I am Influential

Dear Resume,

I love it when someone uses my idea in their classroom. Actually, I'm pretty sure this is the first time it's ever happened, so #momentousoccasion!*

*Yes, I know how to use "hash tags" and Twitter, and Instagram, and Vine, and lots of Google stuff.

Give Back Club

Dear Resume,

Another part of our 4th/5th grade Give Back Club's "The world would be better if..." project, a couple of big bulletin boards everyone can write on.

Homework Club

Dear Resume,

Helping out after school with a 4th grade Homework Club. Talked to the 5th grade teachers about their students needing help, but they didn't jump at my offer. Hope I'm not coming across as the new guy who thinks he can do everything better.

Cuz I can't do everything better.

Yet.

Recess Football

Dear Resume,

I know, I know, most teachers cringe at merely the thought of a football on campus. Kids get too competitive, argue and fight, trip and fall, someone loses a tooth.... But I see it as an opportunity to foster good sportsmanship (only team captains discuss differences, arguing means sitting out a week), learning to be a good teammate (I chose the teams, blending boys and girls, 4th and 5th graders, skill and maturity levels), and appreciation of the sport being played for fun. Most of our students have never played any organized sport, while a few of them come from a very competitive sport culture. I am emphasizing getting all team members involved, everyone runs the ball at least once, and creating/practicing plays on days there are no games.

The FFL, Friday Football League, get ready for a recess game