getting started!

As part of my professional growth and development this year I have decided to try and be more reflective in my teaching. It just seems like a really good idea. The more I can think about what I am doing in my classroom, hopefully the better I will do it... assuming I am thinking clearly. That is where I hope my friends out there in the teaching world will help me out. So, I am starting a blog. The purpose of this blog is to log the things that I see happening in my classroom, the stuff that I am doing or not doing that I feel has an impact on me as a teacher. The goal hopefully is to be a better teacher, a teacher who thinks about what they are doing and doesn't simply do the same thing that they did the last year, pulling out the same lessons and doing them in the same way... uuggg. Now since my principal is reading this I am obligated to say that I will not use any of the real names of any of my kids, and, as much as possible I will keep everything innocuous and as free from liability as possible. (is that good enough Mr. H? ) ... (not his real last name initial) ... anyway, I would invite you all to come and help me think a little more, be reflective a little more... maybe the kids at some point will be able to learn a little more.