The last day of school before the Christmas break was like eating sour patch kid candy (which I happen to love). At first, there is a shocking zap to your senses but then the sweetness underneath gradually takes over. I thoroughly enjoyed the day with my students. Sure it was chaos and the students were a bit "high strung", but there was a magic in the air as well. I smiled as one student I have had trouble with gave me a hug good-bye at the end of the day. I hope that in the coming months, this magic will pay off as an investment.
Notes to myself about Christmas:
*Have thank you notes filled out ahead of time so you don't have to mail them (although I think the students love getting a letter).
*Consider toddlers in your classroom when parents are doing a classroom party. This makes for extra confusion and can get messy if there aren't alternate activities available for these little tikes.
*Give yourself plenty of clean-up time and have lesson plans ready for when you come back so that you aren't spending too much time after school ends.
*Plan fun things for the day, things that don't require grading! I loved the students' production of our Christmas reader's theater.
*Be festive!!
Friday, January 1, 2010
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