I May Not Be Working But My Brain Sure Is...Overtime

I am in the second week of my winter break and I cannot sleep. I woke up around 5am, "I can ask friends from home to send me books for class" was the thought that brought my eyes open. I have been thinking ever since. First thing I did was to write to four people enlisting their assistance in helping me to create a class library. I have had many sudden wake ups in the past few months since I began teaching second grade in Al Shamkha. Usually they are ideas for improving my classroom or my teaching. To maintain my sanity I decided it was time for me to start keeping a teaching journal.

In the posts that follow I am hoping to keep track of my thoughts, their application in my classroom, basically a running record of reflection and learning.