Hello!
This is my introductory post to my new blog.  I was inspired to create a blog describing my work as a half -day kindergarten teacher after finding so many great kindergarten teachers blogging about the awesome things they are doing with kids.  The only problem was- they are mostly full-day kindergarten teachers and many of their ideas are so much harder to fit into a half-day schedule!  I tried to find other half-day teachers out there blogging about how they make it work, and found a few.  But they were few and far between compared to all you full-day teachers.  I know that there are others out there like me, looking to make the most of our time in half-day kindergarten, finding ways to be true to our district's curriculum and standards, maintaining high academic expectations for our students, communicating with twice as many parents, doing twice as many assessments, all while still keeping the magic that is found only in kindergarten alive and thriving in our classroom.
Anyway, I hope that other half-day kindergarten teachers find this blog and we can share how to fit it all in.  Of course, starting this with 2 weeks of school left, a kindergarten spring program to rehearse and prepare for, Mother's Day writing and art project still unfinished, plus end of the year assessments (including Rigby reading levels for all of my kiddos!) and reports cards to complete, class lists for next year, a few more transition meetings, pillow cases to tie-dye, volunteer appreciation gifts to come up with- well, let's just say that this blog may get off to a slow start!  But please do check back, as I aim to slowly over the summer get this in gear.