Slicing every day in March!! Today was a long day. The last day of our annual 3-day Fine Arts Festival. The kids were not at their best. They were fidgety. They were silly. It's 5th grade and it's March. We suspended our regular schedule to participate in some of the Fine Arts Festival activities. The kids made self-portraits. They viewed some art work created by high school students. They wrote blog posts about their morning activities. They listened to a 4-school choir perform together for the first time. Some of us read while others wrote long on a sticky note from our historical fiction books. We continued reading our read aloud, Moo by Sharon Creech, not once, but twice today. We're getting to some funny parts; my students are really enjoying this book. I'm glad it's Friday. We all need a little break. To recharge. To relax. To forgive and forget. I look forward to Monday. When we can be ...
This blog is a place to ruminate on the problems of teaching. If I am thinking thoughtfully, my posts will hopefully raise more questions than answers. By problematizing teaching we reflect on those questions that are constantly behind, in front, and at center of everything we do in the classroom. Feel free to comment. I'd love to hear what other teachers are thinking about on these and other issues. Cheers! Elisa