SILENCE


Silence…
It’s so strange to hear (or the lack of) noise after a day of writer’s workshops. My students were either trying to sleep or overly talkative. With all the heavy rain and storms, we as a class had to fight sleep. As I sat alone in my classroom at the end of the day I wondered who was around? It has been a very long struggling day. It’s like pulling teeth to get them to write. Classroom management has to be on point when I have days like this. I finally decided to take a moment to myself this afternoon.
All my students had left for the day and I sat at my desk and wrote ten GOOD things that I completed today. Silence is all that I had for company and I was thankful for it too. I often look over the simple pleasures in life, but not today. Silence is like the lingering shadow that creeps behind us during the day only to attack us at our most venerable moment. The rain was seeping down the windows while I sat and watched with amazement at how peaceful the courtyard looked.
I have made it home. The hour drive in the rain was amazing. It gave me time to reflect on myself as a teacher. Here are some questions that I pondered:
-Was my lesson successful?
-Are we writing on grade level and using appropriate grammar?
-Are my students gaining any additional information from this lesson?
-Have I reached my goals as a teacher this year?


Silence was my answer, but refection made me realize that I haven’t had too bad of a year and my students did in fact learn this year. So YES I was successful. 

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