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Building new connections with my new class. Seeing kids come out of their shells & interact with each other after being apart for too long.

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Today the word kin came up and I asked what they thought it meant and one of my sweet little girls thought it was the barbie Ken hahaha

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Learning new welcoming rituals that are contactless.

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Just being back! Seeing all my new kids and seeing how much they missed/ coming to school.

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Maintaining 6 ft with 6 yo all.day.long

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The first day of school seeing all my sweet students from last year. It was so nice to see their faces since we didn't really get in person closure. :)

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So many new expectations of what the classroom is expected to look like (social distancing, etc). Having it perfect. Then getting a new student... completely updating the structure of the room

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Last year I taught all of my kiddos the I love you sign, because we had a student who blurted all of the time but now everytime I see them they show it up!

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All the LOVE from my sister wives here at school :)

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Love to talk and communicate, socialize with the students, with distance

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Our SEL time in the mornings, and our Leader In Me work. I have heard some wonderful truth and wisdom from the sweet hearts of my 1st graders.

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It has been so sweet to see how excited and eager the students are to be back!

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It has been so sweet to see how excited and eager the students are to be back!

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Meeting new people and visiting different campuses

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Constantly telling the kids to get away from each other

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Finding ways to make normal paper activities into digital

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Keeping 18 kids socially distanced all day

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Growing as a team!

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A truly SALTY little first grade girl. We have fixed her saltiness :)

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supporting people virtually

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Despite the high class size, I have very sweet students and my teaching partner and I have an awesome google slide lesson plan

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Watching a student building confidence in both Math and ELAR. Her smile lit up the whole classroom when she did it on her own and it made me smile so so big.

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Watching a student building confidence in both Math and ELAR. Her smile lit up the whole classroom when she did it on her own and it made me smile so so big.

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spraying down the playgrounds with that yucky purple stuff!!!

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Keeping up with the teaching guide

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Seeing my old students & feeling sad all over that I didn't get to say goodbye... However, they always wave and say hi so I guess there is still a little sweetness.

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13 students is a nice class size!

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Some of my friends are having trouble adjusting to being around others again. It hurts my heart!

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I have loved discovering new safe greetings for my students and integrating SEL practices (asking them what their weather is) each morning to validate their emotions.

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It's amazing having kiddos in the room again. Their sweet smiles and crazy laughs give me life!

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Beginning the year with 20 students!

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23 kids in the portables.

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All the new expectations

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Some salty moments include socially distancing 20 1st graders who are still learning how to be at school again.

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My students not being to see my smile towards them

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My students not being to see my smile towards them