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Top Ten Reasons I Know I am Back To School:

10.  My Friday evening consisted of a nap followed by bedtime.

9.  I have said “We Raise Our Hand To Get Out of our Chair” 1,752 times this week.

8.  I have been called Mrs. Tonsil 8 times.  (And one student informed me she was getting her “Tunstalls out”) ((yikes))

7.   I have cut back on my liquid consumption during the hours of 7-3 because my job requires me to “hold it” for hours and hours……..and hours.

6.   I feel like a super genius that can hold incredible amounts of information such as but not limited to: copy codes, attendance codes, classroom extensions, lunch account numbers, amounts of lunch money for 7 different students, passwords for 8 different educational websites, and 22 different modes of transportation that could and do sometimes change daily.

5.  I am ecstatic over the idea of standing out in 100 degree weather to watch children run and play at 1:45pm Monday through Friday…so much so that I literally stare at the clock in anticipation.  If this divine privilege is taken from me I am downright distraught.

4.  I have sung more songs this week than the entire Summer combined.

3.  I have handled, stored, and organized 1 ton of school supplies. (like tetris into my cupboards)

2.  The dent in my computer chair from blogging butt is almost gone.

and the number one reason I know I am back to school…..

1.  I have been hugged on, tugged on, and loved on by 22 new precious human beings!!!!

How are you holding up?  The reality is surely setting in…This 9 month gig is ON.

 I uploaded an editable version of the computer desktop backgrounds you see in these photos

 
The file has 7 different colors for you to edit! 
 
 Click the picture above to download the file for yourself from my TpT store.

If you like those I have another editable file with chevron!  I use these for those evens like meet the teacher night and back to school.  It’s perfect for parent control and direction.  You can be calm and cool while the signs do all the talking for you!  Click the picture to follow the link.

We have open house around the corner so we are going to make these all about me self portraits this week.

 The
self portrait craft comes out of this fall and art writing craft pack
of mine.  These are my bulletin boards for September.  The great part is
that they are tiered for all levels of writers from independant (just
lines with a cute border) to emergent.  I keep them to show the growth
for the year.

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    7. Sarah says

      LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of the anchor charts!! They are in my wishlist until the first pay check!! HA HA!

      I agree I think I said LISTEN 2 Million TIMES last week. I was rolling out all sorts of options / managment tools to boot! Its maybe finally sinking in all to be lost w/ 3 days at home! However the 3 days will RECHARGE me!!

      Thanks sooo much for always being so positive! I just LOVE LOVE your ideas, tips & posts!

      Thanks!
      Sarah
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    17. Jamie says

      Thank you for the computer backgrounds! I learned something new as I figured out how to export it to make a jpeg. I'm going to download the stamina chart next. Love that! It will be a perfect addition to my SmartBoard. I really enjoy your posts!

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    24. Kelli says

      Thanks for all of the great ideas as always! I was in love with your computer backgrounds when I first saw them and tried to recreate but not as cute so can't wait to download and customize! Thanks!

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    25. Mrs. Wehling says

      What an exhausting 2 weeks for me. Love your post, describes my day to a "T!" I need to get your posters to help ME remember what all the standards are, much less the kids! I think I'm also going to try out those lesson plan templates.

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    28. Rachel Elsener says

      I love the top 10! I greet my students at the door each morning, and we shake hands I say good morning to them and they say "Good morning, Ms. Elsener" back to me. I definitely have a little firstie who every day this week has kind of shouted "GOOD MORNING, OWLSNER". It's so hard not laugh!

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