Happy Valentine's Day!

Well the perks to being a teacher....all of the chocolate hearts your students give you! I got WAY too many, but it is the thought that counts and we had a great Valentine's Day! My students are getting into the swing of me teaching most of the day and understand the expectations I have for them. The thing my students enjoy most during our day, are definitely the spelling word chants (we stand up and spread out all over the room and do movements to our spelling words. so far their favorite is "blast off" for each spelling word!) They also love the jumping jacks we do randomly to get some of their "wiggles" out! During the day if they start to get restless they ask "Miss.Lang, it think we need to do jumping jacks!" Our days are going a lot smoother with adding some activity to the schedule to get the kids up and moving!

The best part of my day today was the read aloud that I did this morning. I read the book, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Reason for choosing this book was to show the students that they may not always agree with the rules or decisions a teacher makes, but in the end the teacher will do what is best for the students and still be there for them and care about them no matther what! The students really enjoyed the read aloud and are looking forward to what I will be reading tomorrow! On Wednesday I will be reading 'Have you Filled a Bucket Today' I hope this will be another reminder to the students how they need to treat others. I am hoping between my mentor teacher and I we can collect enough 'buckets' to give one to each student. I think they will love to have the reminder of the bucket throughout the day, and it will help them work well with others in the classroom.

This week is a four day week for us, Friday is Rodeo Day. That will definitely be a new experience for me, and I hope the students will teach me something this week and help me better understand Rodeo Day!