It's been a truly wonderful week, filled with joy as only third graders can bestow. A few of the best comments include me asking, "What is your favorite food?" (That helps me know them, and it elicits a myriad of answers.)
Dear Chloe said, "Long Noodle Soup."
"Hmmm," I replied, thinking about that for a minute. "Do you know the recipe for that?"
"Nope, it just has those really long, stretchy noodles."
"Could you possibly mean Ramen?" I ask.
"Yeah! That's it!" she said.
The Word of The Week is "strive." After we discussed its meaning, I asked, "Can anyone give me a sentence using the word 'strive'?"
Michael M., whose father is roughly my age, said, "I strive to play the drums like Neil Peart."
"Hmmm," I replied. "Who's Neil Peart?"
"He's the lead drummer for Rush," Michael said. (Duh, Bellezza.)
It's going to be a good year, I can tell already.
I love your classroom decorations! My 23 year old son and Michael M would get along great!!
ReplyDeleteVery impressed with the origami! What a great job you did on your classroom! Hope you have a great year!
ReplyDelete"Long noodle soup". Yum! The classroom looks wonderful, Bellezza!
ReplyDeleteLove all the origami sea creatures! This post made me smile. =D
ReplyDeleteThat looks fantastic! oh how I wish I could get a full time teaching position... how I want my own classes. Being a substitute sucks.
ReplyDeleteYour classroom looks beautiful! I posted photos of my very clean classroom on Monday--this is the second week of school, so it still looks pretty good. I teach high school, but I find my students also say endearing things. Getting to know each one is so much fun.
ReplyDeleteYour classroom looks brilliant! Love the art work you've done. I can see you've been very busy.
ReplyDeleteI wish my kids had had you for a teacher!! No really, I wish I had had you for a teacher!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the room!!!
Your conversations with your students are some of my favorite blog entries ever! Long noodles, indeed! They are little poets, your third graders.
ReplyDeletePlease keep us current with such anecdotes!
Very sculptural! Your classroom looks and sounds like a wonderful place for exploration and learning.
ReplyDeleteThis post made me smile. I sit here about to put on my old clothes and go to my new school to continue sorting out my classroom. Today it's the book corner and display boards. I'm hoping it5 will all be done in time. Thank you for the this post.
ReplyDeleteYour classroom looks like a wonderful place for creativity and growth, which is what 3rd grade is all about. I'm glad you had a great first week, and truly hope it sets the tone for the rest of the year! ~ Colleen
ReplyDeleteYour kids are very lucky to have you, Bellezza! Please keep sharing stories with us. "Long noodle soup"--love it! Don't feel bad. I only know Neil Peart plays drums for Rush because I read his fantastic memoir, Ghost Rider. Wonderful travel/grief essay.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a relaxing weekend. Maybe you can go for a bike ride! I've ridden almost 60 miles this week!
Yeah for great back-to-school weeks! Your classroom looks awesome, Bellezza. Have an amazing year!
ReplyDeleteI wish you had been my third grade teacher! Your classroom looks wonderful. It is so great that you can find such joy in listening to what your students say. It sounds like you are going to have a fantastic year!
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the classroom, love the new look here, love your kids! "Long Noodle Soup"--perfect. Lucky them. Lucky you. Sounds like it's going to be a wonderful year!
ReplyDeleteIt is just beautiful, Bellezza! You have a very lucky group of students to have a teacher who strives to give them such an outstanding learning environment. All the best for an outstanding new school year!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I've been away too long, I almost didn't recognize your blog! But it looks really great :)
ReplyDeleteLove your schoolkids' comments :D And the origami fish etc look great!
I agree. It definitely sounds like the start of a great school year. Your classroom decorations are so beautiful. I hope you're having a great weekend.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic classroom! You're very creative ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love the origami pictures, Bellezza! And I love your students' comments - they are so wonderful! It must be a joy to work in your school! Thanks for providing the link to the page on Neil Peart - now I know a little bit about Neil Peart too :)
ReplyDeleteLovely header. Guess you're ready to be finished with summer, eh? ;)
ReplyDeleteI love it, I love it!! Please continue to share third grade student snippets. Nice pic on top! You may have noticed that mine hasn't changed for a while. The only reason is that my camera died and a new one is on the way. There's another blogger you may already know who also changes her banner as often as you and I. :<)
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I can't remember third grade! I didn't know I couldn't, until your entry started me thinking about it. I remember every other year - my teachers, class trips, projects. But what happened to third grade?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to ask Mom and see if she remembers. Now I wish I hadn't gotten rid of so many of my report cards - I didn't know I was going to need to identify my third grade teacher!
ADD: Does blogger read our blogs are we're writing? My verification word today is "silisili". I swear!
These decorations are fantastic! It's always refreshing to see a teacher enjoy their job, (joy/passion), and be so creative with it. I know we've all experienced teachers who haven't enjoyed teaching, and the ones that do -- ahh, how memorable and pivotal they are to a student's life! And how funny that a 3rd grader would know the drummer of Rush -- I enjoy several of their songs, but don't know the name of one single person in that band!
ReplyDeleteLovely post, Bellezza, as always.
Wow, those pieces are huge! Are you setting up an art gallery? :)
ReplyDeleteNo, silly, they're just close-ups! ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is just fantastic. I went to a school in first grade that was sort of experimental. It had computer class (when no one had computer class), woodworking, gymnastics and physical education, geometry, etc. The first day of school, the teacher dissected a cow's heart - first grade, remember? It was such an awesome place, and one of the things I remember is the amount of decorations hanging from the ceiling. It was much like what you have here, and it has always remained with me. I know it was a lot of work, but I'm sure your students will remember it.
ReplyDeleteHappy school year!
Your class sounds like a magical place to be! :D
ReplyDeleteHaha, silly me! But still, they're wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteWOW...are all teachers this creative nowadays? Not like that when I was in school, or my kids either. HOW AWESOME.
ReplyDeletehave a great year!
I love the classroom decorations. It sounds like you have a great group of kids this year.
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