Pleasantly Surprised

I was pleasantly surprised come Monday the first day of Term 3. I was so excited to see 'my kids' again, and be back in the classroom. It had nothing to do with feeling prepared, or planned, or ready to take on the new term - it was just a real nice feeling to be back with the team that make up Room 3.

It put a spring in my step and a song in my heart. Yeah mushy and feel good I know - but I liked it and want to keep the feeling.

Oh, and by the way, I made sure I let the kids know I was truly happy to see them again. Very important to do so I think (shortly followed by my short spiel on how this term is definitely the heads-down-bums-up term where they can make some real progress on their personal goals in focussed learning).

:-)

Mr Grumpy

I was a bit grumpy today. I have a wisdom tooth that's causing me a bit of grief. Wise or not, I explained to the students that I was a bit under the weather, and to be aware that that may make me tend to be a bit open to grumpiness.

Some may say we need to rise above our own ailments, but I was thinking that if we need to be clear about learning, maybe being clear about our own feelings and possible consequences and choices we need to make in relation to them. I am not a regular grump, so I'm sure this 'rare' occasion is worth discussing openly with children for them to see that I too need to make appropriate decisions about my response to situations I find myself in.

The other thing though that added to my grumpiness is that I am currently completing PROBE assessments on each individual student. It is my first time - and very labourious. Hopfully things will improve as I do more.