Back to school after our wonderful Christmas break. I was greeted by 18 smiling, eager faces who wanted to hug on me and looked so forward to being back at school (This is a phenomenon I never encounted teaching 6th graders!) Our reading unit's theme is "Weather." This has been a perfect week for observing changing weather. The kids loved being meteorologists (it's fun to say that big word!) and forecasting the weather. They got excited when we went outside and identified types of clouds. With the wind blowing, they squealed with delight because they could see the clouds move! I'm attempting to get them to count by 2's as we plot the daily temperature on a graph. Then we use the graph to practice subtraction (ie. "What's the difference in temperature between yesterday and today?"). Some of my students are really good at it. :-)
Wouldn't it be nice if we all had that "1st grader enthusiasm" for our lives each day? Oh, that's right - we can! "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!"
Wouldn't it be nice if we all had that "1st grader enthusiasm" for our lives each day? Oh, that's right - we can! "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!"
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Hurray for enthusiasm! We are to become like little children to enter the kingdom of heaven. Let's enjoy God's world and get excited about all we can learn!
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