I had my students create posters for the dogs at the Maricopa County Animal Care & Control Center. They chose a dog and read the background and then drew/colored their picture and wrote a letter from the dog’s POV. Check ’em out – don’t they pull on your heart strings?
From one of my 5th graders who feels my pain…
My 5th graders found a Black Widow spider in the back yard of the school. It was the first time I saw one in person! Beautiful.
“Psssst!” Kevin tried to get Jesse’s attention.
“Yeah?”
“I want to learn more about your channel.”
“I’ll send you the link.”
We have a retake policy in our school district. I’m not a fan and this is why.
I was sitting outside with four of my 6th grade students – all girls. Tomorrow is Spring Picture Day and students don’t have to wear their uniform of red/white/blue polo shirt and tan pants. It’s a rare “Free Dress Day” for them.
“It’s Free Dress Day tomorrow!” One hollered.
“I’m not wearing a dress though, even though it’s picture day,” sighed another.
“Yeah, wearing a dress on Free Dress Day is a total waste!”
A student made this for me a long time ago.
I mentioned that I love to roller skate. I don’t even remember telling my students that about myself. Teaching is demanding and the parts that I don’t enjoy: “paperwork/grading,” meetings, and (now) wearing a mask while talking all day and handling parent frustrations with online work…are growing.
We just went on break. I intend to refresh. Reflect. Re-energize. I love my job. I have the rest of the year to be better.
Overheard in my 5th-grade classroom: “I went to visit my cousins in a small town in California. They don’t have any good restaurants like In-N-Out there.”
Kismet 
