Yahoo, I can blog! This makes me smile cause as we all know, technology is not an area that I excel. Reading the first chapter and reading all of your posts reminds me why I wanted to teach. My goal was to guide and help my students learn in a very positive and fun way plus develop strategies with our lessons to make my students want to come to school and learn. Over the years, I have lost site of this goal and am eager to start a new year with many changes to help me rekindle my love of watching students grow and the love I have for this profession. My students expect and deserve a wonderful day when they walk into our school. A positive attitude is my choice so there will be a lot of smiling this year. I have heard that smiling is contagious!
Also, last year, we would start our day with a joke or if our lessons became to intense, we would stop and tell a joke. Laughter always brought us back in focus with our lesson and accomplish our tasks with ease.