It was definitely another very long day, but it started with a beautiful walk to school this morning:)
Teaching:
Today was all about getting ready for student led conferences this evening. This is where the students show their parents their work and around the classroom and school. We compiled all of our materials this morning- school survey, journal, mini book bag, addition drill booklet, printing book, writer’s workshop folder, art portfolio along with cards for playing addition war and our class books.
I role played the conference for the children, using two of them as my parents which they all love and then paired them up. They all took it so seriously, even my goofball boys were on task. After recess we cleaned our desks, and then after computers we cleaned the classroom. ( Magic spot is so motivating🤣)! We had some fun with the aging booth app and I’ve sent the pictures off to be printed.
The conferences started at 2pm and went until 6pm. The children were so cute!! It was just so neat to hear their thoughts on what we do every day, and also to see their personalities. One little girl did not want to go out of order and waited at my desk until I got back so she could introduce me to her mom. Another little boy, who is usually an angel, was in a horrid mood because they had gone to his brother’s classroom first. Math war got him back to his normal cheery self:). Overall, I was very proud of my students!
I also made it a point to check in with parents and let them know what their child is doing well at and what we’ll be working on in third term. This isn’t supposed to be a parent teacher meeting but it only takes two minutes and ensures there are no surprises on the report cards. Oh ya, I also finished writing those today! Yay🎊🎉🎊🎉
Overall, a very successful night of watching my cute students.
Exercise:
Unfortunately the conferences went long so I didn’t get to athletic yoga tonight:( There was just no way I was going to make it down the hill, change, pick up my colleague and make it back up the hill:(. So I did a Lyndsay workout at home:)
It was enough of a challenge! I’m just hoping my Polar Loop recorded it!
I am now going to laze around in front of the fireplace reading and knitting, so I’ll leave you!
Have fun!
AJ
A Petite Slice of Life 
This is so awesome AJ! I hope someday my kids will have teacher who blogs like this! I hope you have blogging parents who follow you too. 😍
Thank you!
You’re welcome 😊
Amazing post ❣
Thank you:)
Woohoo! We had student leds today too…and yesterday. The craziness leading up to them is always so stressful but they end up being awesome!
It was crazy but this was probably the least I have ever done. Just ran out of time because I’ve been too busy assessing
It’s busy time of year!
Crazy!
Awww, I miss the days of elementary school conferences. It was only 2 years ago, but still. 😄 You sound like a wonderful teacher.
Thank you:)
Whew! Report cards are done!! I enjoyed reading about how well the children did.
Now I just need to proofread them,get them signed, sign them myself, copy them, file them and stuff then
Tell me when a proper “whew!” is in order.
I will:) I’ll definitely be celebrating!
Good job! BTW, I love your handwriting.
Oh thank you:)
That is so nice that they were good for you! I have lots of teacher friends and those are the worst days since you can’t get anything done for yourself but you do it with pride. Way to go on finishing report cards!
It is a long and tiring day! Thankfully student leds don’t include me much except for a hello and a goodbye!
I love the idea of these student led conferences. So fun. Hope you celebrated finishing your report cards! one less thing on your plate. I think it’s really cool that you walk to work every day. exercise, money saving and so many more perks to that
Oh there’s still plenty to do with reports, it’s just a rough draft finished:(
It has made such a big difference in my life to be able to walk to work. Takes a lot of the stress away and the children seem to love it when they see me😂
I am not going to complain about our weather reading about yours! I’ll take the rainy 40 degrees!!
I’ve been loving our winter of rain and then suddenly this past week, it decided to turn into freeing and snow:(
LOL, that snow, no thank you. I’m very much okay with ice and snow free running here in Texas…running 70 to 90 miles a week right now and loving it. Cheers! Enjoy your weekend!
I wish I could be but have to work around the snow and ice
I love the idea of student led conferences, what a great way to combine skills for even the youngest students! I bet you really enjoyed the show!
It is very cool! It gives them a lot of different skills:)
Looks like an enchanting walk! Looks like a great day overall : )
Got about five inches of snow last night, and another 8-10 tomorrow!! Oy! At least it will be in the 20’s though.
Yes I’m enjoying the warmer temperature today, but it’s been snowing steadily since 8am this morning:(
Argh!
I just want to go running but it will be another Lyndsay workout tonight, I guess
Nice! Not as scenic as the run, but that’s a good consolation workout : )
Yes it is:) I’m just being whiny!
Haha! Let it all out with some extra kicks added into the workout lol : )
Yup I think i might do a kickboxing routine tonight instead:)
Nice! I can’t wait for the heavy bag to thaw out! Lots of shoveling in store tomorrow : (
Thankfully I don’t have to shovel though it would be an awesome workout:)
Yuppers, it has it’s negatives and positives depending on how much it snows lol, but fun to make mini workouts within the shoveling (skate back and forth as quickly if it’s a light snowfall, do a squat and use the legs to pick up the heavier snow, etc). Definitely no substitute for a quality workout, but good way to warm up outside!
Lol I can picture you doing those things! I’m in a complex so I’ll just leave it to someone rlse
Lol : ) That’s a nice bonus to have the plows, I’ve got a retired neighbor that does mine luckily, but my parents live about a mile away so I often do that one for exercise! Become OCD with making perfect lines, but partially just an excuse to enjoy the outside too : )
I grew up having to do ours, my grandmas and all the retired neighbours. I’ve done enough shovelling for a lifetime, especially as most were circular driveways and you had to go down to the pavement or it wasn’t done “right”🤣
Haha! I hear you 🙂 That’s a lot of shoveling!
It was:( and it seemed to snow a lot when I was a kid!
Lol!
Aj your enthusiasm for teaching is wonderful. I think you’d enjoy talking to my son! He loves teaching in Mexico. You are both making an impact in peoples’ lives. We need great teachers!
Aww thank you! I always love talking to other teachers as I usually get great ideas that way:)
What a great day! 😆 Well done on finishing your reports. Wishing you a great weekend xxxx
Thank you!
I wish I was as excited to exercise as you AJ. It’s always on my want to do list but doesn’t make it to the get er done list enough!
Oh it is definitely a have to for me! Just don’t want to go back to where I was and I like to eat too much!
I skipped yoga last week to be on-call for my teenager who just went back to school after being home with digestive issues. I hope I can go to the last class this week but I have a dr’s appt tomorrow and so my toe may be out of commission after that.
Oh I hope you get to yoga. Nice for your child to know you were there if she/he needed you.
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Nice blog!
Thank you!