We had another snow day yesterday. The kiddos were SUPER chatty today; they just could not focus. Let's hope the weather stays calm and somewhat normal for a while so we can get back into routine.
Today was the first day of watching our class marble prize, National Treasure. I forgot how amazing that movie is! Chock full of teachable moments. And history. Love it. A surprisingly high number of my students haven't seen it yet. But there are those who have, although they are trying not to spoil it for the rest of the class. We still have over an hour of the movie to go, so we'll try to finish it up tomorrow.
I found a really cool quote on facebook today that I think I want to hang somewhere in my classroom... if I can find space... it goes, "Ships don't sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don't let what happens around you get inside you and weigh you down."
Remember the shoe incident from last week? The consequence started today... Mr. E is having the student wash the white panel that runs around the bottom of the gym wall. It's dirty and scuffed and has weird splotches in random places. And he'll keep scrubbing until the whole thing is clean. I was impressed that the student didn't pitch a fit at first; he got his supplies and went to work. But at afternoon recess I made the mistake of watching him for a while and he started being dramatic, rubbing his wrist, complaining that it was going to get broken. Oops. It is going to take a while. A lot of the marks seem permanent, or maybe this student just doesn't have the correct tools to get it clean. He's using one of those Magic Eraser sponge thingys. It's getting it much cleaner, but it's not getting the job completely done. He barely got two feet accomplished... there's a lot of gym left.
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