Catered Classroom

Dressed up as Oliva for our book character themed Halloween at school, though many mistook me for a 3 Little Pig.

Truck or Treat is good for all the feels! So much fun! But I think the grownups understood the Wizard of Oz reference more than the kids.

You just never know what a day with kinders will bring!

Survived the first day of school with some wonderful new kinders! It's going to be a great year!!

Favorite quote of the day: "It's so hot my heart is beeping like chicken wings!"

Enjoying my last weekend of summer with a restful weekend glamping! Got to make sure I'm full of positive energy for our first day Monday. Can't wait to meet my new kinders!!

Fresh new year with a fresh do!

Last year was something, between the Covid restrictions, first year in a new school, first year teaching kindergarten, and health struggles with my diabetes. But I took my time this summer to take care of myself so that I'm ready for the new year. So what better way to start it than a new haircut!

So about 3 weeks ago, I had the "genius" idea to group the scholars, give each group a problem to solve, and then let them teach each other. Well, things didn't go as hoped, and the lesson resulted in a lot of chaos as some groups finished quickly and grew bored while others were frustrated with the work. Then they struggled with using the new Smartboard to teach as well as keeping the attention of their peers. It was a mess.

I had accepted the fact this lesson hadn't been a success and moved on to the next challenge. But then, when we started our math lesson today, I had the scholars work on their first problem, and one of them excitedly asked if they were teaching again today. So even though I walked away from that lesson 3 weeks ago thinking of all the ways I needed to improve it, my scholars not only liked it, but wanted to do it again.

Nothing feels better than successes in the classroom, and this one in particular as I had previously labeled it as a failure. As people in a profession of compassion, I think we often lack the compassion we show to our scholars when looking at ourselves. I'm so glad to have a job working with kids, who have the greatest capacity for compassion and enthusiasm.

So excited to have a new theme for the new school year. Click the link in my profile to see more photos.

Looking for ideas on how to organize your groups? Find out how I keep track of my differentiated materials by visiting the link below.



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My favorite moments are ones that inspire the scholars. This little guy wanted to share his idea with Congress after learning about the legislative branch.

"Dear government, I think we should not pay for going to the hospital. Some people can't afford it. Sincerely"

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Helping Hand http://cateredclassroom.blogspot.com/2019/10/helping-hand.html

Helping Hand When it comes to keeping up with my classroom, it's important that the scholars play a huge role in it. In addition to making it a lot easie...