Back in the Habit...kinda

Today was the second day back for teachers. It has been incredibly hard to get back into the routine of things. My camera is officially dead so there are currently no pics of my classroom, but I hope to change that situation by the end of the week.
There have already been hours upon hours of meetings. Today's emphasis was on CCS (Common Core Standards). The implementation should be really interesting. I'm we are starting to work on this as a faculty now instead of waiting until next year when we officially have to implement them.
I'm crossing my fingers (and toes) hoping I'm much more productive in the classroom than I was today. I'm pretty sure I only organized the student supplies and hung up one poster. Must. Do. Better.
I get to meet most of my kids at registration this Saturday. Getting pretty excited minus the fact that my room is kinda a disaster.
The rest of today is devoted to updating my classroom website.

Best wishes for a wonderful & successful school year!

Homework Contract & Binder

I can't believe this is my last weekend of summer! My heart hurts just a little, but I'm pretty anxious to get this school year up and running. I guess that's apparent since it's 10:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I'm typing this...
Like many of you, I've been pinning the summer away and I came across some pins concerning homework. The first pin was a No Homework Binder and the second was a Homework Contract. (I can't find the link to the Homework Contract at the moment. Ekk!)

I borrowed and modified to create my own. I'm pretty excited about it because it should eliminate the number of excuses I hear from students about why their homework isn't complete. I also added an area where I document how parents are notified that their child was missing their work.