Sorry for not writing over the weekend! There wasn’t really a whole lot to report. The weather wasn’t the greatest, so we spent all of our time inside. It was very windy and snowy, especially on Sunday.
Today was the beginning of the end: my last week with the kids. They knew this was coming and have started their “campaign” of begging me to stay. It’s kind of cute right now, but I’m sure it will make for a sad last day on Thursday.
Everyone had a blast outside at recess today. There was at least 5-10cm of fresh powdery snow from the weekend. Kids were jumping into drifts, sliding down the hill, or just sitting in it and smiling. It was a really fun atmosphere and kind of felt like Christmas all over again! Haha, not really the nice spring weather I’ve been hearing about back home.
The kids and I also had a great afternoon together! I taught another lesson, this time on using positive and encouraging words (rather than hurtful words and bullying, which is a common occurrence in our class). The kids all decorated their own envelope to place on their desks. Then they wrote one line about every other student in the class; something positive that would make them feel good. Then, kind of like on Valentine’s Day, the kids went around the room delivering their positive comments to each other. I was soo happy with how well they responded to this activity. No one wrote anything mean or nasty, and they were very excited to read what others thought of them. I told them that they could take their envelopes home and save their special comments, to read whenever they were feeling down. For some, this could be a useful coping mechanism for tough times.
I made an envelope for myself too, because they kids wanted to write things to me. I read them after school and couldn’t help but smile. Some examples of what they wrote are: Tracy
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