Today I wore crazy hair (pigtails, or "curly bat tails" as my daughter calls them) because it is Spirit Week and I am an elementary school teacher and we do things like that.
Today I had a message from a parent before school started about a complicated situation that required me to speak with other professionals (in my curly bat tails) in order to figure out next steps. Today I hugged former students who came to visit me and admired their crazy hair and hats. Today I ate a delicious piece of zucchini bread my student teacher shared with me. Today I read my class a chapter in Lulu and The Brontosaurus and we all sang her song: "I wanna, I wanna, I wanna get a bronto, bronto, bronto, brontosaurus for a pet!" as we walked down the hall to Art. Today I tried to convince a student to start writing. Today I taught subtraction on a number line to four rotations of students and tried to convince them to look at me instead of the blue chair, insisting I was more interesting and more attractive. Today I channelled Vanilla Ice by using "STOP- Collaborate and Listen" as a call and response chant to get students attention. Today I met with students reading at level M and helped them set up their notebooks to stop and jot at the end of every chapter. Today I called a parent after school to talk about my homework policy ( I don't assign it) and give ideas for home practice for strengthening foundational math skills. Today my ultra vulnerable blog post was shared on the CCIRA blog: https://ccira.blog/2019/09/24/teacher-lost-and-found/ Today my son came home with his new violin. Today my daughter painted a box and tried to put small dixie cups on top to make a 3D bunny. Today I thought I had no Slice to share until I thought about my day and all the stories hiding in each of these moments. How was your day?
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Erika Victor
9/24/2019 05:34:07 pm
Lulu and the Brontosaurus was our first chapter book read aloud this year- such a great one to start with. Your day was filled with love! Your CCIRA post was so special (I read it my yesterday). I hope your son takes to violin better than I did (I was AWFUL)!
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