Wow time flies.  I may not write as often as a lot of the teachers out there with blogs, but I hope when I do write it's worth reading. 

I have been swamped at school.  My school is trying to become an International Baccalaureate school Or IB school. What is that you may ask?  IB offers four programmes for students aged 3 to 19 to help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. There are more than 1,098,000 IB students at 3,568 schools in 145 countries.  In elementary school we are doing the Primary Years program.  The Primary Years Program is for students aged 3 to 12 and focuses on the development of the whole child in the classroom and in the world outside.

To get authorized is an intense process that typically takes two or more years and includes site visits by an IB team.  So for the past two years we have been working towards getting through the authorization process and trying to become an official IB World School.  This week is my schools evaluation/authorization visit.  All of the teachers at my school including myself have been working so hard to pass this authorization. 

Throughout April and May I have been so busy trying to work with my class on our Matter unit for IB authorization visit, as well as starting up my Dibles testing,  finishing up our Animal Homes unit, getting ready for our one and only field trip to the Natural History Museum, and finally Open House. Oh and I forgot teaching my students a dance all first graders will do at the end of the month.  Does that not sound crazy!!!!!  You'd think as the year draws to an end things would mellow out.

On top of everything I thought it had been a while since I added anything new to my Teacher Pay Teacher store.  I'm always about things that you can use and save some time putting together for your classroom.  Plus they are things I actually use.  The most recent additions to my store  have come about while I was enhancing my Matter Unit.

Thanks for your time.  I wish you all a relaxing and enjoy Sunday and upcoming week.