Silent Appreciation

This blog attempts to document some of the more interesting moments of my life as a kindergarten & first grade teacher. A note regarding the name: Silent appreciation, as used in my classroom, is a hand movement used to eliminate the need for noisy clapping. When silently appreciating, children raise their hands in the air and quickly rotate their wrists around. It's quite a triumphant move.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

That Would be Some Spooky Math

My kindergartners go to the other K/1 teacher for math time, so I'm often in the dark about what they do when they're gone.

"What did you learn about in math?" I asked L. the other day.
"Cemetaries."
"What?!"
"Oh, he means symmetry," G. explained, thank goodness.