52 days into the school year...

52 days already finished. I can't believe the school year is moving so quick. I feel that between school and work, I am losing my mind. I hope that I never have a semester that is this crazy ever again. I am making some head way on my tech proposal project. Yeah. I put in a proposal on donorschoose.org, I had my first donation yesterday. It was not a full proposal donation, but at least it is something and I am getting closer to getting my project funded. I am asking for donations in order to purchase a machine that will allow my students to build blocks that can be put into the machine and the machine will say the letter sounds and say the word that the students built. It seems like a really fun way to get my students more interested in increasing their reading skills. I will keep trying to find ways to get funding and hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a reading mentor.

Blogging Gone Wild

We have just spent the last 20 minutes or so trying to figure out our blogs. Comments are being lost and pictures are not showing up. I thought I was getting the hang of things and now I am not so sure. It seemed so easy. Have an idea, make a post, and poof it should be all taken care of. I am learning that it was not as easy as I thought. Hopefully in the end it will all work out.

Not to proud to beg...

I have survived the first quarter of the year, yeah. 44 days down. That would be 44 days without a computer, boooo. I am pretty sure that my district is not going to improve the lack of technology for my students so I have turned to begging. This past week I created two projects on donorschoose.org I am hoping that maybe someone will reach out and donate some items to my room. It looks as if they have a lot of success, so maybe my little guys will get lucky and we will get picked. I wish that I could create a whole bunch of projects, but you have to earn points to post, the only way to earn points is to get projects sponsored. I am crossing my fingers....

Not much to say this week...

It has been a crazy week at home, but nothing too exciting has happened at work. One of my kids started inclusion this week, yeah. He is spending an hour and a half in a general ed class for reading. I am still trying to figure out the best way to communicate with the teacher as far as progress and regular updates without being too annoying. I want her to know that I want to know what is going on and I am here to help, but I don't want to be a nuisance. Email would be so handy, but I can't check my email during the day because I have no internet. I can always write her when I get home, but I am a little annoyed at being expected to work on email items after my day is done. I spend so much of my time creating new activities and looking for new techniques, it would just be nice if they didn't think it was okay to just expect me to eat up more of my time.
My technology situation has not changed after eight weeks of school. Still no computer, no internet, still stuck in the dark ages. It is becomming a real hassle. I have IEPs to do and I have no access to the new SELPA forms. I sure do love my district :o)