I found the idea for "High Five For Friday" through The Small Things Blog and recently noticed that her sister started this! Head on over to Lauren Elizabeth for more "High Five for Fridays." I'm taking part in this fun reflection each week. Hopefully you will too!
My top 5 moments of the week:
1. Watching the Science of Happiness with my students today. Every two weeks, my whole school stops instruction and each class takes part in "Advisory" - a period in which we discuss issues relevant to students' social and emotional development. Recently, our topics have been about gratitude and optimism. A colleague suggested that we watch "The Science of Happiness" to deepen our discussion about gratitude. I could barely hold it together while watching the video with my students. They were so touched also, especially when they reflected with just "one little word." This is where the best part of teaching 6th grade happens. Their little hearts and minds open up; they were extremely insightful and it was so special sharing this experience with them. PLEASE watch this video now. You need to! You might cry, but that's ok! One of my students connected this experience to a video she recently watched, If Only For a Second. Must see also!! Almost cried my eyes out with this one too.
2. Early dismissal and 2 hour delay this week! A big snowstorm hit the tristate area on Tuesday and it was verrrryyyy cold, which led to the 2 hour delay on Wednesday. Kids are crazy on early dismissal days... and so are the teachers, who are we kidding? As we were getting ready for dismissal, a few of my boys started chatting about the storm. One of them said, "I hope we have a snow day tomorrow." "Me too," I replied under my breath. They gasped in disbelief and said "You do?! You're the first teacher to ever say that! We thought all teachers hated missing school!" OOPS!
3. We redesigned our blog template on Sunday evening. Although we consider ourselves tech savvy, it was definitely a whole new language to understand as we made the switch. It was SO exciting and still is every time I click over to www.730moments.com! The picture below will show you what life was like before we transitioned to our new template.
4. FaceTime meeting with Amanda on Tuesday. We've been meeting often to review setting up our social media accounts and to discuss upcoming business opportunities. Our first FaceTime meeting was fun and once again, I was shocked because we didn't get sidetracked with personal stuff; we got a lot accomplished! Tuesday was also our big debut on Facebook. It was SO much fun watching the "likes" climb! We hope you keep sharing our blog with your friends! We have MUCH more coming your way very soon!
5. Buying stuff for DIY projects. Tonight I made a trip to Home Depot and Michael's. I have a few really fun DIY projects to share with you. Stay tuned this week!
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