We had a great week!

We survived our first week of school!  I don’t know about all of you parents, but I am exhausted!  I think we had a pretty good first week.  Your kids are all pretty spectacular.  I am looking forward to a great year.

We had our first “Enrichment Wednesday” and I can already tell you that it is going to be my favorite day of the week.  Our students work so hard on their academics that it does my heart good to see them enjoying something fun.  We had our classical music going, the creative juices were flowing, and your kids were having a great time.  Soon the students will get to choose their own enrichment classes, but I am so thankful to get to start out with my own kids.  You can learn a lot about someone by watching them be creative.  They have requested painting next week, so I am thinking watercolor bookmarks.

We are starting reading centers next week.  I did want to let you know ahead of time that I am going to be very strict on talking during centers.  Please don’t freak out if your child has a few negative Dojo points this week.  In order for centers to work, the independent centers cannot be socializing.  It is an adjustment, but hopefully if we start out on the right foot the rest of the year will go smoothly.

Have a great weekend, hug your kids for me, and I will see you all on Monday!