How many days of school left? I have no idea. Why? Because as much as I am of course looking forward to warmer weather (I’m in Canada so summer equals sun & warm weather) and some time off to rest - I’m going to miss my class. Am I leaving? Nope. Actually, this is my very first year where I will be returning to the same school and same classroom again in September! Many of my students, however, are moving on to new schools in their education journey, and my “little gang” of students is going to be fresh and new next year. As we begin to journey into our last 2 months together, I find myself reflecting on our school year - both as a class perspective and myself as an educator. I started with a photo wall - instead of a countdown to summer. It began with just simply printing a few photos of moments I caught in our class - a photo of students reading a book, working hard on their writing or laughing together. This led to many “Ms Amber, can you take a photo and pu...
Sharing my story & learning as an educator.