Look at my happy rainbow! : silly

Where?

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:17:52 GMT

Today during Sharing, Joey decided to tell the class what he was doing over our Spring Break, which doesn’t happen for another week. “I’m going campin’ on the ‘cation,” he blurted out. Now, during Sharing, it’s common for me to comment or ask clarifying...(read more)

Drum set.

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:10:16 GMT

We had an assembly today. It was a good one, but it was on the loooong side. Like over an hour long. Which is never good for my sprouts. Sitting more than fifteen minutes is hard. Well today, to help out, I ended up with a drum set. Let me explain. If...(read more)

Chickerella.

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:28:36 GMT

Yes, you read that correctly, Chickerella. She showed me just how important and powerful our Fairy Tale unit has been. We started with Cinderella and ready many versions… even Dogerella, but I had never heard of Chickerella. Until yesterday, when Maria,...(read more)

Rhombus.

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:22:54 GMT

The other day, we were reviewing shapes. For some reason, most of the shape names aren’t too tricky. Circle – well we all know that. Square and Triangle too. Rectangle can be challenging, but a little explanation of the two short and two long sides usually...(read more)

100th Day!

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:24:42 GMT

Well, it really doesn’t get much better than the 100th day in kindergarten. It’s kind of like Christmas, Valentine’s Day (coming Thursday!), and the Fourth of July wrapped into one. Well, it is in my class anyway. I used an entire bottle of glitter to...(read more)

America!

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:34:59 GMT

At bus time (seriously, the best stuff happens at bus time), I was talking with a boy about his plans for Spring Break. He’s going to Mexico to see some family and we were talking about how he’ll get there (according to him, a plane, a bus, and then a...(read more)

Radar.

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:38:57 GMT

Here’s a quickie for you. Today at bus time as all the kids were in the hallway getting ready, I walked out to check on my friends. I turned towards the kindergarten classroom next door and spotted Mrs. C. – my new kindergarten teaching partner, with...(read more)

Free Hugs

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:45:58 GMT

I have a ‘Free Hugs’ t-shirt and wore it to school a few weeks ago. I didn’t think much of it. My class loved it and over this last week, a few of them have been asking me to wear it again. Yesterday, one little boy came out and just said, “Mr. ______,...(read more)

Martin Luther, Baby!

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:35:01 GMT

Today we made our Martin Luther King models. They are so hard, but also so much fun. I show the kids a finished model and then quickly free cut from construction paper to show them how to make the shapes needed for his face. I then projected a super size...(read more)

Guess What?

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:25:53 GMT

I am pretty sure my school’s cafeteria doesn’t serve coffee… or Red Bull, and I’m pretty sure the ravioli wasn’t spiked, but you’d never know it after hearing Joey talk to me during Center Time. Of course he was interrupting my conversation with another...(read more)

4 miles and video games.

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:58:01 GMT

Two random items from my day. I thought about writing two posts, but decided to give you a two-fer. For Christmas, Santa brought me this cool little bracelet called an UP. You wear it twenty-four hours a day and it tracks how much you move and sleep....(read more)

Forward.

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:02:34 GMT

Well, Christmas is over and so the barrage of year end ‘best of’ lists’ has begun. It would be easy, and maybe even a little fun, for me to reminisce about the last year, after all, I did have some rather major changes, but instead, I’m going to try and...(read more)

The Season.

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:33:52 GMT

I just realized I haven’t made a single post all week. Surely it isn’t because nothing hilarious, devastating, or poignant happened at school all week. More likely, it’s just the season. There seems to be more going on and less time to get things done...(read more)

Flexible.

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:53:46 GMT

Let me start by saying, above all else, I am not Pollyanna. I do try to look at the glass as half full (depending on what’s in my glass) and I do smile… a lot, but I guess generally, I am just a happy guy. I don’t apologize for that – it’s just who I...(read more)

Ten in the bed.

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:22:05 GMT

This week, I was fortunate enough to have a visit from the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Coordinator for my district. She is leading a book group I’m partaking in on the book Number Talks and volunteered to come in and demonstrate...(read more)