Friday Funday

So friday was really fun... Trevor has brought this idea of "express yourself" into the classroom where on fridays the kids get to be creative, not just in the arts, but in the classroom. I really love this idea and definitely plan to implement it in my own classroom when the time comes. Our EY (express yourself) this week was to make comics what happened in the classroom while the 5th graders and Mr. T (or Trevor) were gone. They were absolutely HILARIOUS.... I mean, literally every different kind of story you could think of the kids wrote... I LOVED them! I can't wait to start thinking of fun EY activities!!! As the day progressed I tried really hard to be myself with the kids so that we could get used to each other. I know that I'm going to do things differently than Mara and that will be hard for the kids to adjust to but I'm hoping that they accept my differences with open arms as I will accept their differences. The one that is a glaring difference is the fact that I will often say "my friends" when trying to get their attention and they are totally not used to that... So we'll see how that goes...