Good Teaching Day

I felt good about today and lately there have been a lot of teaching days where I have gotten down on myself (I feel rushed and maybe I didn't get to do centers or Social Studies or something else that I feel is important). Today, we got to everything. Reading groups are going well and I got to listen to all three of my groups while the students did some independent work and went to their centers. I've only incorporated the centers somewhat consistently since January, so it's been trial and error. I need to just bottle up whatever happened today and try and capture it for the rest of this week- or better yet, the rest of the year:-) I know that's being unrealistic! Anyway, I have wanted to do centers since the fall, but I felt overwhelmed of how to organize it. I must say that I've started small. The important thing for me to remember is to take small "baby" steps. I know that I've made progress in the past year of teaching and I can look forward to continuing to learn and grow as a teacher. I am more excited about having more flexibility in my teaching these days. Only 16 more school days until Spring Break- Yeah!