Day three

Wow! Today was pretty good. My kids were rolling today. A few points stand out in my mind.

1. Joshsawa did not do his big-man wrestler pout until about 11:30. That is a new record for him keeping his cool.
2. My class was disappointed when they found out the principal would not be observing us tomorrow.
3. My kids were calling out punctuation and catching me on it when I did not read it right (pauses on commas and periods).
4. I have been able to make it through every part of the literacy block every day this week and my kids are moving right along with me.

This have really smoothed out this week. Maybe that Thanksgiving break was better that I had initially thought. Just need to find out when the district will test us again and get on with my math centers and small group and all will be well.

Day two

Continuing the trend of positive news here are three good things that happened today.

1. Joshsawa did some math work independently today (an improvement for him).
2. We were able to get through two math lessons today and the class was moving along with me.
3. Some students were able to read silent letters, like "kn" "wr" and "gn" accurately.

With more practice I will be able to add more details to the positive happenings in Room 610. It will be an amazing year.

The Beginning

Alright...this is a long time coming, but now seemed like a good time. This is to serve as a record of all that is going well and is positive. The goal is for three positive things (at least three) every day. Bad things always weigh heavily, so we need to dig out the positives from the day. I will not try to hide identities so that the highlights are obvious to me in the future. I will try to update this every day before I go to bed.

1. Seeing Day'Quans face when he finally understood how to add using a number line.
2. Having Josh get over his grumpy mood quickly when he realized I would not let it bother me.
3. When Kei-Nosha was absorbed in her writing and finally wrote four lines.