I passed Mlle McMahon in the copy room the other day and we started talking about our summer lists. Even before April the list of our hopes and dreams for what we hope to accomplish over the summer in order to make sure that each year is better than the previous is six months long. I know I won't get around to completing all of the things I want to do - translating all of the lessons and materials I want to translate, fixing and preserving all of the books in my library I want to fix and preserve, organizing all of the units I want to organize. I will accomplish some things, however. High on my priority list (and Mlle McMahon's, as this has been a theme of our conversations all year) is figuring out how to work character development into our lessons. We want to continue to work towards teaching the whole child, moving away from isolating math, reading, and writing.
Here's a book that's been added to the long summer reading list:
Emily Bazelon on 'Sticks and Stones,' the bullying epidemic | Minnesota Public Radio News
Also, a thorough investigation of the PBIS resources is in order. (www.pbis.org)
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