletin board during my planning today (from an idea by MeMom). If our schools only knew...

Isn't MeMom great? I just love her ideas! Are you posting pictures of your celebrate reading board?
Mousejunkies arrived yesterday, I can't wait to get started.....now I'm waiting on the DCL PassPorter!

OK, catching up finally after vacation and found this comment. I hope he knows this family from Iowa is wating to come have breakfast with him, unfortunately he may be waiting for awhile

I'm sure he's quite anxious to meet you!

I see you are back to work now. Hope all is well! DH goes back tomorrow and the kids start next week. Mom is ready for them to go! I used to dread August when I was teaching, now...not so much (Iguess that's a sign that I wasn't meant for the profession!)

I hear most new teachers only teach for three years then they are through....How many years were you in the classroom?

I feel the same way about my house We remodeled our kitchen 8 years ago and there is still a missing section of moulding on top of the cabinets (just a 2 foot section, the other 15 feet are there!)

You must have the same contractor as Mickey does....

 

[kschafer]

I hear most new teachers only teach for three years then they are through....How many years were you in the classroom?[/I]

I taught for 8 years. My first year I cried nearly every day before going to school (of course I was pregnant which probably didn't help) This will be my second year out now and I don't really regret the decision to leave except that the job I had this past year was funded by a grant which ran out so I am once again hunting...it sucks but I know I made the right decision. It is a difficult job that does not give enough credit to those who do it so well!



You must have the same contractor as Mickey does....

I only have DH to blame

 

[brookelizabeth]

Great bullitien board!! It's fun to get a peek into your classroom. :

Thanks to Marc for uploading and posting the video on EE-I'm looking forward to it!

 

[MeMom]

Your AK bulletin board is very cute! I did my Celebrate Reading! bulletin board during my planning today (from an idea by MeMom). If our schools only knew...:laughing:

Let's not ever tell!!!

I thought it turned out pretty cute myself! When you add Mickey and Minnie you have a sure fire winner! Thanks!




I hear most new teachers only teach for three years then they are through....How many years were you in the classroom?

We were told this year that we lost 60% of our first year teachers! Sixty percent!!!

 

[micandminforever]

We were told this year that we lost 60% of our first year teachers! Sixty percent!!!

To bad I retired before I found the Dis your bulletin board ideas would have come in handy.

I believe one reason we lose so many new teachers is they are given the kids with the most problems, before they have the experience to adapt. Also they come in with visions of making learning fun and working with the students and then learn how much paper work is involved. The time my first years that I spent planning fun activities and learning new things were later spent filling out paperwork.

After 30 years of teaching my one regret is that I was not allowed to just teach under the new requirements and standards. My students still met standards because my standards were higher than state standards, but less fun for my students, and their teacher.

 

[pooh'smate]

Post deleted. I got my threads mixed up.

 

[MeMom]

I believe one reason we lose so many new teachers is they are given the kids with the most problems, before they have the experience to adapt. Also they come in with visions of making learning fun and working with the students and then learn how much paper work is involved. The time my first years that I spent planning fun activities and learning new things were later spent filling out paperwork.

After 30 years of teaching my one regret is that I was not allowed to just teach under the new requirements and standards. My students still met standards because my standards were higher than state standards, but less fun for my students, and their teacher.

And we have a winner! That's exactly how it is here. We have lost excellent teachers to early retirement because of the scrutiny and paperwork.