This Month Rocks!

February has been an amazing month so far. So many big changes for me and I am just happy about them. The only downside is I don't get to see Mrs. E everyday or the kids. I miss them but I see them in the hallways and on the playground. I really want to make Mrs. E proud and do my absolute best. She's been such a big part of my successes both academic and now professionally so I just want her to be proud of me. I am having a blast though and I am enjoying seeing how other teachers run their classrooms. I even learned something new about how they are teaching math and while I find it EXTREMELY confusing. I think it will come in handy. I think as I spend more time in that teacher's classroom during that specific lesson the math will make sense (well the way she teaches it anyway). I understand the reasoning behind teaching it in a visual way but seeing those squares, lines and dots are highly confusing when your used to doing math the "analog" way.

One huge plus is that I get to see Ezra more often during the day, in the morning and the afternoon. He's still getting used to me being "teacher mommy" but its nice to be an even bigger part of his learning and know that I am a part of his success. He's READING now and it is just the coolest thing ever. I keep recording him and saving the videos. He's slowly gaining confidence in his abilities one book at a time. We are using the readers that Mrs. E gave us and just going through them. We are going to go to the library tomorrow so I can get some books since I have one more week off school and to find him some more pre-readers. I think if we stick with pre-readers and level one readers for a few months, it will boost his confidence. Before school is out I'm going to get a copy of the next set of sight words so that we can work on them over the summer. He can read about 50 out of 100 right now and he's got to be able to read 100 by the time he enters first grade.

Oh, I met the lady I want to be his teacher next year. She's amazing, structured and I really think that he will flourish in her class. Her teaching style is similar to Ms. V and when I entered her class and saw her in action my scalp tingled. I just know he'll do well in her class.

I'm just living my best lifeeeeee and so happy about it!