August 17th (or whatever) Achieves "Christmas Day" Status!

Okay...kind of a confusing title to a blog post. Let me explain. 

I'm too lazy (at least at this current juncture) to go look up when BISD officially starts school next year, despite the fact that the calendar has been approved for some time now. ...hence the "August 17th (or whatever)"....

The reason this elusive date has just achieved "Christmas Day" status? Well, because I stumbled upon digital gold, my friends, in the form of the blog, The Middle School Mouth. ...A language arts teacher who uses interactive notebooking; something I have wanted to try for years, but not been quite sure how to go about it. 

The result of finding this amazing gold mine of a blog? ...*THIS* blog; this very blog that you find yourself at this moment. 

I CANNOT WAIT FOR AUGUST TO ARRIVE!!

I don't want to wish away my summer or anything, and at this current moment at the end of May, June 1st cannot arrive quickly enough, but I find that the end of the school year always yields the best reflections for me, and I get excited about what I want to do differently the following year. 

Next year will finally be the year that I seriously put interactive notebooking to the test! I tried once previously, but I was just groping in the dark, and my idea fell flat. The notebooks didn't survive the 1st 6 weeks. 

The purpose of this blog will be to document my experiences as I go through. Of course, until the next school year starts, this will primarily be a dumping ground for the grand ideas that never seem to get written down. 

Can you wait? 

I can't!