Welcome to 2024! As I write this, about half of the last day of our school break is still ahead of me. In terms of a weekend, 60 Minutes has just come on, and I’ve just realized I haven’t done my homework. This afternoon I’ll do some planning for the odd period of school ahead …
Tag: elementary school
Break for the Broken
Yesterday afternoon, I closed up my classroom for 10 days. Nate the Great, Cam Jansen, Nancy Drew, and the rest of their mystery-solving cohort are back on the bookshelves. Multiplication anchor charts are rolled up and put away until we need them again later this winter, and the December Number Corner calendar has been swapped …
Hopeful Puzzle Pieces
I should be planning for the week right now, but inspiration struck. I was listening to The Creative Weirdos, a podcast I learned about this morning. The host and his guests were discussing David Lynch and Twin Peaks. About an hour into the episode, they brought up Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, …