Positive Fridays - Week of May 5th, 2014

Happy Friday!  So sorry I haven't posted a Positive Friday post in a couple of weeks, I've had plenty of great things going on, but been so busy!  Mr. Positive is back though!

First up on the positive train, I am so thankful to have finally reached 700 TPT followers.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart to each and everyone of you 700 followers.  You rock!

The past couple of weeks have been so busy filled with DRA's, FAIR, and interim assessments.  My kids though did AMAZING!  One student jumped in Feb. from an 8 to 16 (remember I teach Kindergarten!), others since the first two week of April jumped from a 1 to a 3 and a 1 to a 4.  I am so excited seeing those lower level children make huge jumps at the end of the year.  Another one who has having difficulty with comprehension read a 1.5 passage on FAIR (2nd to last 1st grade passage) with 96% accuracy and 100% comprehension!  She also read a level 10 independently to me with comprehension.  We would like kids reading a level 6, which is a tough level for Kindergarten, but I'm pleased that over a 3rd of my class is reading at least a level 8!  Hats off to my Kinder kids and their hard work.

I also had a child tell me that he was going to miss me when I had a sub to get my evaluation results and he knew he'd have another sub while I went to the dentist in the afternoon.  He filled my bucket right up!  Then another sweet girl gave me a flower (weed of course) at recess today, it just warms my heart.  One parent and her child got me several things for Teacher Appreciation week, of course the handwritten card by her daughter meant the most to me.

I would love to hear about the growth of your students or anything else you'd like to share.

Thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings.  Keep on hoppin'

Positive Fridays - Week of April 14th, 2014

Wow, another week has flown by so quickly!  I was so busy starting on lesson plans today on my day off that I almost forgot to post my Positive Friday blog post.  So here goes!

• It was super nice to have a full week with my students after missing a day last week due to a doctor appointment.  At that appointment I did find out my kidney is fine!  Yahoo!  One big thing to cross of the stress list!  :-)
• My students brought in an egg with something hidden inside.  They wrote clues for their classmates to try to guess what is inside the egg.  It was a fun way to tie in descriptive words.  My students did a great job!
• We had a successful fun spring party to close out our week.  I put together some cute bunny baskets that a nice lady who volunteers in our cafeteria cut out for our kids.  Then they had fun eating their yummy treats that I placed in those baskets.
• The intern I had from a University who is a freshman in college came back to surprise my class on Tuesday.  They had no idea she was coming.  I let her read a story and do an activity with them.  She is a go-getter and wants the experience!  I love how excited she gets and she is going to be one amazing teacher!
• I found out about my observation results from before spring break and I did quite well!  It's good to be recognized for my effort.  My lesson was quite easy as it was a scripted lesson, but she knew that and was fine with it!
• Another student of mine told me I am the best teacher ever.  It sure feels good to hear those kind words out of children's mouths.  
• My student's also started FAIR testing and I am excited to have some reading passages that are geared toward 1st grade!  A couple of my students landed on green who were not on green previously!  Yahoo!!!  That is always exciting to see.

Feel free to share your positives in the comments below.  Thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings.  Keep on smiling!