Walker's Wanderings

Well it has been a crazy January and February here, especially this week. Since it would take forever to catch you up, I will spare you all the tedious details. Just know, we are learning and having a blast!

This week we had student-led conferences, which personally I love. I know it is not always the most convenient and the students may not enjoy it, but I find them very effective. It lights up my day to get to brag on all my students with their parents in the room. I know it pumps up a child’s self esteem to get to hear their teachers and parents brag about them, which we do with every kid. Some times we have to spend some time on areas of improvement and strategies, which may be hard but it is worth it to put power back into a kid’s hands. To allow kids to see and help us come up with strategies makes such an impact on their learning and growth, it allows it to become so personal to them.

Thursday was Valentine’s Day. Being a teacher makes Valentine’s Day so special, I was showered with love, flowers, and chocolates! Thank you so much! The kids were a little crazy, but that is to be expected on a non-uniform day and holiday.

Friday was Dad’s Day. It was such a treat to see all the kids with their Dad’s or special friends, we even had a baby visit! Check out the pictures on the website, there are some great photos, thank you to our volunteers for taking them. Click here to see them. We ate donuts (more sugar!) and they competed in groups to build the tallest structure with dry spaghetti and marshmallows, our tallest structure was 33 1/3 inches.

Next week is ERB’s so we will hunker down every morning and show off our crazy awesome academic skills! Please have your child eat a hardy breakfast and get some good sleep next week. Have a happy and warm weekend!