Looking Back, Reflecting, and Celebrating Our Year!
The students in my class understand the importance of daily reflection in order to take a step back and look at the whole picture before continuing on our journey toward the goals we have set for ourselves. They also know that celebrating each milestone and learning from our setbacks creates an attitude of gratitude, a belief in what we can accomplish, and the excitement to take new risks as we adjust our course to take us to the places we imagine in life.
As we near the end of our time together, there are a few activities my students seem to enjoy very much. It gives them the opportunity to look back on their year, reflect, and celebrate both themselves and their journey.
The activities include:
1. Year End Booklet: prompts are used to get students writing and creating art about themselves and their year.
4. Bucket List: following a story from the Toronto Star on bucket lists, students wanted to create their own (a wall will be put up in Toronto this summer so people can write what they want to do in their lifetime)
Believe it or not, I always get a little nervous when it comes time to receiving my report card! It too is a way for me to get a sense of how my year went and how my journey as a teacher will look like as I continually grow in the art of teaching and learning!
