I am the luckiest teacher on the planet . . . everyone came in to school eager and ready to work and learn! No one complained. No one asked when lunch would be served. No one asked how much longer until the buses came. Everyone participated and followed our 3 school rules; be kind, be safe, and be responsible. As children exhibited positive behaviors for any one of these rules they were rewarded with a "warm buzzy" or a "golden buzzy" if they were on the playground. Each "buzzy" was put in a honey jar and when the jar was filled we celebrated within the classroom, brought the jar to the office where the buzzies were deposited into the "hive" and worked to fill up the honey jar again. When the hive is full the entire school will celebrate!
The week ended on a high note with everyone exploring the new iPads. It was nothing short of amazing watching them figure out how to go deeper within each app, sharing surprises with others in the room, and asking questions that allowed them a deeper understanding of how to use this very cool tool. By far the silliest and most fun app was the Photo Booth. I'm looking forward to finding ways to incorporate this app as well as many others into our daily work.
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