I’m sharing another Thanksgiving
freebie: a simple yet meaningful mini-book called My Thankful
Thoughts. I like this book because the
kids can personalize it in ways that connect to their lives. For example, instead of being thankful for
the house they live in, they could thankful for the apartment or trailer
instead, if that’s what their family has. Instead of being thankful for the turkey
that they eat – because their family might not have turkey – they can write
about whatever it is they do eat.
Click the picture below to download
My Thankful Thoughts for free! And, you’ll
like this part: the book is teacher friendly. Just run it through the copy machine with
staples and cut apart. No assembly
required. I hope you love it!
Speaking of Thanksgiving… I am
behind on my Dear Diary entries, which I feel super guilty about considering
this is the time to be THANKFUL. I see
many Facebook friends posting their daily thankful thoughts, which is what Dear
Diary is all about. It’s about finding
the good and positive in my classroom and career each day. About being thankful, always. Because let’s be honest – this career can be
absolutely, overwhelmingly demanding at times (I wonder how you amazing teachers
with kids of your own do it! Just the thought makes me want to sleep!). But, this career is also, at times, one of
the most rewarding ones that I can imagine.
So, I’m thankful everyday for my classroom, my colleagues, and my
students. Now onto last week’s entry…
Monday: Staff night out is amazing
therapy. We went out for Mexican tonight,
and I just love my co-workers. They are
so supportive, so kind, so wonderful.
Tuesday: We did a voting activity
day, for election day, and my little firsties were so serious and grown-up as
they “voted.” They were totally into it
and wanted to know more. Love them.
Wednesday: My kiddos struggling with math facts are
finally starting to move from immediately raising their hands for help to
actually trying strategies out on their own.
Now, the answers aren’t always correct, but I’m seeing them use those
number lines, and that’s progress!!
Thursday: Round 1 of parent-teacher
conferences was tonight, and I had 100% of them show! Yahoo! Usually,
I have a few no-shows, and while the extra downtime time is nice when that
happens (admit it, you feel the same), it’s so much nicer to see that all these
parents considered our conference a priority.
Loved getting to talk to every one of them. J
Friday: We’ve had a lot of absent
kiddos – so many germs being spread around!
The ones at school have really seemed concerned about their sick
friends. They keep reminding me of what
I’ll need to do that catch them up and to save extra copies of things for them,
lol.
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