Friday Musings: May 10, 2019

Teachers and students at the State House
with their awards. 

Sometimes your colleagues impress you greatly with their outstanding work. I was privileged to watch a few colleagues today teach and treat children with amazing grace, skill, investment, and care--what a gift these educators are to the children they teach and lead. To watch this work in action was truly humbling, beautiful, and meaningful. Wow!

Overall the week was as busy and positive as weeks get. It began with our grade level being honored at the Massachusetts State House for our work related to energy and the environment. That lifted everyone up. Students also demonstrated amazing perseverance as they did their best when completing state and systemwide tests. They also did a terrific job exploring in the field, creating water filters, making plant packets, studying science, working on their biography projects, and practicing for the fifth grade play. There were a lot of wins during this week of show what you know tests and meaningful project work. The fact that I work closely with grade level colleagues and we were able to divide up all the tasks that went along with this work definitely improved what we were able to do.

Next week will be another busy week with Science Monday (and some play practice too). Science MCAS, lots of biography research, note taking, and writing, more STEAMwork and possibly some time for climate change projects too. Onward.