Tonight before leaving school for the March Break, I sat down at my planning table and started making a list of all the things I wanted to get done before classes started back in a week. I kept looking around the room at the things that just don't get attention on a daily or weekly basis and onto the list they went. New pencils, new erasers, check the glue sticks, new thematic/seasonal word wall words, changing literacy and math activity bins. The list went on and on. I took the pages out of my day planner for next week, grabbed a couple of resources and filled my school bag. Before leaving the building, I checked in with the custodian and picked a day in my head to come to school next week to catch up on a few things.
Is this really a break? I have an equally long list of activities that I want to do with the kids this week. Coding with our Ozobots, going to the movies, bowling, crafts, St. Patrick's Day activities, snowshoeing, sledding. This list too went on. Staying up late and taking afternoon naps are going to be a daily occurrence too! This is what the break should be about! I also have a list/pile of things I want to get finished: cutting lamination, reading a new math resource, unit planning & gathering of materials for our Physical Science. But is this what my one week March Break should be about? Is one week long enough? I know I won't be able to get everything I have put on my lists done. The struggle and balance is real!
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Natasha
3/11/2019 09:52:54 pm
Your lists of lists really conveyed the overwhelmingness of how much there is to do during break, and how not-nearly-long-enough break is. I hope break is off to a good start and that you're spending it (mostly) doing fun, relaxing things!
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