Well I am going to have to admit that this will be a challenging year and it will be about finding balance. I started school yesterday! How can I achieve balance. Well I think that the first month will be about trial and error finding what works for me and what does not work for me.
As I reflected yesterday, I realized that I have a very different group from last years class. This year they put me with the GATE cluster. It shall be interesting because this is my first year teaching a class with GATE students. I'm up for the chalenge though.
We began our day with the usual beginning of the school year routines and procedures. It was not until the end of the day though, that I realized, the assignments completed yesterday were all about reflection of themselves. I thought that this was cool since it is something we are working on in OMET. The students reflected on why they were important, identified their strengths using Gardner's multiple intelligences and how they could use that strength to contribute to our class, as well as creating a ME bag. I'm looking for more ways for the children to reflect!
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Ah! Back to school already! I read your posting and I have tailored a Gardner's quiz for my students on the first day I start back, Sept. 6. Thanks for the awesome idea Jess. So glad to have a friend to collaborate with and help me through 4th grade... never taught it before! :)
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