Tuesday SOL Rush to the end of the year

This is a Tuesday "Slice of Life" for Two Writing Teachers. Check out their website for lots more reflections on teaching.

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I am beginning to wonder if I will ever catch my breath enough to blog again! Non-stop, race to the finish. Three more days of school.

Here's what the crescendo of these last few days and weeks has included:

• Creating/finalizing portfolios for each child

• Finding time for each child to draw end of year self-portraits (and delighting in the obvious growth from the beginning of the year!)

• Completing the end of the year data
• Entering GOLD data...oh, how tedious it is to finalize data!

• Dance party with the children, a gift from our families at our school's silent auction

  

  What fun we had dancing at our DJ Party!

• Our final Learning Showcase of the year, a big exciting evening event with families,

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  Documentation of our water investigations, for our Learning Showcase

• Writing and editing report cards (haven't yet stuffed the envelopes - may it go better than last trimester!)
• Family conferences, reflecting on each child's school year
• Supporting my Resident as she searched for a teaching position next year - YES, Melissa will be teaching kindergarten! In Spanish! Go, Melissa! Well done!
• Hard hat tour with my colleagues of our new school (opening this fall!)

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  Touring our new school!

• Packing instructions - boxes, boxes, boxes

 Teaching my Resident how to close out a school year

• Going down "memory lane" with the children - re-reading our favorite books, re-visiting our favorite activities, playing lots of games

• Washing toys with the children
• Splash party in the side alley - and washing those large foam blue blocks

• Field day in the side alley, hosted by our YMCA - so much fun!

  

  Field Day - we sure made good use of our side alley!

• In, between, around, and in spite of these many demands and milestones, trying to savor special moments with the children.