I'm two weeks into my vacation and so thankful that I have another one left. Time to start thinking about work again and getting ready to go back.
Before the break started, I told my class that my Christmas Wish was for them to become readers, so hopefully Santa delivered!
I don't usually do New Years resolutions, but there are a few goals that I'd like to accomplish during the second half of the school year: 1) I want to push my students even harder 2) I want to be more strict and 3) I want them to be stronger readers. Plus, I want to post blogs more often.
I thought that it would be fun to list some of my favorite things, in no particular order, that have happened since school started in September:
- Welcoming my class on the first day and having one student shout out that he was so excited and that he loves school. (He has continued to be an enthusiastic student)
- Dressing up for Halloween and seeing the kids get so excited about every costume that they saw.
- Learning about Thanksgiving through a poem that the students memorized (which has inspired me to find more poems for the students to learn)
- Watching the students create their own work space in the classroom library. One by one they moved their chairs next to the shelves and quietly worked.
- Practicing for the Holiday Program was not my favorite part of the year, but watching the final result was worth all the headaches and stress.
