Strangely, this year's April vacation feels much different. Perhaps it's the fact that we're having a late start to spring weather--it snowed this morning, or perhaps it's because there's a school reconfiguration in the works and I don't know what my grade or classroom or school will be next year or perhaps it's because overall this has been a sensational year with a wonderful class. Whatever the reason, it just doesn't feel the same. In fact it feels better than the typical April.
As I chart the final leg of the school year, the following goals stand tall.
- Math MCAS prep, games, review, and test.
- Endangered Species Team Research, Presentation, and Service Learning
- Plate Tectonics Expert Lessons
- STEAM: Magnets, Earth, and Engineering Focus
- SPARK: Lots of active learning and movement.
- End of Year Field Studies.
- The Reconfiguration Work
- Packing, cleaning, ordering. . .
- Grouping for Next Year
- The Wayland Institutes
then. . . .
SUMMER vacation!
Good work in the meantime will make me enjoy the vacation all the more. Onward!
