Snow!

What a gift! An unexpected snow day!! A chance to rejuvenate and enjoy some quiet time.

Colleagues

Today was one of those wacky schedule days. The local little theatre came to perform and needed to use classrooms for play stuff. This meant combining classes. I was so grateful to face this wonky day with a great colleague. Good colleagues are treasures!

Creating the good

…when the good feels hard to find. Work’s been hard lately, so today, instead of starting the day business as usual, I am writing kindness notes for my colleagues.

Lego Museum

Today I had students create scenes from The Empty Pot. Afterwards my students walked from table to table and listened to each other describe their Lego creation. We put on music and pretended to be in a Lego museum. So fun and magical!

Singing a silly book

I was invited to be a guest reader at an elementary school this morning. I got to read (sing) the book There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Snow to a group of 5th graders that thought the singing was entertaining. LOL. A little reminder to not take ourselves too seriously and that its okay to be silly now and then with students!

Math Scores

2/26: We took an end of the unit test today and they all did great!

Centers

2/21: My students were great problem solvers during centers today. They knew what their options were and knew what the expectations were while I was busy with another student. Proud of them for making the right choice!

Kindness

2/20: Our focus for this month is Kindness. My students were able to give 4 affirmations to each other during a game AND point out 3 acts of Kindness they saw in the school today. They all expressed that they were in the “green” (feeling good/happy) after this activity and I was too after seeing the joy on their faces!

All the Things

2/14: I survived my first Valentine’s Day party as a classroom teacher! Very grateful for all the kindness and creativity I witnessed today.

2/15: Considering it was the day after Valentine’s, I was very impressed by my students’ effort and focus throughout the day. We even took a test and it was very successful. I consider that a win!

2/16: My students were ALL very well-behaved when we had two visitors in the room two separate times. Compliments from visitors are the most validating thing at this time of the year.

Heard from a previous student

…this week. This student wrote a letter to let me know they are okay even though I took a new job at the district and that their new favorite person is one of my favorite people. 🙂 I’ve been missing student contact lately so the timing of this connection was just right!