Sweet summer

My summer vacation officially started today. I know that sounds strange, seeing as the end of our school year, and the last workday for teachers was June 30th, but it is true! After school let out, I went to work for a week with our Provincial department of education correcting 6th grade literacy assessments with a team of 50 other teachers. It was actually a lot of fun! I admit, it was tough to sit for hours at a time, reading story after story, but I think – as a beginning teacher – nothing could have been better for me. In my province, many music specialists have to take on classroom assignments in addition to their music assignments simply because the schools are too small to accommodate a full-time music teacher. This experience will definitely be useful to me. After that week was over, I had several concerts to play in. Now, for the rest of this week I am completely free!

So now, for the summer I will be working at a local restaurant 2 days a week as a cook, performing in a few concerts here and there, and otherwise, just relaxing! I know it is CRAZY, but all I can think about is planning for the next school year! I have had several urges to head into school and pick up some of my resources and start revamping my unit plans. Isn’t that crazy? I haven’t even been out of school for more than two weeks, and already I am thinking about September!! So far I have been successfully ignoring my impulses, but I don’t know how long this will last. I am so anxious to begin getting things ready for next year!

I kept a list all throughout this past school year with songs and resources that I felt that I would like to use again, and also things that I felt didn’t work. I also have things that I didn’t get to try this year that I would like to try in the coming school year. It’s so exciting! I’m such a nerd, I know. I also just ordered my textbooks for my first Master’s course that begins in September…I am very excited about that, too! Nerd, again, I know. At least I’m sure that some of you out there understand