Rays of Sun Shine In

Have you ever had a student teacher in your classroom?  Over the years I have had many, some good and some that needed some more time to practice.  But right now I have an excellent student teacher for the semester.  Yep, she has been in my room since January 15th and will stay until May 10th.  I am very lucky that she is so willing to learn and work hard.  She is the best kind of student teacher.  It has been easy to transition out of the classroom for parts of the day since I know she is able to manage the students in a positive manner.

Spring has not quite sprung and so we needed to boost up our winter blues behavior.  So we implemented classroom dojo and the kids love it.  They are super excited to see how many points they can get on their avatar each day.  After spring break we are going to give each student a punch on a punch card each day they met their goal.  When they fill their punch card they will get to pick from a catalog of items to do.  Sarah over at First Grader...at Last! has a wonderful catalog she created that her students can choose from when they fill their punch card.  You can see it here.  She has great ideas!