It’s Saturday and that means it is time to reflect on the week and celebrate things both big and small. Join our community and celebrate this week by linking up or just stopping by the host Ruth Ayres’ blog to read others’ celebrations.
This week I had a fabulous week at school. It was one of those weeks that just seems to click and we were busy learning. I wrote about our First Day Back from Spring Break on Tuesday for my Slice of Life post.
We just had so many little moments to celebrate:
- Our Cinderella unit started this week. Many of my boys groaned when they saw the cover of the first picture book I was going to read them. Then, I talked to them about how we were going to compare the stories from around the world to find the pattern in Cinderella stories. They were a little more convinced. Then, on Tuesday, I read them the Grimm version of Cinderella. Now, they are completely hooked on our unit. It was so fun comparing the different picture books we read this week.
- I worked a lot more mindfulness and meditation into our schedule this week. It has helped many students to calm themselves down so they can be more engaged in learning.
- I started new literature groups. It was fun to hear students that were excited about the new books I had picked out for their group.
- Our math times this week were very smooth as well. The transitions into our work time were smooth and everyone got right to work. That was really nice and it was great to see kids having fun with math.
- Google docs are the new craze in my class. They figured out that they could share docs with each other and now there are multiple collaborative stories being written. Every single day this week I had students asking to come in for recess so they could write. Amazing.
Then, I also had a few things outside of school to celebrate:
- I went to a 6am workout class this week. I had not tried it yet because I was worried about getting to work on time. I was able to get to work fine and I will be going more often in the morning. This is great because it helps me to bring a workout into days in which I have other commitments after school.
- My husband’s birthday is today. We had a nice day celebrating with a lunch date, some frozen yogurt, and some shopping yesterday.
- I found a pair of Dansko clogs on clearance at DSW shoe store. I got them for $30!!!
What do you have to celebrate this week? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
