Today & the VA Meeting

School was good today. One of the Kindergarten teacher's helped me out by telling me what she uses to get the students attention. I tried the clap one she showed me, and the students responded in the right way. The class as a whole still needs to get used to the routines of the art room, but they are getting better. I did pretty well getting today's 1st grade class finished up on time so that we had plenty of time to clean up. Monday's particular group has a tougher time getting cleaned up quickly, and even though I feel like I've made sure we've had plenty of time to get organized before class is over, it never seems to happen. Today they left close to 3:25. (Which isn't bad considering they were 10 mins late!)
One thing I might get myself is another clock, or maybe I'll just move the one near my desk, because I don't really need it in the first room. I always have trouble seeing the clock easily, so unless I think about the time during the whole class I won't notice if we are getting close to the end of class. I know I could just try to monitor the time better, but I feel like I have so many other things on my mind that I wouldn't be able to even if I tried.
Speaking of time....
It's so tough getting to the Va meetings on time. I'm pretty sure no one is really frustrated that I get there usually 15 minutes late, since people were still talking for a bit even after I got there, but I still hate feeling like I'm late. I think I'm just stressing myself out because I still only really know Anne and Diana. There isn't anything I can really do about it though, besides try my best to get there asap. So, I'm not going to worry.