Thursday, July 18, 2013

Throwback Thursday- Year in Preview (Review)


     I am linking up again for Throwback Thursday!  I can't believe we are already halfway through 2013, so I thought it would be fun to revisit my post about the year in preview!  I wanted to share how I am doing at my predictions!


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Originally posted HERE on December 31, 2012:



Ready for 2013!


     I am Linking up with Michelle at Making it as a Middle School Teacher for her Linky: What's ahead for you in 2013?   
      I think that 2012 has been a great year!  The numbers 12 and 13 are, and have been, my two lucky numbers since grade school.  So, I like to think that these two years have to be lucky for me!  As I look into the new year, I hope to grow my blog and TpT site, learn more about Reader's Workshop, and take my ESL Praxis.  However, I would also like to spend a little more time relaxing and enjoying myself.  With full implementation of the Common Core this year and just getting going as a seller on  TpT, I feel as though I never save time for myself anymore.  That is one of my biggest goals in the new year. 
Here are my 13 goals for 2013:

I hope you have a very happy New Year's Eve!  I hope that the New Year brings great things!
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Things I have accomplished from this list:
- I have been running pretty regularly.  I try to run at least 2 miles or more a day.
- I used the iPad cart at school a few times in the spring!
- Loved Dr. Seuss Day, as usual.
- Spent some time with my mom at Seabrook Island, SC.
-  While my student teacher was teaching, I did a TON of organizing!
- As of today I am at 174 followers!  My goal was to have at least 100 by the end of the year!  Woo hoo!
- I doubled my non-fiction collection of books and our school bought our grade level some books, too.
- I used the snowman glyph and it turned out super cute!
- I attended the Reader's Workshop training provided by my school.
- I have read about 8 books this summer!  

Things I am still working on:
- I haven't finished reading The Reader's Workshop by Lucy Calkins.
- I did not take my ESL Praxis.  I still would like to at some point, but I was just too busy this spring, when I had been hoping to take it.  

Overall, I am very pleased with all that I have accomplished this year and it is only halfway over!  
-Michelle

11 comments:

  1. Congrats on your running accomplishment - as a teacher that isn't easy!! I'd love to be better about it during the school year. Summer makes it easy.

    Lauren
    The Sweetest Thing
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    1. Thanks! Working out in the summer is SO much easier! If only I had as much time during the year!

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  2. I just found your blog through the Throwback Thursday Linky comments and am your newest follower. I'm going to Chicago with a co-worker this weekend too, so maybe we will see you!

    Renee
    Fantastic First Grade Froggies

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    1. I am glad you stopped by and are a new follower! I am really excited for my trip to Chicago! I am going on my own, but am still looking forward to it!

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  3. Congrats on your accomplishments!

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    1. Thanks! I hadn't realized how many had actually been accomplished already until I went back and started reading them!

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  4. This is a cool post. It's always fun to check up on your predictions. CONGRATS on the running... that's a super accomplishment!

    Mrs. Thompson
    Adventures in Teaching (A First Grade Blog)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! It was fun looking back and what I had hoped to accomplish this year!

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  5. I love these looking back posts - so interesting to see which predictions came through and which did not. I remember about 15 years ago I started my masters in Education Technology and we all sat around talking about whether or not computers would change teaching at all. We thought it might save a bit of time on report cards, but that it! We had no idea what was to come!
    Susanna
    Whimsy Workshop

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    1. That is too funny! It is amazing how things have changed in the world of education! Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. Congrats on accomplishing so much! I did this linky too, so I will have to go back and check out what I said I wanted to do. :-)

    Nichole
    Craft of Teaching

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