This is going to be a long week. It's our first real five day week and tomorrow night I have back to school night (which I am not very prepared for). But today was a pretty good day.
There's this behavior management thing called Whole Brain Teaching that my friends told me about, and I'm really liking it so far. It's a lot of call and response, and my little buddies are doing a good job with it so far. Their behavior is getting better and better. And I've refused to tie shoes anymore, so that's a win.
We have some girl drama happening already. Rylyn and Presley both really want to be friends with Anna, and she wants to be friends with both of them, but apparently that doesn't work for them. During our morning meeting, Rylyn sat down behind Presley and whispered "I hate you." She had to move her name to yellow. Then she cried through all of writing time because Anna was writing about Presley. Life is hard.
I also introduced the class to two stuffed monsters I have, Fred and Dots, who they will get to take home when they're the star student. They were very excited about this, and we talked about being careful to keep the monsters clean and safe. Nathan's question regarding this: "What if they really want to eat doughnuts?"
On a serious note: There's a third grader, Anthony, who already has a lot of social-emotional and behavior issues. And last night his dad was killed in a motorcycle accident. I can't comprehend how any child deals with that kind of loss, but I am especially concerned for this kid. It is just so heartbreaking. So please keep him and his family in your prayers.
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