First Day Of School

It feels like the entire summer has been building up to this one BIG day...and now we're finally here! First day jitters are out of the way and learning has commenced!  I wanted to share some goals, aspirations and hopes for this year and document as I go.  Keeping up with blogging can be quite a task, especially when teaching, managing a collection and really trying to learn about each class and student (and of course teachers) that you work with.  Here are a few Fall Goals:

1.  Blog every two weeks, every week if possible
2.  Introduce Makerspace by October
3.  Train and welcome family volunteers by end of September
4.  Model and train 5th graders to be Library "Clerks" and open library 2x weekly for lunch recess
5.  Read one new book every week

Phew!  Hopefully I didn't get to ahead of myself with these ideas, as always the first year in a new library always has it's learning moments and challenges!  While this blog entry is short and sweet, I'll leave you with this mantra that I'm striving to weave in and out of each day here at our amazing school:

"Look with kindness and you will always find wonder." - Wonder by RJ Palacio