MLK Picture

What the heck is up with a professor not letting you out even 
five minutes early from a graduate class?
Ahhhh!  
Getting home at 9 p.m. on a school night after being at some sort of school 
from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. is just.not.right. 
I am tellin’ ya!
It was a long.forever.long.day.
I broke out the,
“This is how it’s gonna be” attitude a.s.a.p. this morning.
Another teacher even commentend on how great they were in the hallway.
I simply replied, 
“Someone sort of broke out the whip a.s.a.p.”
My poor kiddos.
But I am one exhausted.feel.like.I.have.1,000,000,000……..things.to.do
My room feels like it is a disorganized.caose.of.a.mess.
I.feel.like.nothing.is.getting.done.
Please tell me I’m not the only one that has days like this?
During our math talk time, literally, I was.talking.to.my.self.
Until I broke out the lil’ “Your.teacher.can.already.do.this” conversation.
Here is a picture of a little MLK Jr. project I thought up of in the middle of the night.
Instead of doing individual clouds, we made one big rainbow together!
I gave them a sentence stem for each color such as, 
My dream for my future is __________.
My dream for our classroom is __________.
My dream for the world is ________.
My dream for my education is _________.
We wrote them in the middle and put our name right under it.
We then made a circle on the floor and took turns reading each of our dreams out loud.
I had them read one color and then pass it to me to staple together as we went.
I really, really enjoyed this simple, last minute activity.
I find it even more powerful to **hear** each of their dreams.
My kiddo from Sudan {had his brother and LOVE them} said, 
“My dream for education is for no one to be afraid to go to school.”
At first I thought, “What?! You are scared here?!”
But then I realize he meant the kiddos back in his home nation.
Another kiddo said his dream for the world was for everyone to get more exercise.
Smart.cookie!
**The presentation in the hallway could be spiced up a bit, but with the hectic schedule I have going on I simply just stapled it up fast as we were getting ready to go home so they could help hold it!
And I was too lazy to take down my “Let it Snow” sign!
P.S- One of my kiddos who is on a preschool level wasn’t there for the whole project, 
so that is why some of our colors are shorter!

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10 Comments

  5. Love your project!

    I totally remember those long days and nights of working and grad school at night (finished last spring)……it was literally a haze and I can scarcely remember anything from that time period. ha. You can do it!

    Kelli

  6. I really do like/love the ideas on your blog. I think it is great that you are obtaining a new degree. I think your over achieving status in your classroom/outside your classroom is to be commended….I just wish I could find positive comments somewhere in your blogs stop whining

  7. Hey! I had this exact same day today! What was I thinking starting my masters and planning a wedding during my first year of teaching?! Oh boy!

    i LOVE your MLK dreams idea! I'll definitely be stealing this to do next year with my kids. This year we did a simple I have a dream speech with a fill in the blank for their dreams.

  9. What great ideas! I love the sweet things kiddos say and how they come from the heart!

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